Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Blog Post ) Positive Chaos : Transform Crisis into Clarity and Advantage by Dan Thurmon (Page Two, 2023) Chaos does not have to be confusing or debilitating. Positive Chaos will help you to learn to understand and embrace chaos, rise above the noise, and be truly proactive, helpful, and fulfilled.

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Books Leadership Norton Edmondson 286

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

They don’t tell you how well the business is positioned for future growth and ROIC improvement. It took many years for the company to regain its lost position. Some examples include new technologies, changes in customer preferences, new ways of serving customers, and disruptive threats.

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ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

I’ve spent 16 years in technology sales, with most of that spent in sales leadership at Salesforce and other technology companies. He didn’t lament how hard his position was. Most elite salespeople get things done, to quote Norton in The Shawshank Redemption , “not tomorrow, not after breakfast, now!”

Norton 15

Norton Career Resources Productivity 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Technology has, of course, exacerbated the problem, offering both convenience and imposition, by putting our workplaces just a touch screen away. This way you end your day on a positive note of completion. Putting things away and getting piles organized will better position you to start off fresh the next day. Monique Valcour.

Stress 8

Stress Norton How To Document 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2013

The most motivated and productive people I’ve seen recently work in an older company on the American East Coast deploying innovative technology products to transform a traditional industry. ” “We’re working on the most advanced technology.” Emphasize the positive impact of the work they do.

Motivation 11

Motivation IPO Norton Open-book 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

If a PM is in love with a feature because it addresses their own pain points — PMs are often super users of the products for which they are responsible — they may cause a user to say they love it too, just to please the PM (“False positive feature validation”). VMotion at VMware was a great example of this.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8