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Making Team Meetings Worthwhile

The Center For Leadership Studies

A great guide for who should be in the meeting is a RACI chart: Who is responsible for actions on the topic, initiative or project? It follows that a clear “why” of a meeting reveals the important “what” those in attendance will accomplish toward forward progress. Invite the right people.

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Four Do’s and Don’ts for Leading Remote Teams

The Center For Leadership Studies

Record meetings to allow people to review portions at their own convenience. For each item, use a RACI chart to identify who will be responsible, accountable, consulted and informed. Follow meetings with succinct written summaries that confirm decisions, assignments and due dates.

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How the Big Data Explosion Has Changed Decision Making

Harvard Business Review

The RACI framework offers an excellent real-world instantiation of Jensen’s decision rights approach: Responsible. That is, digitally linking the relevant individuals and teams identified in a RACI review should be straightforward. That transformed the RACI decision rights template. Who is completing the task?

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Employers Checking Social Media

Career Advancement

Do review your existing content. Weed through your old photos and remove anything too racy or inappropriate on social media. Do review others’ posts before they go live. If you’re in the market for a new job, you may not want your boss to see your flurry of activity. Change your privacy settings so there’s no need to worry.

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To Hold Someone Accountable, First Define What Accountable Means

Harvard Business Review

As prescribed in the commonly used responsibility models — RACI, RAPID, and the others — accountability should fall to one (and only one) person per item, even if the work involved requires input and contributions from others.

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Three Innovation Lessons From India's Titan Watches

Harvard Business Review

When targeting the youth markets, Titan ran different types of advertisements and created very different looking watches, under the racy brand name, Fastrack. The team at Titan wondered what would happen if they turned a watch into an elegant piece of jewelry that a woman would happily wear. Growth exploded.

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Why Decisions Get Second-Guessed, and What to Do About It

Harvard Business Review

Take advantage of one of the many good models out there, such as RACI , to help you define various roles and responsibilities from start to finish. We’re not suggesting you include everybody, but typically the more people you consult the stronger their support will be, even if things don’t go in their favor.

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