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SHORTCUT TO ACCOUNTABILITY
Accountability is something that everyone says they want. So why do so many organizations fall short in finding and keeping it? Maybe they look in the wrong place. Accountability sounds like nailing...
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IS YOUR COMPANY POWER TRAIN DRAGGING YOU DOWN? Check now.
Your company power train is the way your firm is organized. It is your structure, or the name for the key teams that make things happen. It helps clarify who does what. Does your company power train...
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ACCOUNTABILITY OFTEN DOESN’T GET RESULTS
Do you believe the myth that accountability is a foundation for a successful organization? You know, ‘make someone responsible’, etc. It’s a good start, but it won’t change anything by itself....
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‘HOW WE DO THINGS AROUND HERE’ DEFINES YOUR SUCCESS. HOW DO YOU RANK?
Every organization has a system: ‘The way we do things around here.’ It provides guidance and resources for these essentials, among others: Accountability Problem solving Prioritizing: choosing what...
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WILL MANAGING BY THE NUMBERS GET THE RESULTS YOU WANT?
Yes, it won’t. Not by itself. In fact, it often hides the path to success. New Portland Trailblazer General Manager Chris McGowan: “So, organizationally I will define objectives that are trackable...
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DO YOU TREAT YOUR PEOPLE LIKE KIDS?
Stanford Medical School pediatric psychiatrist Mina Fisher: “Any time a child is able to work towards finishing their own product, it enhances their sense of mastery over their skills.” (Stanford...
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THE RIGHT PEOPLE ON THE BUS? A DISASTER WITHOUT A BUS DRIVER
THE RIGHT PEOPLE ON THE BUS? A DISASTER WITHOUT A BUS DRIVER Jim Collins’ classic advice* is powerful and disastrously incomplete. The problem is not the advice……it’s the rest of the story. The rest of...
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HOW MUCH FAILURE WORK IS YOUR TEAM DOING?
“Failure Work”, a term coined by my friend Guido Quelle, is work being done because it has failed to be routinized. It eats profit and produces complaints. One of my manufacturing companies shipped...
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