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The High Price of Perfectionism
We pay a high price for perfectionism. “What perfectionism?” we
perfectionists mutter. “We’ve known for years perfectionism is
not healthy so we have dealt with this (read
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A few months ago I had the opportunity to spend a few minutes
with Jack Welch, past CEO of GE. A fantastic opportunity.
Some of the things he said about who they hire and what they are
looking for i (read
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A critical task in the succession planning process of any
organization is identifying candidates. Traditionally,
candidates have been identified based on past performance. While
this seems logical, i (read
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The last thing I want to do is rain on someone’s parade. But the
media coverage surrounding Standard Bank South Africa’s CEO
Jacko Maree, riding on the back of the organization’s excellent
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Managing a Six Sigma team is a considerable responsibility. Six
Sigma is a team process and requires cooperation at many levels.
No one person can manage a Six Sigma project on their own. Just
as it (read
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BE THE FULL JIGSAW! How To Solve the Leadership Puzzle
By Alan Cutler, Leadership Writer, Speaker and Mentor
“There is no such thing as a perfect leader, either in the past
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If you are a supervisor, you have likely faced this common
dilemma. You ask an employee to complete a task that seems
simple to you. And, what you get is not what you expected. For
whatever reason, t (read
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Many times managers tell me they have an employee with a
performance problem and they just can’t seem to get the employee
to fix it. This is always funny to me because upon further
discussion, I ofte (read
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There’s a world of difference between having a strategically
crafted crisis management plan in place and simply having to
manage a crisis, “from the back foot.” The world was served a
painful remin (read
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A mark of a good leader is to be able to provide consistent
motivation to his team encouraging them to attain excellence and
quality in their performance. A good leader is always looking
for ways to (read
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In the last quarter of 1980, I was working at an apartment
building called Center Park in south Seattle. Center Park was
the first building of its kind built specifically to accommodate
the needs of (read
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Tough times mean more meetings. This happens because executives
respond to problems by calling meetings to fix them. And when
the meetings fail to produce results, they call more meetings.
In some co (read
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Do you know where your company is going? Do you have a vision of
where you want to be?
Often in an attempt to get company staff to have a shared view
of where they're all going a vision and mission (read
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For centuries companies have used on-the-job training (OJT). OJT
works because it follows much of what we know about adult
learning theory. For example, we know:
1. Adults learn best when new learni (read
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Management is both art and science. It is the art of making
people more effective than they would have been without you. The
science is in how you do that. There are four basic pillars:
plan, organiz (read
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One of the greatest benefits of projects in an organisational
context is their ability and effectiveness in the achievement of
goals. The success or failure of projects is largely related to
the way (read
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Success in short term stock trading like with any other business
in life comes from being able to see the big picture and from
paying attention to the small details.
Let's say for example that you (read
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The question often comes up, “Isn’t management coaching a lot
like the familiar performance appraisal process?” Our answer is
that the two are dramatically different. The CMOE team
originally became (read
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Leaders and Managers often ask us, ‘What do you do when you
have tried to coach and counsel an employee about a performance
concern, and the employee has not responded?
Unfortunately, we see far t (read
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Ever been told not to micromanage your people? Because it
irritates them and is a waste of your time, their time and leads
to bad habits? Well it's all true. If you micromanage your
people in all t (read
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Keep an Open Mind
We live in a diverse and fast pace world. Businesses hire from
all walks of life to create an eccentric and hopefully a better
business. There is nothing wrong with this idea, but (read
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The collapse of Enron: managerial aspect
Executive summary The downfall of Enron Corporation is one of
the most infamous and shocking events in financial world in the
whole history of the mankind, a (read
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In our current world of rapid and amazing technological
advances, many entrepreneurs have managed to dramatically limit
the need for staff in highly profitable operations of all kinds.
It is theref (read
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Such an innocuous little phrase, yet when you are hard at work,
really focused and engrossed in what you are doing this
seemingly harmless request can be a nightmare distraction.
“The average Americ (read
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If I had a dollar or even better a pound for every time I’d
heard a business leader say this I’d be very rich.
