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When to Hire Generalists vs. Specialists: Lessons from the Fab Five
Teams beat individuals every time. We learn over and over again how much better it is to bridge someone’s gaps by pairing them with someone with complementary strengths than by trying to “fix” their opportunities. Károlyi built a team that was stronger than the individuals for this year’s Olympics. It was a joy to watch. Make sure your team is stronger than the individuals so being a part of it is a joy for all.
The Three Essential Elements of Compelling Communication
Image via Wikipedia For change to occur, A x B x C must be greater than D where: A is the Platform for Change – Why must I do something different? (The starting point to break inertia) B is Envisioning a brighter future – WIIFM (All benefits are...
Ann Mulcahy on succession management
Ann Mulcahy and Ursula Burns have set a high bar for how to manage a CEO succession well. As Ann describes it in this month's Harvard Business Review, it took a lot of "discipline, focus, and support". Clearly important. Some of the...
Succession Planning for the Long Term
Event | ERE | George Bradt | September 22, 2010
Who are you taking for granted?
I walked away from a ten-year relationship with a supplier this week because they made me feel bad. I've been staying in their hotel on a regular basis since 2000 and have held a conference there every year for five years. It's a truly wonderful...
Committing Your Reserves
One of the most important decisions in most endeavors is when to commit your reserves. When do you put all the information on the table? When do you move your most important people onto a project? When do you release the funds required for success?...
Internal Consistency
I had worked flat out for 16 hours writing up a market share summary. It went through countless iterations as it worked its way up my management ladder. Finally, my boss’s boss’s boss’s boss signed off on it and asked me to give him 12...
Impact the Important
There was a marked difference between Budget Meetings and Category Reviews at Procter & Gamble when I was there. Budget Meetings Budget Meetings were brand teams' main planning meeting with their head of marketing. Months of preparation when into these...
People, Plans and Practices (In that order)
As time passes, I'm becoming more and more convinced that you can improve the performance of almost any organization by tightening the alignment of its people, plans and practices around a shared purpose. While it's often hard to figure out where to...
Better Results Faster…Than What?
I was reminded last week that Better Results Faster is not always the right approach. Louis is joining a private company to help take it public in about a year. He, and his organization, need to get ready and then bide their time until the time is ripe for their...