With the litany of literature available surrounding the zeitgeist of teamwork, which lectures the business executive about how paramount it is to focus on teams as a means of running the corporation, it is obvious that the concept and significance of the individual has been all but erased.
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All the focus on the uproarious nature of the external environment brings that chaos to the hallways of the company. Chasing down the latest trends, or worse, trying to predict what’s around the corner is a quixotic effort that leads to exhaustion, undue consternation and futility.
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We have all been part of the misery that goes hand in hand with becoming hyper focused on the tracking of our every movement to satisfy the insatiable set of metrics established by leadership.
While their monikers may differ from company to company, metrics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), benchmarks, dashboards and the like are all futile for several reasons.
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Times of economic upheaval provide unexpected opportunities. The temperament of the broader economy has a pretty decent track record of being quixotic, rather than docile and static. And yet, as feared as economic downtrends are, they form the basis of unprecedented opportunities. Oftentimes, these downtrends allow companies to move in and capture the market share
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Builds trust The arcana of the methods for gaining authority and power in organizations is varied and covers a significant spectrum of philosophies. From the command-and-control zeitgeist of the early industrial revolution, where it was believed managers had authority simply because they were managers, to the more humanistic and social models of the 1950s through
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The notion of independence runs deep in the psyches of both the American citizen as it does in corporate America. As Americans, we believe (and rightly so) that the paragon of self-actualization is reached when we have gained a sense of independence. As a father of two kids that are just now beginning to gain
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Companies pride themselves in the stock of knowledge they have attained throughout the years and often clamor to claim that as the basis of their expertise in any given discipline. And it’s no surprise why they do this. The US Air Force asserts that it maintains air superiority in any given theatre it operates under,
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This is a continuation of last week’s post that grapples with the hard question of whether it might be time for you and your project manager to part ways. While every project manager will have weaknesses, if you find that your project manager is consistently making the combined set of mistakes below, and those delineated
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Lacks the big picture viewpoint Most project managers become extremely myopic in the view of the organizational world that surrounds them because of their focus on the project at-hand. While this may serve the project well, for a time, it ultimately leads the project team to forget why it is the project was undertaken in
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Strategic development, while not difficult, does require consideration that extends well beyond the boardroom. In fact, all attempts at developing strategy are exercises in futility unless you can bridge the gap between strategic plans and the orchestrated horsepower that must be in place to propel the organization to attaining those plans. The vast majority of
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