Women on Business

JANUARY 4, 2011

The study was conducted by administering a standard psychological test that measures the tendency to feel guilt to 150 workers at a Fortune 500 firm and compared the results with their performance reviews. The link between guilt and performance is clearly there. The findings? Translation: Guilt is good!!

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2017

Rather than managing that complexity by delegating and decentralizing, the CEO became even more controlling. Another CEO used prodigious management skills to successfully consolidate, grow, and dramatically increase the efficiency of a vertically integrated industrial company. I have seen this manifest itself three ways.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Precision made it easy for managers to oversee their employees. Every spot on every line was visible to managers. But Bernstein and his team observed that when managers were not watching, employees secretly developed and shared better ways of doing the work. But there are two types that are important for success.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 25, 2009

Ignoring such behaviour is tantamount to condoning it and no leader worth his or her salt would condone something that undermines not only the people in his/her organization but the organization itself and the vision of success it is working toward. The strongest message a leader can send comes from the behavior s/he exhibits.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2014

It can be hard to recover from a less-than-stellar performance review, especially one that you didn’t see coming. But don’t let a negative review unravel the story of who you are. “No Make a performance plan. Agree with your manager on what you need to do to make changes. What the Experts Say. We’re human beings.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

This is ineffective deal management, and it eventually leads to loss of positioning with customers, and, over time, the nurturing of “commodity competencies.” At that point, Alphatech’s management reassessed its strategy and sales approach. Management first evaluated who were, and who were not, good customers.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2017

A 2016 study estimated that there are more than 53,300 professional coaches worldwide, and the British paper The Independent pegged the number of management consultants at 500,000. Of course, competition for these plum positions is growing. that your retirement and new career might entail. Do a skills analysis.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2016

So we wondered: If we closely studied the executives who succeed in top jobs once appointed, could we identify distinguishing features that set them apart and defined their success? Executives who shine across all four of these dimensions achieve the greatest success for themselves and their organizations. They know the whole business.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2013

The offsite was a success. Want to make progress in the "opportunities to improve" section of your performance review? Need to micro-manage less? But mostly it's about willpower and managing your impulses long enough to avoid getting in your own way. This is critical for managers and leaders. Or not enough?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2017

Interestingly, individuals working in customer service, sales, production, logistics and R&D were more likely to feel that bureaucracy was growing than those working in functions like HR, finance, planning, purchasing, and administration. budgeting, goal-setting, performance reviews) to be “very helpful.”

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2015

Difficult conversations — whether you’re telling a client the project is delayed or presiding over an unenthusiastic performance review — are an inevitable part of management. And, how can you manage the exchange so that it goes as smoothly as possible? How should you prepare for this kind of discussion?

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Much like you have performance reviews for your employees you should conduct an analysis of how your customers are performing. Develop Customer Scorecards : You should actually profile your clientele such that you understand the difference between good accounts and bad accounts.

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