Delegate or dump? Sometimes its hard to distinguish the two. Often managers delegate the work they like the least as opposed to strategically assigning it. In doing so, they’ve dumped the problems on others and walked away – its human nature after all, to avoid doing things we dislike. But risks exist with simply passing [...]
Key note speech by Jack Shaw, President of Intelligent Healthcare Technologies on accelerating innovation. Thoughtful and thought provoking speech, but be prepared, its over an hour.
Anita Campbell recently posted this piece in Small Business Trends – great website. The write up appears to be based on input from Mark Cuban. I have nothing to add, its sage advice from people who have been in the trenches of start ups. I thought it was worth sharing.
“You’re not spending enough money.” That is [...]
The Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement are the trifecta of a company’s financial reports and should be reviewed frequently with key employees who impact the results. Everyone should be familiar with these reports and should not rely on the CFO to interpret. I know it seems like yet more reports to pile [...]
I found this post by Reid Carr on FastCompany’s website and thought it had some great ideas for maintaining and improving company morale. The link takes you to the original content. I did not alter what he said, as I really liked the approach, but the website might offer you some other good ideas as [...]
I grew up in the Midwest, tornado country and we always had a plan, at school we trained by getting in the hall way, moving away from windows and making ourselves as small as possible. At home we knew where the candles, and emergency supplies were kept and the safest room in the house. Living [...]
Today, more than ever, title does not guarantee confidence or support of the team. Managers must work to gain confidence and some simple, and immediate actions go a long way toward that goal include:
timely feedback – immediate reaction can nip problems in the but and instill the desired response to the situation. Rehashing something after the fact [...]
Wire: BLOOMBERG News (BN) Date: 2009-04-23 04:01:00
Harvard’s Peso Doctor Vindicated as Chile Currency Evades Slump
By Sebastian Boyd
April 23 (Bloomberg) — Thousands of government workers marched on downtown Santiago last November, burning an effigy of Chilean Finance Minister Andres Velasco and calling him “disgusting” as a strike for higher wages paralyzed public services. Five months later, polls show that Velasco [...]
Some weeks back, I had the opportunity to attend a presentation by Susie Cranston of McKinsey on Centered Leadership. She brought up some great comments that I think have merit to everyone. The focus of this McKinsey study was on women executives.
The Centered Leadership Model has 5 Components:
Meaning – having meaning to our work not [...]
Given the Persian New Year is around the corner with its use of 7 S’s, I thought the discovery or rediscovery of The Seven S’s Framework to be serendipitous. The Seven Ss is a framework developed a few decades back for analysing organisations and looking at the various elements that make them successful. The [...]
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