From time to time, the world sends us reminders about a value or function that we need to master or at least address better. Lately, I’ve noticed a single word keeps surfacing – trust. Patrick Lencioni, author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, says that trust is the foundation of teamwork. Without trust and [...]
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In us we trust?
October 14, 2009Categories: Leadership, Strategy
Tags: accountability, Barack Obama, commitment, conflict, Five Dysfunctions of a Team. healthcare, Leadership, Management, Patrick Lencioni, results, Strategy, trust
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How the Obama Administration Motivates Behaviors
May 26, 2009The Time Magazine article was extremely instructive in helping us to understand the behavioral science oriented steps being taken by the Obama administration. In this post we’ll focus on a number of them. Specifically, they are: Supplying knowledge Making it easy Creating social norms Legislating the activity According to the Time Magazine article, studies suggest [...]
Categories: Leadership, Sales, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: Barack Obama, behavioral science, Cialdini, conformity, family, free market, Knowledge, Leadership, Management, market, Michael Grunwald, nudge, Obama, Obama Administration, President Obama, Robert Cialdini, Sales, stimulus, Strategy, Time Magazine, Vision
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Understanding the Science of Change
May 22, 2009I have always been a big believer that the universe has a tendency to bring ideas, concepts and even people to you when you need them to be in front of you. When that occurs in my life, after I finally recognize that it is happening – and yes, sometimes it takes me a while [...]
Categories: Hiring, Leadership, Sales, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: Barack Obama, behavioral science, Cialdini, family, free market, Leadership, Management, market, Michael Grunwald, Obama, President Obama, Robert Cialdini, Sales, stimulus, Strategy, Time Magazine, Vision
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Staffing Appropriately During a Recession
March 2, 2009With each passing day, we learn of more layoffs and furloughed employees. Today, more than ever, service and professional organizations need to determine the resources needed to complete projects so that they are staffed appropriately. Not surprisingly, there is a method by which one can accomplish this goal. To do so, one begins by looking [...]
Categories: Crisis Management, Hiring, Leadership, Sales, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: assessments, Barack Obama, CEO, economy, firing, Hiring, HSBC, inventory, layoffs, Leadership, Management, Priorities, professional, projects, service, staffing, Strategy, Warren Buffett
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Types of Measures
February 20, 2009There are three types of measures: 1. Activity measures 2. Output measures 3. Impact measures Activity measures tells us how efficiently something was done. It answers questions such as: How long does it take? How productive is the department? How many resources were used? It focuses us on internal tasks, timing and resources but it [...]
Categories: Hiring, Leadership, Sales, Strategic Plans, Strategy, Visioning
Tags: activity, Barack Obama, Congress, costs, Customer, customer satisfaction, effective, efficiency, external, feedback, Goals, impact, internal, Leadership, Management, Mmeasures, operations, output, processes, Productivity, quality, resources, results, revenue, Standards, Strategy, value
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Keeping Your Balance
February 16, 2009As I mentioned in an earlier post, it appears that President Obama is getting quite an education from both the Democrats and the Republicans. This type of education will hopefully result in the President learning how to keep his balance. The life of a leader is always a balancing act but never more so than [...]
Categories: Crisis Management, Hiring, Leadership, Sales, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: accountability, balance, Barack Obama, Boundaries, coalitions, Democrats, Leadership, Management, Michael Watkins, networks, opponents, political network, politics, Priorities, Republicans, Strategy, Transition Team, Vision
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Creating Coalitions
February 11, 2009Anyone who has been observing the stimulus bill negotiations surely has become much more cognizant of President Obama’s need to build coalitions and the early lessons he is learning. To paraphrase his comments last evening, “old habits die hard.” In order to exert influence without authority to require that people take certain actions, one needs [...]
Categories: Crisis Management, Leadership, Sales, Strategic Plans, Strategy, Visioning
Tags: accountability, alignment triangle, Barack Obama, coalitions, former employees, influences, Leadership, Management, Michael Watkins, networks, opponents, Priorities, sequencing, Strategy, Transition Team, Vision
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