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Evidence | Unicorns | Bullshit: 3 Areas Of Team Building & Leadership Effectiveness

Mike Cardus

Within the team building and managerial leadership world there is so much information and Jargon Monoxide ( wish I came up with this phrase Bob Sutton shared what this means on his blog) that everyone feels overwhelmed. Organizational, Team and individual exploration for risks and drawbacks of what is recommended. Sudden Teams.

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Are you a Leader or a Lemming?

Great Leadership By Dan

This job you are in isn’t about enhancing your standing relative to others, but is about enhancing your organizations’ performance in the market, which can only be achieved through the combined efforts of your entire team. If you are trying to make your operation more efficient, then say so. “To I drive a Fiat 500.

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A Shift in Leadership Can Make a Multi-Million Dollar Impact

Strategy Driven

Our leaders completed the program knowing, not guessing, what was expected of them, as leaders of their teams and as models for our entire organization. We were a mediocre, at best, institutional operation with a sense of entitlement. Our real problem was we were not holding our leaders and staff accountable.

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Better Ways to Communicate Hospital Data to Physicians

Harvard Business Review

Using evidence and data can foster respectful debate, provide honest education, and ultimately align teams. length of stay, post-operative recovery profile) combined with cost data may be the most effective solution. Only then will we see improved clinical, operational, and financial outcomes.

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Here’s What Mindfulness Is (and Isn’t) Good For

Harvard Business Review

The tricky thing about trying to interpret research about mindfulness is that many studies that claim great things for mindfulness are less rigorous than others, even though they may be peer reviewed. You and Your Team Series. That’s why when we are anxious or angry we can’t think so well. Resilience.

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Data Can Do for Change Management What It Did for Marketing

Harvard Business Review

Housing market price changes can be more accurately predicted from analysis of Google searches than by a team of expert real estate forecasters. These are not the foundations of a proper science that verifies knowledge through experiment and replication of findings in peer-reviewed studies.

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The Swedish CEO Who Runs His Company Like a CrossFit Gym

Harvard Business Review

“We had to train harder, measure our goals better, and become a better team,” Bunge said. It is also a matter of having fun and fostering strong bonds between team members to help them reach their goals. The ambition was to double sales and have a 90% employee engagement rate within five years.

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