Much appropriate discussion has taken place regarding President Obama’s vetting process in selecting his team. It remains unclear whether his appointees witheld information or that the process was flawed. For the most part, though, the people that he has chosen have been hailed as competent choices. In implementing every strategy, finding the right people is [...]
Posted tagged ‘Barack Obama’
Building Your Team
February 8, 2009Categories: Hiring, Leadership, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: Barack Obama, Compensation, firing, group executives, Hiring, Leadership, leadership development system, Management, Michael Watkins, Skills, Strategy, Team, training, Transition Team
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Negotiating Success
January 30, 2009According to Professor Watkins, to succeed with a new boss (the American People?) or for that matter, a new Congress, it is critical to invest the time in the relationship up front. Your new “boss” (and here you can substitute the word “Americans” to relate to President Obama’s situation) sets your benchmarks, interprets your actions [...]
Categories: Crisis Management, Leadership, Sales, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: align, alignment, Barack Obama, Change, Congress. negotiation, consensus, direction, early wins, expectation management, expectations, Focus, GOP, Leadership, Michael Watkins, Mr. Obama, President Obama, results, solution, stimulus plan, Strategy, Success, Taking charge, Team, The First 90 Days, Transition Team
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Securing Early Wins
January 28, 2009Categories: Leadership, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: alignment, Barack Obama, Change, culture, direction, early wins, Focus, Leadership, learning, Michael Watkins, Mr. Obama, President Elect Obama, results, solution, Strategy, strategy to solution, Success, Taking charge, Team, The First 90 Days, Transition Team
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Matching Strategy to Situation: The STaRS Model
January 21, 2009Professor Watkins emphasizes the importance of matching strategy to the situation appropriately. The author says that there are essentially four types of business situations that new leaders must address. Each business situation has different characteristics, challenges, and opportunities. Yet, every business has a portfolio of situations. A new leader must figure out which situations fall [...]
Categories: Hiring, Leadership, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: Barack Obama, CEO, Hiring, Leadership, President Elect Obama, Strategy
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A Blueprint for the New Leader to Effect Change
January 18, 2009The transition from one presidential administration to another is nearly complete and the country is visibly excited. There is no doubt that part of this excitement stems from public’s sense that Mr. Obama has demonstrated extraordinary effort in planning his presidency. He certainly seems to be working diligently to avoid the consequences of the aphorism, [...]
Categories: Crisis Management, Hiring, Leadership, Sales, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: 9/11, Accelerate, alignment, balance, Barack Obama, build, coalitions, early wins, George W. Bush, Leadership, learning, Michael Watkins, Mr. Obama, negotiate, President bus, President Elect Obama, Promote, solution, Strategy, strategy to solution, Success, Taking charge, Team, The First 90 Days, Transition Team
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What I’m Telling My Clients – Part 2 (or how they can create their own economic stimulus package)
December 23, 2008So what would a client referral meeting look like? Here’s one possibility. The underlying context to this meeting is the recognition that the greatest challenge that any business owner faces, particularly in these challenging economic times is to drive new business to the company. The second greatest challenge is to fix a problem or capitalize [...]
Categories: Leadership, Sales, Strategy, Visioning
Tags: bailout, Barack Obama, economic growth, economic stimulus, growing the pie, layoffs, Leadership, Obama, operations, President Elect Obama, referrals, Sales, share of wallet, small business, stimulus, y Strategy
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What I’m Telling My Clients – Part 2 (or how they can create their own economic stimulus package)
December 18, 2008As the bailouts and their discussions whirl about us and as the list of companies laying off or employees or shutting down operations grows longer and longer, I began to wonder if there wasn’t a small business version of an economic stimulus package that could be implemented. And if there was a version of economic [...]
Categories: Leadership, Sales, Strategy
Tags: bailout, Barack Obama, economic growth, economic stimulus, growing the pie, layoffs, Leadership, Obama, operations, President Elect Obama, referrals, Sales, share of wallet, small business, stimulus, Strategy
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