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Old Technology Displaces New Technology
In a recent coaching session, a long-time client expressed frustrations at keeping track of all of his day-to-day tasks, especially the little items of following through with people he had met. He felt that lots of useful new and old contacts were languishing because he had not followed up on items brought up during a discussion or emails. They [...]
The 6 New Management Imperatives by Bruce Temkin – comments
Bruce Temkin has published a free book on his blog ((experiencematters.wordpress.com)), The 6 New Management Imperatives - Leadership Skills for a Radically Changed Business Environment. Mr. Temkin sets out to define a "new set of skills" for managers. These are the 6 new imperatives: Invest in culture as a corporate asset Make listening [...]
Proven Checklist for Business Success – How Do You Put Them Into Action?
I receive a regular email titled, "Management Intelligence...... from Edward de Bono and Robert Heller" ((http://www.thinkingmanagers.com/)) . Their most recent email was "Management Intelligence: A proven checklist for business success". Here is the checklist they provided: "DO YOU... IMPROVE basic, measured efficiencies [...]
Podcast – Delegation (Outsourcing) and Keeping a Focus on Strategy and Results
Delegation and Outsourcing Share a Common Management Focus on What Needs To be Done, What Are the Results Required, and When?
Book Review – 12 The Elements of Great Managing and Making These Actionable
The Gallup Organization has been publishing books on management and high performance organizations regularly for quite some time. The encouraging elements in all of them are that they are based on real data from real people about real work. I have recommended two earlier books from Gallup, Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman, First, Break All [...]
Delegation (Outsourcing) and Keeping a Focus on Strategy and Results
Yesterday I was scanning through the Tweets from my friend Bruce Peters and came across a reference to a blog posting by Bernadette Doyle, "Discern Your Strengths - Delegate The Rest". Its always good to return to these complementary concepts – strengths and delegation (outsourcing), so I read on. Ms. Doyle's concatenation of "delegation" [...]
Podcast: Outsourcing – not a strategy that is as simple as a make or buy decision
Outsourcing is sometimes seen as a panacea, especially for startups. However, a sound knowledge of business practices is required to make outsourcing really work.
Outsourcing – not a strategy that is as simple as a make or buy decision
Outsourcing functions is a key element of every business's strategy. Richard Mammone, Rutgers University BEST Institute, has written a brief article, "Humility and the Successful Startup: Every skill required to form a business should be judged on make-or-buy grounds. If you don't have it, outsource it" ((Since Mammone's article may not always be [...]
Unhappy Prospects and Customers – a gold mine
A client told me a story today that illustrates a principle that every business owner or manager needs to embrace and act on. Unhappy prospects or customers are an opportunity to display your real value and win a fan for life. Here is the story from the owner of a start up yoga studio in New York City. A neighborhood person began to [...]
Podcast – Three Counter-Intuitive Steps to Becoming a More Effective Manager
Be a More Effective Manager - stop answering those questions, seize your time, and it's your fault