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Lead and Manage
There has been a lot of debate, about the value of leadership versus management. In researching this article, I found many comparisons that disparage managers (fixed mindset, authoritative, detached) in order to reinforce qualities of good leadership (open mindset, empowering, inspirational.) These arguments have been outdated for a long time. I prefer the perspective from …
Build Great Culture with A.C.T.
If you have direct reports, you are a leader and manager. Your most important job is to create a productive culture and motivate your team. Many fail. ACT is a pneumonic that is useful in reminding leaders how to motivate and create great cultures. It is an acronym standing for: Accountability: getting things done by …
People Laws (part 2) 7th, 8th, and 9th Laws
This post continues the Laws of Development Physics as related to people elements that impact development.
People Laws (part 1) 6th Law = Optimize the System
"...when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely in thought advanced to the stage of science, whatever the matter may be." - Lord Kelvin “There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that …
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Are you a Resultant?
I was reading through some old notes this evening and ran across this idea: Consultant: - Delivers Reports - Retains skill Resultant: - Delivers Results - Transfers Skills While I don't think I want to be called a "Resultant," I like how simply this places a focus on generating valued results and outputs. It also reminds …
