Leading Blog

AUGUST 17, 2012

Roger Martin calls it the responsibility virus and it always begins with the germ of fear. A once-promising project becomes rudderless and spirals toward failure.” As leaders, if we take too much control and do not encourage others to take responsibility, we set ourselves and others up for failure.

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Career Advancement

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Get ready to cite the specific results of projects you handled in your current or previous role. forced to give an answer, factor all the benefits you would like into the number, says Roger Dawson in Secrets of Power Salary Negotiation. If you’re switching careers, request the chance to renegotiate after six months, says Zwell.

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Rogers Mentor Insurance Career 288

Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The entire project took less than one day to complete, and Adam narrates this video with commentary about his design and construction methods. Maggie Rogers – Alaska. One Day Builds: Adam Savage Makes Something Wonderful from Scratch. Cam Closer . One of the scariest short videos on YouTube today.

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Video Ryan Rogers Globalization 150

CO2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

Another definition of the boiling the ocean is used in business and tends to relate to projects that are hugely complex, perhaps overly so. One is typically credited to Will Rogers. When asked how the US should handle the problem of German U-boats, during World War I, Rogers recommended that the ocean be boiled.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 11, 2012

Rogers , "to thrive in our digital age, businesses need to reimagine our customers: not as a mass of isolated individual actors but as networks --with each customer as a node linking and dynamically interacting with each other and with us." Collaborate on collective projects and goals through open platforms.

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Rogers Public Relations Open-book Case Study 75

Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 16, 2023

Roger Montti from Search Engine Journal says chatGBT it may be the most important tool since modern search engines. Use the API: With the OpenAI API you can access to the model via an API endpoint, this way you can use the model for your projects without the need of training your own version. What are they and what do they do?

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 8, 2015

A big portion of the early challenges we had on the Xbox project related to a United Nations of cultures that did not mesh well into a team. But bright ideas are an incomplete recipe for a successful project – you also need team members who have functional expertise and know how to complete tasks.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 17, 2020

Several times in my life I’ve woken up in the middle of the night with a breakthrough idea for a project I am working on. So, if you become stymied on a project, step away from it. And it’s OK to work on several projects at the same time. Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison worked on several projects at the same time.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 24, 2012

By Roger Lowenstein in Bloomberg BusinessWeek, January 23, 2012. At risk is what Murray affectionately terms the “American project.”. Charles Murray, the conservative sociologist, has written an incisive, alarming, and hugely frustrating book about the state of American society.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Rogers , "to thrive in our digital age, businesses need to reimagine our customers: not as a mass of isolated individual actors but as networks --with each customer as a node linking and dynamically interacting with each other and with us." Collaborate on collective projects and goals through open platforms.

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Rogers Public Relations Open-book Case Study 57

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 12, 2016

American humorist Will Rogers said “The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces”. We can get stuck at times simply because we haven’t had any discussions with anyone on what could be next in our work path – in terms of growth opportunities, job rotations, new projects, expanded responsibilities, or even entirely new jobs.

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How To Self-aware Rogers Learning-by-Doing 150

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

When I’m hired for these projects, my clients are stuck and facing an obstacle that even their most competent people can’t solve. Dr. Roger Firestien has taught more people to lead the creative process than anyone else in the world. I offer a program called Breakthroughs Lab, designed to help clients work through tough problems.

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Strategy Creativity Rogers Entrepreneur 57

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 13, 2010

Roger Staubach United States Naval Academy graduate, Heisman Trophy winner and legendary Hall of Fame quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys (1969 – 1979) Email This Post | Print Post | Sign up for our Email Newsletter Speak Your Mind Tell us what youre thinking. and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar !

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Rogers Leadership Newsletter Strategic Planning 50

QAspire

JANUARY 12, 2010

On 11th Jan 2010, Harvard Business Review’s blog featured a post titled “ Why Good Spreadsheets Make Bad Strategies ” by Roger Martin. It is almost easy to figure out “What” and “How” of processes once you have addressed “Why”. The ideas presented in the post complements my views. Don’t Kill It!

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 15, 2012

Kenny Rogers made a song famous a few (quite a few) years ago called The Gambler. You never count your money when you’re sittin’ at the table – You do the best you can to plan for a Sunday, an event, or a project. Perhaps you remember it. If not, check it out HERE. Give it everything you’ve got.

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LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

Actually, this project started probably three or four years ago when Paul’s last book came out, which is called Jumping the S-Curve. I should say we were talking off the air about- Thanks for ruining Everett Rogers’ curve for me. Case in point, like I joked about earlier, you ruined Everett Rogers’ model of diffusion innovation for me.

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Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Lead on Purpose

JUNE 25, 2009

Near the end of this school year, my wife asked if I could complete a project with her class. The project was to ask each student, and record the answers to: “What was the most important thing I learned in Kindergarten this year?” Leadership isn’t just about directing a group of people, projects or things.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

Your customers are a finite resource, says Martha Rogers, Founding Partner of Peppers & Rogers Group. For example, one-click access to thousands of mutual funds, or exceptional service for the price paid. When setting expectations, always under-commit and over-deliver. Focus on return on customer.

