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Great Quote: On System of Management by Deming

QAspire

Our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people. Management by Objectives, quotas, incentive pay, business plans, put together separately, division by division, cause further loss, unknown and unknowable. People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-respect, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy in learning.

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Favorites of 2011: Team Building, Leadership & Innovation Blog Articles

Mike Cardus

12/29/11 – Team Building & Leadership activity (simulation). Favorite Team Building & Leadership Blog Articles 2011. When You Die, How will your leadership be remembered? What stood out about my fathers leadership was the small things he did for people. __. 12/28/11 – Images used in presentations & Articles.

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“Sometimes I feel Like Team Building is Sweet Frosting on a Shit Cake”

Mike Cardus

Bromides of – team excellence, Good-to-Great, Management By Objectives, etc… That we have all heard and wondered, what the fuck does that mean? Systems-Drive-Behavior if you are seeing outcomes that you don’t want then we must examine the system that created that behavior. Get us no-where.

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Managing Remote Employees: Lessons Ancient Rome and Today

Great Leadership By Dan

This post was recently published as a guest post on SmartBlog on Leadership : Question: What do these five “established” jobs: - Call Center Representative. Social Media Manager. Telework Manager or Coordinator. Online Advertising Manager. A shared purpose, goals, and value system. The Colosseum. ?This Salesperson.

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Management Styles

Strategy Driven

As a reaction to industrial reforms and the strength of unions, a Hard Nosed style of leadership was prominent from 1910-1939, management’s attempt to take stronger hands, recapture some of the Captain of Industry style and build solidity into an economy plagued by the Depression. They were not just “old school.”

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3 Valuable Insights Leaders Can Learn From Neuroscience

Tanveer Naseer

Studies show that the brain’s reward system is directly activated by helping others. Management by objectives is a far more limited mental schema than management by aspiration. Finally, stressing the “why” to employees helps companies deploy the cognitive power of altruism.

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The Big Picture of Business – Corporate Cultures Reflect Business Progress and Growth.

Strategy Driven

As a reaction to industrial reforms and the strength of unions, a Hard Nosed style of leadership was prominent from 1910-1939, management’s attempt to take stronger hands, recapture some of the Captain of Industry style and build solidity into an economy plagued by the Depression. They were not just “old school.”