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MANAGING FIRST IMPRESSIONS
We are all familiar with the power and durability of first impressions. And nowhere is this more critical for a manager, than those created during their first week or two in a new job. A manager’s new subordinates and colleagues will… Read More ›
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EFFECTIVE CORPORATE DECISION MAKING step 6: IMPLEMENTATION AND FOLLOWUP
INTRODUCTION Managers make countless individual decisions for which they are personally responsible and accountable. However, in most organizations managers collectively are also required to decide and implement decisions that will impact their entire organization simultaneously. It is these latter collective… Read More ›
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EFFECTIVE CORPORATE DECISION MAKING step 5: COMMUNICATING DECISIONS
INTRODUCTION Managers make countless individual decisions for which they are personally responsible and accountable. However, in most organizations managers collectively are also required to decide and implement decisions that will impact their entire organization simultaneously. It is these latter collective… Read More ›
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EFFECTIVE CORPORATE DECISION MAKING step 4: MEASURING RESULTS
INTRODUCTION Managers make countless individual decisions for which they are personally responsible and accountable. However, in most organizations managers collectively are also required to decide and implement decisions that will impact their entire organization simultaneously. It is these latter collective… Read More ›
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EFFECTIVE CORPORATE DECISION MAKING step 3: HOW WE DECIDE AND UNANIMITY OF SUPPORT
INTROIDUCTION Managers make countless individual decisions for which they are personally responsible and accountable. However, in most organizations managers collectively are also required to decide and implement decisions that will impact their entire organization simultaneously. It is these latter collective… Read More ›
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EFFECTIVE CORPORATE DECISION MAKING step 2: GROUP MEMBER REQUIREMENTS
INTRODUCTION Managers make countless individual decisions for which they are personally responsible and accountable. However, in most organizations managers collectively are also required to decide and implement decisions that will impact their entire organization simultaneously. It is these latter collective… Read More ›
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EFFECTIVE “CORPORATE” DECISION MAKING step 1: THE PURPOSE AND REQUIREMENTS OF MEETINGS
INTRODUCTION Managers make countless individual decisions for which they are personally responsible and accountable. However, in most organizations managers collectively are also required to decide and implement decisions that will impact their entire organization simultaneously. It is these latter collective… Read More ›
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GOOD MANAGEMENT: THE ART OF NUDGING
I once asked a senior manager colleague what she considered the “core competency” of a good manager. “the art of Effective Nudging“, she replied. I knew at once what she meant as I had done my fair share of it… Read More ›
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UNDERSTANDING HUMAN NATURE
Unique though we all are in our individual ways, there remains this thing called HUMAN NATURE. Specifically, the vast majority of we humans tend to behave in rather predictable ways confronted with similar situations, especially the need to adjust to and accept… Read More ›
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GOOD MANAGERS WORK AT IT
When different people, focusing on different fields of endeavor and at different times all end up sending us the same message, seems to me we ought to pay attention. So consider the following message from four separate authors regarding the… Read More ›
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