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Working the Assumptions
For many, budget season is starting. How many budget review meetings have you sat in, where it is unclear as to which assumptions are being made about the business? Your audience starts to “flip ahead” in the presentation, looking for answers to their questions, looking for supporting slides. As you prepare your business plan for
Peter Bregman – Why do business leaders lie
http://peterbregman.com/why-do-business-leaders-lie-when-it-often-backfires/
HBR blog – Its more important to be kind than clever
http://blogs.hbr.org/taylor/2012/08/its_more_important_to_be_kind.html?referral=00563&cm_mmc=email-_-newsletter-_-daily_alert-_-alert_date&utm_source=newsletter_daily_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alert_date
Why multitasking doesn’t work
http://www.forbes.com/sites/douglasmerrill/2012/08/17/why-multitasking-doesnt-work/
Be a Changemaker
I am very fortunate to work with an organization called Ashoka. Ashoka sponsors and supports social entrepreneurs ( fellows ) around the globe who are doing significant groundbreaking work in all facets of driving social change, by attacking systemic causes in innovative ways. One of the exciting areas that Ashoka fellows are addressing is the
Docking Lesson
One of the rules of boating is that when you are docking or approaching, you assess the variables ( wind, current, traffic) and you should never be moving towards something at a speed faster than you would be willing to hit it. That’s a good life and leadership lesson too. Think about your approach. Play
No Surprises
As a manager, one of the most important things you can do is level set with your employees on rules of engagement. What do you need to be informed about? How do you want to be informed? The key here is that you don’t want any missed expectations, so setting a framework upfront is important.
Create your own relevance
I dont have authority, I can only influence I feel marginalized No- one else sees this as a priority but me I can’t get anyone’s attention I can’t get the right people to listen Until this gets fixed, i can’t do my job Sound familiar? We hear these kinds of statements all the time.
Seth Godin – how to run a problem solving meeting
Good tip from Seth Godin: How to run a problem-solving meeting This is a special sort of get together, similar to the meeting where you organize people to figure out the best way to take advantage of an opportunity. In both cases, amateurs usually run the meetings, and the group often fails to do their