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Eleven jurors thought former Illinois governor, Rod Blagojevich, was guilty of several mis-deeds including trying to sell a U.S. Senate seat. One juror held out because she thought it was just political talk, "Politicians talking to politicians" according to jury foreman James Matsumoto. On the other hand she did think Blagojevich was guilty of lying [...]
For a new leader converging and evolving is generally the right approach to their own onboardign. Purely assimilating into a new organization is the easiest and safest approach over the short term, but has no impact. Shocking the system has the most immediate impact, but almost always leads to a systemic revolt against the intruder. [...]
The first thing my new boss explained to me on my first day was that my top priority was managing the production of the new advertising campaign – and getting it on air for Thanksgiving. When he showed me the shooting boards, my heart dropped. The advertising was terrible. Fortunately, I resisted my natural instincts [...]
Judo onboarding is the art of adapting well to changing circumstances and using someone else’s momentum to further your aims as you onboard into a new job. There are three basic ways to go into a new organization, easily remembered with the pneumonic “ACES” A – Assimilate CE – Converge and Evolve S – Shock [...]