RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 13, 2017

Leadership can bring with it a sense of isolation. This can be particularly true of new leaders and those chosen from among a peer group to take on a formal leadership position. Sometimes leader isolation can come from a sense of getting stuck between the competing demands of higher management and the needs of your team.

Collins 203

Collins Mentor Open-book Hedge 203

CO2

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Internally, examine culture, leadership, process, and people, as well as the value proposition you offer to customers. Be sure your assessment tools are thorough, accurate, and clear, so that participants won’t feel like their time has been wasted.

Strategic Planning 78

Strategic Planning Planning Balanced Scorecard Mission Statement 78

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus. He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post.

Consensus 388

Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

To what extent is that down to a successful talent management strategy? I’d say we’re very focused on creating a skilled workforce and leadership pipeline that can execute our strategy. I was at a conference recently and one of the speakers remarked that “Culture hedges against the risk of uncertainty.”

Resources 40

Resources Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Learning-by-Doing 40

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Convincing employees to go above and beyond the call of duty may be the epitome of personnel management. How talent management is changing. Surveying 180 teams of employees and managers at U.S. Good acts build up credits which act as a hedge against the debits of future bad acts. Insight Center. Sponsored by Korn Ferry.

Licensing 8

Licensing Morale Motivation Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

At some of the world’s most successful enterprises — Google, Netflix, Amazon, Alibaba, Facebook — autonomous algorithms, not talented managers, increasingly get the last word. Elite MBAs (Management by Algorithm) are the new normal. Top management would have to trust its computationally brilliant bidding software.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2016

Digital platforms are grease for the flywheel, facilitating the rapid exchange of value between network participants at near-zero marginal cost. Organizations that manage digital networks (we call them network orchestrators) are different from traditional product and service providers. Building in-house is not for the faint of heart.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Business Model Incubator Short-term 8