Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 25, 2015

Karin Hurt provided a great thought: Mike Henry wrote: Many projects I’ve worked on over the years have had people with opposing styles. Will Lukang shares: When working with a new manager, I always do the due diligence to learn and understand the person’s work preference. More often, purpose will win.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Now the good news : As much as some people want to create complexity around the topic of leading change for personal gain, the reality is that creating, managing and leading change is really quite simple. Due Diligence : Just because an idea sounds good doesn’t mean it is. Be careful of high level, pie-in-the-sky projections.

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Steve Farber

APRIL 3, 2017

I conduct what Justin Recla calls “intuitive due diligence,” and if the other person passes my gut-check, I’m eager to roll forward with a deal. That’s not a wise approach, Recla says, and he knows a few things about due diligence. government. Ask the Hard Questions.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The juniors are dumped with scanning the news stories to prepare the public information book (PIB), collecting all possible data for financial metrics, formatting each and every report, preparing power points, doing due diligence on queries for reports, the list can get endless.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Hard work and due diligence take you to the path of success. Even those who manage to survive may not always be successful in making their businesses profitable. There are many reasons for most start-up businesses to fail, but the main reasons are these: Lack of practical management skills. That saying is very true!

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 4, 2016

Often times a new entrepreneur feels he or she has done their due diligence only to learn later that they barely scratched the surface. Unfortunately, often the amount of working capital needed to fund the project is simply not enough to account for all the expenses that arise with a new business.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Experience Gathering – Circumstances within and outside your control caused the projects to fail. The importance of research, due-diligence and marketplace understanding surface. Visualizing patterns of failure… as barriers to success. Learns which external factors to trust and which cannot be controlled.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 5, 2019

That’s why you have to do your due diligence and work with manufacturers with a solid reputation in your business. At first, you should calculate your projected revenue and spend at least 10% to 20% of it on marketing. But it’s also very hard to stand out because of the thousands and thousands of other people marketing there.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2019

They are the person that will have the biggest influence on how your project turns out. Performing Due Diligence when Hiring an Architect. Check out an Architect’s Past Projects. Ask questions about the projects you like and pay attention to how they respond. Do they get passionate or excited about the project?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2017

.” Bear in mind that even though the job is yours if you want it, you must “continue to be enthusiastic” in your dealings with your prospective manager, says Lees. ” That may indeed be the case, but it’s not the message you want to send to your would-be manager. ” Be methodical. Do I crave autonomy?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Hiring managers benefit because they have an opportunity to create diverse teams. Four things are required: Do deeper due diligence. Find out how they made it work and double down on the due diligence. Consider the individual’s leadership style and how he or she projects himself or herself.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Constraints on due diligence limit the information available to negotiators. Uncertain project requirements make it impossible to specify all costs and benefits. Links to other projects make it hard to isolate costs and benefits of the transaction. Invest resources in relationship management.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

When reviewing pioneers and followers in this large European market, we found that both approaches could produce good returns, but that innovation management at successful pioneer firms looked very different from successful follower firms in four key ways: Scope. Successful late-movers ax more projects during development than first-movers.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2011

Never underestimate a vendor's willingness to say yes to a project that it knows it won't be able to carry out. Eventually, the project needed significant rework, and floors needed to be ripped up. To add further objectivity, use external consultants who will not be part of the ongoing project. Objectivity should be the goal.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

Geneva Global sees philanthropic consulting — its role as the humble handle connecting two larger sides — as both the immediate project in front of it and as a strength training session to prepare for future projects.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2015

Clearly, you don’t want to be saying, “I can’t wait to start” one moment and then saying “I’m not available for four months” the next, whether it’s because of a vacation or because you’ve got a major project at your current job you’d like to see through. Managing Yourself Book.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

We have a lot of newer businesses that come to us for credit and we need to do due diligence on them. Product managers work on issues such as pricing, legal compliance and positioning. Every aspect of the pilot project and the business model is refined and strengthened.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2015

And in long-term partnerships, it is essential to managing the inevitable unforeseen circumstances. But, don’t rely on chemistry — particularly if that chemistry is between only a few of the principals involved — in deciding and managing a major deal. Why the executive left is immaterial and unrelated to the project.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Anyone who has worked inside a large organization can rattle off a lengthy list of the things that regularly kill promising ideas: conflict with existing businesses, naysayers, management turmoil, insufficient resources. Here are six ways to change that. Start with a survey. But the most common cause of death they reported?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

