Tag: better results faster
When to Hire Generalists vs. Specialists: Lessons from the Fab Five
Teams beat individuals every time. We learn over and over again how much better it is to bridge someone’s gaps by pairing them with someone with complementary strengths than by…
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Be Prepared
In general, the more prepared you and your organization are for a crisis, the better you will handle it. This is not about preparing in detail for every possible permutation…
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Early Onboarding Wins
Early onboarding wins are essential, especially when they’re related to results, personal wins, and emotional deposits. Early result wins There is almost always a conversation at a new employee’s six-month…
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What does Walt want?
Well into the 1980s, decisions at The Walt Disney Company were driven by what people thought Walt wanted. I used to think the company was living in the past and…
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Onboarding Decisions
Four important ideas from Wharton professors last week: Be decisive - Michael Useem Save more earlier - Olivia Mitchell Buy stocks - Jeremy Siegel Advertise on TV - Peter Fader…
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Onboarding Progress
“…making progress in one’s work – even incremental progress – is more frequently associated with positive emotions and high motivation than any other workday event”. So says Teresa Amabile…
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Managing Onboarding Risks
Risk is the possibility of suffering a harmful event. Recently, we’ve all seen that managing risk is not the same as ignoring it or avoiding it, and that even managed…
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Simon Sinek on How Great Leaders Inspire Action
I was struck by Simon Sinek's TED video on How Great Leaders Inspire Action. (Those of you who are not familiar with the TED videos should stop reading right now…
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Onboarding Results – Process Tradeoff
The world is full of people so focused on process that they forget about results. They think that if they do everything right, good things will happen. It's also full…
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