I’m too busy is used in so many contexts * I’m too busy – I
don’t want to * I’m too bus (read
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One of the most important aspects of management is implementing
change and setting goals. Managers must decide what their goals
are and how they are going to achieve them. This is a basic part
of st (read
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Use this check list to assess your communication skills.
Focus
* Do you pay complete attention to others when they are
speaking? (A wandering focus discourages open communication.)
* Do you manage (read
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Positive communication is the key to your success at work, at
play, and at home. Here’s how to make a difference in your life.
1) People judge others by their actions. This means you are
being judge (read
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Pride. Envy. Gluttony. Lust. Anger. Greed. Sloth. You either
recognize these as the seven deadly sins or as themes for
prime-time television. Nonetheless, you were probably taught as
a child that the (read
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Am I the only one, or does it seem harder and harder to remember
things?
I remember long ago, somehow I made a barely-conscious decision
to purge useless information from my brain. This was probably (read
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Do you know the single best way to "supercharge" any goal
setting program you use is through visualization?
What is visualization? And how do you do it for maximum goal
achievement?
Actually, it's (read
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Some ITIL consultants propose that one must start with Service
Level Management. Theoretically, it would be the perfect option,
but how are you going to negotiate SLA's on your MTTR (Mean Time
To Rep (read
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Individualism is the hidden threat to teamwork. At any time, the
pull towards individualism may outweigh the pull towards
teamwork and lead to the break-up of the team.
Here are 7 of the most damagi (read
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Welcome to the job market revolution of the 21st Century!
The good old days of passively finding a job . . . writing a
resume, posting it on some job sites, answering some ads,
contacting a few agen (read
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There are lots of folks out there -- just like you -- looking to
get ahead. And if you don't have your ducks in a row . . . if
you can't stand out from the pack . . . you'll get eaten alive
by your c (read
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A prominent east coast newspaper recently reported important
employment insights from one of the nation's top job-search
professionals.
This 2005 article highlights important information consistent
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Have you ever heard someone offer a positive idea in a meeting
and nearly everyone around the table shoots it down immediately?
There seems to be more reasons why it can't or shouldn't happen
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It's time for more retailers to test the 'pay more expect more,
get more' theory.
It seems that retailers have always argued against higher wages,
benefits and full-time positions citing exorbitant (read
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This is my second article of a series, based on the seven
learning disabilities identified by Peter Senge in his book 'The
Fifth Discipline.'
An organization's success is usually limited due to the (read
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There are always some companies that have past due invoices and
can't seem to get them paid. They might be quietly waiting to
get paid not wanting to contact the client for fear of appearing
"despera (read
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I wish I had more time.
How often have you said that to someone?
Some say that time is much more important than wealth. Most
effective people think so and top business leaders mention this
in inter (read
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I am on my way to the quarterly status update with my Sales
Manager. The last quarter has been terribly bad. We reached
nowhere near the Sales target. Naturally, I am moving ahead with
a great resist (read
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Since my "Death of the OD Practitioner" article was published
about a month ago, I have been asked whether Organizational
Effectiveness (OE) consultants will experience the same fate. My
answer is "n (read
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A number of years back I was in a meeting with two HR
representatives at my company. They were explaining to me how
the HR organization wanted to be more "strategic" with its
clients and how they wan (read
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Colleagues, I feel your pain on this issue.
Scenario #1: You've got a critical position that needs to be
filled by a qualified candidate, and quick. For every day the
position doesn't get filled, yo (read
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On a recent project my company was working with a frozen seafood
manufacturer to help them bring a specialty frozen seafood
product to market. A huge component of getting this project done
was the pa (read
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I recently read an article in which the author said, "Senior
managers are becoming more accepting of participative management
and employee involvement because they (senior managers) are
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Team building and teamwork skills are critical for your
effectiveness as a manager or entrepreneur. Even if you are not
in a leadership position yet, better understanding of teamwork
can make you a m (read
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Are you satisfied with the way your business is performing today?
How about next year?
Specifically, what are you doing to make 2006 a banner
year for business improvement?
What are you going to (read
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An essential part of Edgar Schein's Process Consulting practice
model (discussed in-depth in my book) is the use of Active
Inquiry. A guiding assumption in Active Inquiry is that an
insecure client w (read
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