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Want to Cut Complexity? Kill Your Darlings.

In the CEO Afterlife

The principle then travels down through the various functions, and ends at sea level with an individual’s daily “to do list.” People are so entrenched in the do more paradigm that they struggle to kill their darlings , dump all of those exciting initiatives, and sacred cows, and resist adding more features to a product.

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Engaging Exceptional Talent

LDRLB

When church leaders “used” artists for their own narrow agenda, the artists resisted or left. An artist is an artist, but may also be a father or mother, a student, a traveller, a lover, a questioner, or anything that any other human might be. Most never returned. a painter, sculptor, graphic artist etc.).

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Ten Clues It's Time to Replace Your Head of HR

Harvard Business Review

Perhaps it's easier to start by discussing the pathologies of a dysfunctional Chief of Human Resources Officer (CHRO). If your CHRO travels only to accompany you, or keeps in touch with staff primarily through email or one-way communication such as videocasts, you've got a problem. Resist the temptation.

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