Category: Executive Onboarding
Why Empowering Delegation And Powerful Communication Are Inseparable
The clearer you can be about who is providing input to be considered and who is making decisions/providing direction to be followed, the less communication issues you’ll have.
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Why The Job Interview Strengths Question Requires Talent, Knowledge, Skills, Experience, and Craft
The best interviews are exercises in joint problem-solving. The problem to be solved is whether it’s best for the organization and for the interviewee to join up. It’s as counter-productive…
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Executive Onboarding With A Boss Who Didn’t Want You
1) Disengage from your previous situation; 2) Engage with your new boss; and 3) Do what is required to accelerate progress – in that order.
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How Objective Functions Take The Emotion Out Of Disagreements
Agreement on a single objective function enables a more rational, linear way of ratcheting up everyone’s best current thinking, minimizing the time spent on individuals’ emotions and personal agendas.
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What The New GE, J&J And Toshiba Spin-Offs Must Do To Establish Their Own Cultures
Last week, General Electric (GE), Johnson & Johnson and Toshiba each announced they were splitting apart. They decided their separate parts were worth more than the sum of those parts.…
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The Power Of ‘Yes, And…’ Judo Leadership To Inspire, Enable And Empower Others
The “Yes” empowers. The “and” inspires, enables and empowers them to do even more, even better.
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Why Great Service Is A Two-Way Street Paved With Respect
Acquire and nurture customers that will be satisfied with that level of service – treating them with respect at every step of the way.
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Staving Off The Ultimate Tragedy Of The Commons By Making Better Complex Decisions Cooperatively In Glasgow
The Tragedy of the Commons happens when individuals make decisions that are right for themselves but wrong for the common good. Arguably this is what led to over-fishing Cod in the North…
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Fixing Boomers’ Disadvantage In Onboarding Into New Jobs
There they are, waiting for the gun to go off on day one. It’s not fair, but Boomers are already at a disadvantage. Others have gotten a head start and…
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