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My 2020 Story and a Few Lessons Along the Way

QAspire

“Unprecedented” is a term most used to describe year 2020. After our initial disappointment with disrupted plans faded away, we came to terms with the situation. Managing our attention is the key to well being. Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life (Book Review). Optimize the whole.

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CMI Malaysia: updates from the board

Chartered Management Institute

Well coordinated and managed, it celebrated the best that the profession has to offer. Watch the full webinar here: Event: Managing in a Disruptive Environment On 18 August, CMI Malaysia hosted our Managing in a Disruptive Environment event. We are here to serve you, the Members of the Chartered Management Institute.

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What Makes Six Disciplines for Excellence A Different Kind Of Business Book

Six Disciplines

Therefore, there is also a Six Disciplines company that was established to help companies long-term get established and maintain using this methodology.” “Harpst's book is the first book I’ve read that takes the best education from (Good To Great, E-Myth Manager, others) and combines them into one book.

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An Interview with Larry Spears, a Servant-Leadership Legend

Modern Servant Leader

Management vs. Leadership Difference 8:20 30:42. Ben : So, Larry, you mentioned your introduction to the Quakers and Robert Greenleaf is that when you first heard of the term servant-leadership? Larry : And that essay was published in 1970, when Greenleaf coined the term, “servant-leader”. Larry's work at Gonzaga Gonzaga 32:08.

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An Interview with Larry Spears, a Servant-Leadership Legend

Modern Servant Leader

Management vs. Leadership Difference 8:20 30:42. Ben : So, Larry, you mentioned your introduction to the Quakers and Robert Greenleaf is that when you first heard of the term servant-leadership? Larry : And that essay was published in 1970, when Greenleaf coined the term, “servant-leader”. Larry's work at Gonzaga Gonzaga 32:08.

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The Management Thinker We Should Never Have Forgotten

Harvard Business Review

Gothenberg, Sweden, is a long way to travel from Boston for a breakthrough idea in management — especially one that is more than 40 years old. Berwick’s talk spanned a pantheon of management thinkers to show the audience just how far we have come from Taylor to Deming in the 20th century. Laura Schneider for HBR.

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Create a Growth Culture, Not a Performance-Obsessed One

Harvard Business Review

Learning organizations – Peter Senge’s term — classically focus on intellectually oriented issues such as knowledge and expertise. Time-limited, manageable experiments with new behaviors in order to test our unconscious assumption that changing the status quo is dangerous and likely to have negative consequences.

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