One reason Hopkins is outpacing others is because it created an agile satellite unit – Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI) – within the much larger parent organization solely dedicated to these projects. Critically, for every region we have a dedicated manager capable of championing a project there. Embrace risk.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2011

While this used to be the case primarily for country managers and those taking on overseas assignments, it now applies to all managers. Fortunately, more people are doing their due diligence these days. Smart managers at smart companies are usually somewhat prepared for cross-cultural collaboration.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 31, 2020

If the situation makes you invest in the short-term project to gain quick capital initially, you may later invest your ROI into a long-term project. This option allows you to get a return without dealing with property management. If you diversify your investment, you can put both short- and long-term goals.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2017

One of the most stressful things about being self-employed is managing your cash flow. This requires due diligence, says Younger. Before you start working on an assignment, you need a contract that lays out the scope of the project , the payment terms, and enumerates the expectations for both sides.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2013

As a result, charities and social enterprises do not have the cushion of external financing to manage their various capital requirements. Sometimes they need bridging capital to pay for projects that are being grant-funded upon completion. It is time and resource intensive.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

As we moved from idea to execution, I asked another friend to take a key role in the project. When we came to loggerheads with our partners, which we often did, because of the management and deal structure I had freely agreed to, my husband and I had little say in the critical decisions. Lesson 2: Establish rules of engagement.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

“You are not going to be involved in running projects unless you understand the financials,” he says. “Take an interest in the balance sheet and then do the due diligence to understand it,” he says. Here are some strategies to improve your financial intelligence. Overcome your fears. ” scenarios.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

sanctions are delaying these projects being financed. The best way to identify new partners involves in-person due diligence. But managing expectations about the country’s trajectory is crucial for building an effective strategy. However, remaining U.S. financial system for bank transactions related to Iran.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2015

Our understanding of how organizations think and act doesn’t always make this distinction between the interests of the enterprise and its managers. If the deal goes south, the questions the board will always ask is: Did you do your due diligence? ” Fair enough: Exxon does want to find and sell more oil.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Employees there learn hard skills, such as project management, but also softer skills, such as politics and networking. And while fit, gut feel, and due diligence will always be critical, this study points to the value of data in making equity capital decisions.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

John Lees, the UK-based career strategist and author of How to Get a Job You Love , agrees that it’s important to do further “due diligence” on the company and its people to make sure it’s a place you want to work. ” Try to “project forward,” he says. Think beyond the initial offer.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

It may also cause you to trust your boss less, says Nancy Rothbard, the David Pottruck Professor of Management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. He has a really tough commute, and the fact that he manages to get here on time most days shows me that he is committed.” ” Defuse negativity. .

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

The solution, we decided, was to acquire a local company that had already gained traction in the market and that could provide us with proven local management as well as help us with web search, which had become a priority after we bought U.S. In November 2003, after due diligence, we announced our agreement to purchase 3721 for $120 million.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

Focus on the specific opportunity, and do the necessary research, due diligence, and soul-searching to figure out whether that particular job is right for you. Observation will “give you a better data set,” but if possible, you might also “do a project with the startup on the side” before you formally commit.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

Listen first… The most important thing you can do to prepare for the negotiation with your current or prospective manager is to listen. Perhaps you just inked a big new deal, executed an important project, or have been offered another job but want to stay at your organization. ” Project strength but also modesty.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

Things are never quite the way the due diligence report claimed. Many articles dissect the keys to successful operations and projecting future growth levers in China. Managing talent is the single most important, and exhausting, task there is. Setting up shop in a new country always comes with surprises.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

Tommy was a director and Jane was the Midlands regional sales manager for Egan & Sons, a supplier of doors and staircases to Westmid for 63 years. Enlisting several younger financial managers, he made the case to the executive director, Wilfred Hammond, who approved the hiring of a consultant with extensive experience in ABC.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Yet most remain uneasy or uninvolved when it comes to talking about and managing money. When she's not at work managing a portfolio that consistently outperforms relevant benchmarks, you can find her at home buying and bearing bonds. For example, Intuit helps small businesses to better manage their books — creating jobs.

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