Category: Team & Culture
What We Can Learn About Negotiating From the Great Compromiser
Be careful about how you engage with the organization’s existing business context and culture. Crossing the need for change based on the context and the cultural readiness for change can…
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Three Priorities in Ensuring a Smooth M&A Deal
AMN Healthcare Services CEO Susan Salka says its most recent acquisition of Medfinders is going “exceptionally well.” She believes the acquisition has strengthened its position as the country’s largest health…
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Are Obama, Boehner, and Cantor going to follow their principles off the cliff?
The burning imperative is a sharply defined, intensely shared, and purposefully urgent understanding from each of the team members of what they are “supposed to do, now.” Get this created…
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Derek Jeter has a good day
We all have good days and bad days. Often it seems that the bad days are the ones that get the most attention and scrutiny. So it's nice to…
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Job #1 of a Leader: Show Up
While everything communicates, many won’t believe what you say. They’ll wait to see what you do. When leaders truly believe something is important they don’t trust in words alone.
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Take a hard look at the role sort in your organization
What’s different is the idea of a shared accountability to the mission owner with each functional expert taking the lead in their own area of expertise.
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Rory McIlroy: a Winning Dose of Cockiness and Arrogance
Do not underestimate the importance of attitude, of committing to what you're doing, being on the front foot, staying ahead of the field, and yes, having a healthy dose of…
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BMW’s Focus on Sustainability Drives Record Q1 Profits
A big part of producing efficient and environmentally friendly cares is achieved through continued investment in the technology of drive systems. They want to be the technology leader and will…
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Contrasts in Controlling the Conversation: Armstrong vs. Weiner
Accepting that it's always dangerous to comment on things while they are happening, there seems to be a marked difference between how Lance Armstrong and Anthony Weiner have handled…
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