Haier’s radical management model, designed for the Internet age, cuts through bureaucracy and allows innovation to shine through. As companies get larger, one of the big challenges that they face is how to balance scale with agility. In order to leverage the benefits of scale, companies introduce systems, processes and additional layers of management. Unfortunately, […]
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Five practical suggestions to help you tackle those tedious tasks. In spite of how fulfilling and challenging our jobs might be, we all have to do things that are tedious or even boring! It could be the fifty emails that need to be answered or the PowerPoint presentation that needs to be polished or the […]
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How often do we set up goals and objectives for ourselves, only to give up the moment we don’t achieve the desired result? Any slight deviation discourages us, and we instantly lose sight of all progress that we’ve made along the way. It is entirely normal to plan big, but at the same time, it […]
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Try this mental contrasting technique to help achieve your goals. Getting inspired and having a dream is a great start – but it isn’t enough to ensure success. Many people understand the importance of setting goals, yet only a small minority are able to actually follow through and reach the finish line. The vast majority […]
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How can we build a great sales team that hits the bull’s-eye, time after time? Consumers are engaging with brands in amazingly new ways and technology is profoundly changing how we sell. In this evolving landscape, the role of sales becomes even more crucial. And for our sales team and our approach to be a differentiator, […]
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Collaboration, too, has a dark side: overworked employees, slow decision-making and lost productivity. Here’s how we can sharpen our collaborative culture. Collaboration is viewed as a key imperative today. And for good reason. Research shows that the time spent in collaboration has jumped by over 50 percent in the last two decades. As companies get […]
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Five practices to create the instant resilience you need, on a day-to-day basis. We all know the increasing importance of resilience, the ability to recover and bounce back. As Harvard Business School professor, Rosabeth Moss Canter puts it, resilience is no longer a good-to-have skill; in today’s world, it is a must-have, crucial to survival and […]
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No one is born an entrepreneur. But it also doesn’t happen by chance, instead they are driven to it. It’s all about having the compulsion to be a part of something that’s bigger than yourself and being willing to do whatever it takes to find that success. How “cut out” you are to be an entrepreneur depends […]
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Are you a micromanager? Handy tips to keep your inner “control freak” in check. ‘My boss wants me to cc: him on every email’ “He asks for frequent updates’ ‘She loves getting into the details and relishes pointing out mistakes’ ‘He schedules ad hoc meetings with my team members even when I am not there’ […]
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The value of taking a moment for reflection. Over the last few months, I have been writing to you about becoming better and more inspiring leaders, family members, friends and colleagues. To be able to wear these many hats, we need to get more comfortable with who we are as individuals. And identify what it […]
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