Excelling At Business Leadership In A Time Of Crisis
Posted on13 Jul 2020
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Business leadership in a time of crisis differs from everyday leadership. That’s well known. “How?” is not though. The biggest “how” exists... Read More
Effect Of Layoffs On Remaining Employees During A Crisis
Posted on18 May 2020
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The effect of layoffs on remaining employees during a crisis is worse than in normal times. In normal times they’re bad. Crises... Read More
Dealing With Aversion To Risk And Uncertainty In A Crisis
Posted on11 May 2020
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People have a natural aversion to risk. It becomes much stronger in a crisis too. Uncertainty has a lot to do with... Read More
Expanding Your Authority And Power At Work During A Crisis
Nothing powers change as crises do. They are great for expanding your authority and power at work, and for pushing through new... Read More
Change Management Strategy #2: Celebrate Anniversaries
When we strategize about change on a large scale, as with more tactical changes it’s important to pick the right moment. There... Read More
Anatomy of Events
Posted on07 Feb 2013
Tagsgoing with the flow, crisis, employees, event, Influence, leadership, people, power, prevention, situation, time, Anatomy of an Event, Meteor Analogy, flow
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When we examine events, we tend to look at them too narrowly and statically. The advantage of the schematic in this post... Read More
Linking Disruptive Innovations and Disruptive Personalities
Posted on05 Jul 2012
TagsClayton Christensen, Creative Innovation Series, crisis, David Kushner, Disruptive Innovation & People Analogy, dissent, George Holtz, Harvard University, innovation, management, Personality, sensitivity, Steve Wozniak, The New Yorker, glass half full-half empty metaphor
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Innovation is born from people. Children are like their parents in many ways. Do disruptive personalities give birth to disruptive innovations? Research... Read More
Change Management – Tactic #1: Pick the Right Moment
Posted on21 Feb 2011
Tagsacquisition, activity, Atul Gawande, change, Change Management Tips Series, crisis, medical, motion, organization, press, sell-off, teachable moment, The Hot Spotters, The New Yorker
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Even though it spoke primarily to minimizing medical costs, the article, The Hot Spotters, by Atul Gawande in the January 24, 2011... Read More
“Who We Are” is Different From “Who We Think We Are”
Posted on14 Feb 2011
TagsChallenge, conscious, crisis, friends, iceberg, market research, outer world, parents, personal world, potential, quality service, subconscious, Thoughts, who we are, who we think we are
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As I had mentioned in a previous post, who we are (WWA) is different from who we think we are (TWA), an... Read More
Business Examples of Patience’s Merits
Posted on28 Oct 2010
Tagspatience, workplace, warfare, urgency, training, teachable moment, tactics, strategy, sales, rules, reorganization, Rahm Emanuel, public relations, marketing, management by walking around, management, knowledge, investment, insight, information technology, future, experience, Expat 21, example, employees, organizational culture, crisis, computers, client management software, business, branding, approaches, application, American, action
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A question posted by Expat 21 asked for examples of patience in the workplace, especially those demonstrating a contrast between American and... Read More
