QAspire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

In Pursuit Of “Customer Delight”: Getting The Basics Right Friday High-Five: Posts I Loved Reading Last Week (13/08) 10 Pointers to Build Comfort Within The Team The Pursuit of Getting It “First Time Right” (FTR) Friday High-Five: Posts I Loved Reading Last Week (20/08) Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra Managing Results by (..)

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Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2010

 I have found myself traveling more and more as of late helping Clients to Maximize Possibility in their organizations and am coming up a little short on time this week to put together a full-blown post for my weekly Possibility Maximizer segment.  I hope you find them beneficial and even inspiring!

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QAspire

AUGUST 20, 2010

Six Thoughts About Middle Management - by Lisa Haneberg Lisa says , “Management is a social act. Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Friday High-Five: Posts I Loved Reading Last Week Friday again - time to share some of the most profound posts that I loved reading last week. Erode relationships, erode results.&#

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Quality #1: Quality is a Long Term Differentiator Quality #2: Cure Precedes Prevention Quality #3: Great People + Good Processes = Great Quality Quality #4: Simplifying Processes Quality #5: Customers Are Your “Quality Partners” Quality #6: Knowing What Needs Improvement Quality #7: Productivity & Quality Quality #8: Best Practices are Contextual (..)

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QAspire

JANUARY 9, 2011

Dissatisfied customers, unhappy team members, disengaged middle management and difficulties in scaling the business. It is almost like knowing the problem but not doing anything about it. Processes (and improvement) are seen as costs. The end result? The second type of organizations are what we call “ learning organizations ”.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2010

In the summer of 2003, the ninety-two year-old Wooden traveled to the White House, where he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor. He required even the best players to clean up after themselves in the locker room and not to expect the student managers to do it. why is everyone smiling?

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 9, 2010

posted at Utpal Writes where he shares a great story about a leader beyond his title who chose the road less traveled by assuming responsibility and making a difference. Utpal Vaishnav presents Contribute Beyond Your Title With Assumed Responsibility And Take The Right Decision! why is everyone smiling?

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QAspire

DECEMBER 24, 2009

I also included this example in a leadership training I delivered to a group of middle managers in my organization. This post documents observations from Geese flying in V shape and what we can learn from them. May 2009: 25 Lessons Learnt on Conducting Productive Meetings We know that meetings can be a huge waste if not conducted well.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 6, 2010

posted at Utpal Writes where he shares a great story about a leader beyond his title who chose the road less traveled by assuming responsibility and making a difference. posted at Utpal Writes where he shares a great story about a leader beyond his title who chose the road less traveled by assuming responsibility and making a difference.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Either senior executives, with the help of assistants and hard-working middle managers, do less and take more time for sleep. Of course, with intense travel and work commitments, sometimes this is compromised, and when that happens, it comes with a cost. There are two possible explanations for this.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2010

They can write a message anywhere, anytime, and share it with interested parties without any public relations meddling, speech writers, airplane travel, canned videos, or voicemail messages. Because these social networks are a unique way of broadly communicating real-time messages to the audiences they want to reach.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2015

They assigned different pieces of it to middle managers who had relevant knowledge, experience, and organizational responsibility. Given the importance of this work, all of these managers accepted their assignments. After six months of saying yes to every meeting, the constant travel had begun to take its toll.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Ethan Mollick of Wharton will reveal the overlooked value of individual middle managers in executing on innovation. The best project managers, he writes, have a "magical" impact; companies need to do a better job of supporting and encouraging them. How do you make sure it has an impact on the world?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Ethan Mollick of Wharton will reveal the overlooked value of individual middle managers in executing on innovation. The best project managers, he writes, have a “magical” impact; companies need to do a better job of supporting and encouraging them. How do you make sure it has an impact on the world?

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

When he traveled to commands and bases around the world, Admiral Clark only infrequently held “all hands” calls, preferring to meet with leaders to share with them what he expected. He not only met with Commanding Officers but also met with Master Chiefs (who are the leaders of the enlisted class). why is everyone smiling?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2016

“You mean like middle managers?” But at some point in my reporting, as I learned more and more about the qualities shared by effective middlemen from all industries, it dawned on me that middle managers — indeed, managers and professionals at every level — obviously are middlemen.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2017

According to an assessment of over 700 sales professionals and senior executives conducted by GrowthPlay — a sales-focused consulting firm where one of us is Managing Director — the problem stems from gaps between the perceptions, attitudes, and information flows between executives and sales reps.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2014

Consider Southwest Airlines, which shook up the airline industry with its low-cost, high-customer service approach to air travel. That buy-in has to come from very senior leadership—middle management typically can’t pull off such an unusual partnership.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

and travelled to other nations asking business leaders what attributes executives must have to succeed in today’s digital, global economy. Though empathy is almost universally seen as desirable, it is not distributed evenly among all levels of management. A classic New Yorker cartoon nicely captures the irony here.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

And unfortunately, the initial operation was not successful, and my friend ended up having to travel abroad to see one of the specialists anyway. But, when making this important decision for himself, emotional considerations took over. And many of us would make the same irrational decision, with the same troubling consequences.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

But our recent research has taught us a lot about how management innovations can travel — in this case, from Silicon Valley tech sector companies known for their experimentation and agility in information technology (IT) management to the much older Bay Area companies who are their neighbors. Innovation is always infectious.

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QAspire

JANUARY 5, 2011

Are middle managers aligned to the organization’s vision for having processes, and are they setting the right examples for people to follow? Is there a work scenario that has not been addressed by the current set of processes? Do people have knowledge of how to perform the process? Is the necessary guidance/references available?

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2010

  Today I have an excellent resource for anyone who, like me, finds themselves traveling, working from hotels, or otherwise spends much of their work time away from a traditional office setting.  Enjoy!  Enjoy!

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2018

The preparations, produced by small teams or individual cooks, are progressively assembled, with sous-chefs (akin to middle managers) controlling the quality at every step. Before the final dishes are served, the head chef personally tastes a sample from each batch, maintaining control over every single aspect.

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