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Surviving Leadership

JANUARY 21, 2018

Whether it was Roger Moore’s rendition of “Talk to the Animals” while fighting spies with laser guns, or Lynda Carter just being awesome, I loved watching. When I was a kid, The Muppet Show was constantly on. He throws credit to his collaborators far more than he accepts credit for himself.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Roger Schwarz. Ari took these notes following the Margin Notes model: Ari assessed his Margin Notes and focused his questions during the meeting on the most important issues he had jotted down: What are the decision criteria for budget cuts, and should cuts be spread across projects, rather than cutting projects in their entirety?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

How many times have you had to adjust project plans or schedules because a sub failed to deliver? We used to burn a lot of valuable time babysitting our subs through projects. Sometimes we had to practically take over managing their tasks for them in order to prevent them from crashing the whole project. He said, "Relax.

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Metrics Project Rogers Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2017

Any team leader knows that it’s what happens between project meetings that makes or breaks a project. Choose a date that makes sense to the project and creates a sense of urgency. This is not about micromanaging or not trusting — this is simply good project management. Roger Schwarz.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2018

Roger Schwarz. Take on projects the leader assigns them. Add more people only if you think they will add value to the conversation or gain value by being there. You and Your Team Series. The Seven Imperatives to Keeping Meetings on Track. How to Design an Agenda for an Effective Meeting. Do You Really Need to Hold That Meeting?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Tyson (Kaiser Permanente, healthcare), Omar Ishrak (Medtronic, medical technology), Sallie Krawcheck (Ellevest, investing), Kathryn Maher (Wikimedia, encyclopedia), John Rogers (Ariel Investments, financial services). I chose eleven CEOs: Art Peck (Gap Inc., I asked three questions: Why do you care about diversity?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

A forecast issued late in the year by The Chronicle on Philanthropy projected their collective growth at just 1 percent. Twelve-year-old Roger Ruiz was expelled from his public school in rural Nicaragua. Today, Roger is president of the school, elected by his peers. And what does President Roger want to be when he grows up?

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Microfinance Rogers Tourism Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2017

Without corporate mandates such as weekly team meetings or biweekly project check-ins, entrepreneurs have the ability to wipe out bureaucratic red tape and reach new heights of productivity. Roger Schwarz. But it’s particularly essential for the self-employed, who have far more discretion about how to structure their days.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Visions are values projected outward to the future. In “ The Art of Virtue: His Formula for Successful Living ,” George Rogers compiled the writings of Benjamin Franklin. Values are visions turned inward. Both reflect and create each other in a synergistic — often unconscious — interrelationship.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

I’ve worked with managers and project leaders to create these kinds of experiences. Roger Schwarz. Of course, you should still be focused on achieving the meeting outcomes, but thoughtful meetings and productive ones don’t have to be at odds. You and Your Team Series. The Seven Imperatives to Keeping Meetings on Track.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2015

Roger was a young rising star. Coaching Roger, I suggested he was a bunny rabbit who had just been attacked by a horde of guinea pigs. Roger was a classic rabbit. Guinea pigs need to: Acknowledge and recognize that they are projecting unrealistic images onto someone. Avoid making assumptions.

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Rogers Benchmarking Loyalty Learning-by-Doing 8

LDRLB

JANUARY 13, 2014

I joined Jeanne Liedtka and her research project in the Growth Leaders. Jeanne has a good relationship with Roger Martin and he introduced her to the ideas many years ago and all of a sudden these themes began popping out and almost in a design-like way.

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Innovation Tools Open-book Learning-by-Doing 104

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

By giving yourself one meeting-free day per week, you reduce the context-switching that can slow down dedicated project work. Roger Schwarz. Work on projects that require focus and high-level thinking, such as writing, strategic thinking, analysis, coding, designing, or a project with a lot of complexity. Stu Heinecke.

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How To Project Rogers Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2014

In season three of Mad Men , Sterling Coopers rainmakers — including Don Draper and Roger Sterling — are planning to leave the ad agency and to take as many clients as possible with them.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2012

Project Management for Profit: A Failsafe Guide to Keeping Projects On Track and On Budget. by Joe Knight, Roger Thomas, and Brad Angus, with John Case. If your work involves projects, this book is for you how to manage those projects effectively. If so, read on.

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Books Handbook Rogers Budgeting 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2015

Many of us are familiar with the concept of Getting to Yes , an iconic negotiation strategy developed by Harvard professor Roger Fisher and others. For example, if a new strategic project becomes top priority, managers need to ask what tradeoff should be made to accommodate it. They are not responsible for pleasing everyone.

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Middle Management Rogers Media Project 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2012

That's why persistence and perseverance are important for anyone leading a new venture, change project, or turnaround. You've got to know when to hold them, and know when to fold them," Kenny Rogers sang in a famous song about playing poker. Tough challenges almost inevitably take longer and cost more than our optimistic predictions.

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Guidelines Real Estate Rogers Trends 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2017

Kelley and Tim Brown of IDEO and Roger Martin of the Rotman School, design thinking has three major stages. Third, given the first two imperatives, this would also be a big project – from the outset, Shuttleworth knew the project would involve a significant multiyear investment of time and money. Related Video.

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Commitment Banking Proposal Video 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

But a few days later Hassan learned that his Indonesian colleague, who was in the virtual meeting, had violated the commitment by extending a three-year engagement on a pet project. Roger Schwarz. Hassan knew that at least three other colleagues on the call were aware of the broken commitment. But no one was saying anything.

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