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Managing Remote Employees: Lessons Ancient Rome and Today

Great Leadership By Dan

You appointed him, you watched his chariot and baggage train disappear over the hill in a cloud of dust and that was that. There was, therefore, no question of appointing a man who was not fully trained, or not quite up to the job: you knew that everything depended on his being the best man for the job before he set off. Technology.

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The Management Thinker We Should Never Have Forgotten

Harvard Business Review

Institute on-the-job training. Eliminate MBO. It may be cliché to say that technology is changing our businesses today at a rapid pace, but that doesn’t mean it’s not true. Teach and institute leadership to improve all job functions. Drive out fear; create trust. Strive to reduce intradepartmental conflicts.

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