How can you not love an article with such a title. Dr. Richard L. Williams hits the nail (mole?) on the head: Whack-a-Mole Managers' behavior is completely reactionary. Learn five things that can cause a manager to practice a Whack-a-Mole style and how you can reduce your reactionary tendencies.
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“Whack-a-Mole” Management
Posted by wdywft under ManagementFrom http://www.whatdoyouwantfromthem.com 4605 days ago
Launching The Management Training Directory
Posted by wdywft under ManagementFrom http://www.managementtrainingdirectory.com 4612 days ago
The Management Training Directory features management training vendors, courses, products, websites and blogs. Add your listing for free!
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Your best speakers are not always your best employees
Posted by wdywft under AdvertisingFrom http://www.whatdoyouwantfromthem.com 4617 days ago
A great message about the language barrier, and David Everitt-Carlson's writing is beautiful as ever. [...] "One day we had a huge issue with a Reebok commercial. The [Korean] censors had rejected it because it featured Shaquille O'Neal having his head shaved to reveal a Reebok logo on the back of
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Simon Sinek: If You Don’t Understand People, You Don’t Understand Business
Posted by wdywft under MarketingFrom http://www.whatdoyouwantfromthem.com 4626 days ago
Made Hot by: Ruth Stone on August 6, 2011 2:08 am
Simon Sinek explains how you can create a marketing campaign that speaks to the social animal in all of us. If you want to inspire customers to buy your products or services, don't miss this video.
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Going Through The Motions
Posted by wdywft under Self-DevelopmentFrom http://www.whatdoyouwantfromthem.com 4628 days ago
Right after I posted this I read an interesting article: People with 'learning goals' outperform those with 'performance goals'. So instead of losing 10 pounds, they may challenge themselves to learn to cook healthier recipes. (Here's the link http://organizationalpositivity.com/?p=1087)
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Flow - Completely Focused Motivation
Posted by wdywft under ManagementFrom http://www.whatdoyouwantfromthem.com 4641 days ago
I came across this interesting chart in an article by Todd Essig. It shows the mental state in terms of challenge level and skill level. (Almost as fascinating as 3D printing!)
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Good Leaders Acknowledge What Can't Be Done
Posted by wdywft under ManagementFrom http://www.whatdoyouwantfromthem.com 4648 days ago
Saying you can't do it all is not a failure of leadership, it is effective leadership. But despite all the books and articles that preach such reasonable humility, the culture of heroic leadership persists.
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Leadership And Effective Delegation
Posted by wdywft under ManagementFrom http://www.whatdoyouwantfromthem.com 4657 days ago
Since delegating work plays such an important role for successful
Leaders, why are most of them not doing it, or not doing enough? Why do we see Leaders attending to routine low-level tasks? There are
various reasons why we – Leaders and managers – avoid
delegating tasks and responsibility mainl
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Why Isn’t “Thinking Time” Part Of Your Standard Work?
Posted by wdywft under ManagementFrom http://www.whatdoyouwantfromthem.com 4661 days ago
Some people think that it's all well and good for a CEO to unplug himself — when you're the big cheese, you make the rules — that's just not possible for the folks in the trenches. But I think that's a lie. Unless you're in a sadly dysfunctional organization (and if you are, feel free to stop readi
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Interview With SAP Project Manager Zvika Bash
Posted by wdywft under TechnologyFrom http://www.whatdoyouwantfromthem.com 4683 days ago
Our community had the pleasure of interviewing Zvika Bash, an Applications Manager at a large, multinational Israeli IT organization. Zvika specializes in SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation projects.
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