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Making the Best of the Worst Part of Your Day

Tony Mayo

‘Mindful’ commuters say deep breaths, clear mind keep them calm under stress Nancy Kaplan, chief operating officer at a management consulting firm in downtown D.C., said she pays attention to her breathing and relaxes when her jaw tightens or her fingers clench the steering wheel during her hour-plus commute.

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Thoughts on the Presidency

Leading Blog

But then as now, there is no greater attribute for a ruler than humility built on an accurate assessment of his own limits, from which the finest cunning emerges.” — Robert Kaplan, Warrior Politics. “In The President is, first of all, a manager.” — Peter Drucker, How to Make the Presidency Manageable, Fortune November 1974.

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Strategy Execution and The Balanced Scorecard

Six Disciplines

Kaplan, one of the original creators of the Balanced Scorecard in 1992. Key take-aways from their latest research: Companies often manage strategy in fits and starts. Senior management teams needs to have regular, probably monthly, meetings that focus only on strategy.

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How to Avoid the 5 Career Derailers

Leading Blog

The careers of one-half to two-thirds of managers and leaders will derail. “At Captain Fantastic’s poor ego management results in behavior that is a combination of defensiveness, arrogance, lack of composure, being distrustful, being mischievous and colorful, and being passive. W HY DO SOME careers stall while others flourish?

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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

In their 2008 book "The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press), Harvard professors Dr. Robert S. Kaplan and Dr. David P. By creating a closed-loop management system, companies can avoid such shortfalls. Discipline I. Decide What's Important ). Discipline III.

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Strategy Execution and The Balanced Scorecard

Six Disciplines

Kaplan, one of the original creators of the Balanced Scorecard. Key take-aways from their latest research: Companies often manage strategy in fits and starts. Senior management teams needs to have regular, probably monthly, meetings that focus only on strategy.

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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

In their 2008 book "The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press), Harvard professors Dr. Robert S. Kaplan and Dr. David P. By creating a closed-loop management system, companies can avoid such shortfalls. Discipline I. Decide What's Important ). Discipline III.

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