Posted on 15 January 2009. Tags: Best Practices, Career Management, Employers, leadership, Management and Leadership
Most businesspeople focus primarily on institutional complexity and thus fail to see that some forms of complexity, if managed well, can create value and do not have to generate excessive complexity at the individual level. Institutional complexity can enhance organisational resilience and enable companies to take on new strategic opportunities. ‘Cracking the Complexity Code’, an […]
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Posted on 15 January 2009. Tags: Best Practices, Career Management, leadership, Management and Leadership, worklifebalance
The book titled, “Managing Customers as Investments: The Strategic Value of Customers in the Long Run” (Wharton School Publishing) by Sunil Gupta and Donald R. Lehmann, offers practical examples and case studies to help companies estimate the lifetime value of their customers. That information, the authors suggest, can then be used […]
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Posted on 14 January 2009. Tags: Career Management, Flexibility at Work, leadership, Management and Leadership, worklifebalance
Technology alone is rarely the key to unlocking economic value: companies create real wealth when they combine technology with new ways of doing business. McKinseys has identified eight technology-enabled trends that will help shape businesses and the economy in coming years in the article, “Eight business technology trends to watch”. These trends fall within three […]
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Posted on 14 January 2009. Tags: Career Management, Life Balance, Management and Leadership, worklifebalance
At last… A business book without an ego! In “The Halo Effect … and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers”, Phil Rosenzweig tears into some of the most popular business books of recent years, suggesting that a number of the principles bandied about in the business world are based on […]
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Posted on 13 January 2009. Tags: Best Practices, Career Management, Flexibility at Work, Management and Leadership, worklifebalance
Fans of Jeffrey Pfeffer will not be disappointed with the case studies and examples he provides in his latest book, “What Were They Thinking?: Unconventional Wisdom About Management”. Subjects covered include:• Corporate culture, • Employee development, • General managers, • Interpersonal communications, • Participative management, • Performance management, • Team leadership, • Teamwork.Every day companies and their leaders […]
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Posted on 12 January 2009. Tags: Best Practices, Career Management, Flexibility at Work, Management and Leadership, worklifebalance
As a manager, you’re well aware of the importance of developing subordinates, and that means delegating responsibilities to them that will hone their problem-solving and decision-making powers. But when pressure is building and the clock ticking, sometimes the better option seems to be tackling a challenge yourself rather than coaching an employee in doing it. […]
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