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People Centered Leadership: October 2008
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Keeping people at the center of decision making. Sunday, October 26, 2008. I'm hoping to post here once a week or so, but once in a while, a small thing gets in the way. This month the small thing was the ongoing meltdown. Of the American economy, the looming end of our entitled lifestyle. And the collapse and resurrection. Of the company that (for the time being, at least) employs me. Absolutely, right up through. The bitter end. Call it "free fall leadership":. What if I have to relocate? So listening,...
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People Centered Leadership: December 2008
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Keeping people at the center of decision making. Friday, December 5, 2008. Part I: The Problem. One of the most important jobs you have as a manager is to evaluate your employees' performance. Ideally, you are providing regular feedback, and so the evaluation process is merely an affirmation of a status you both already recognize. Thus, one guideline suggests that on a scale of 1-5 (5 being best), 15% of employees should receive a 1 or a 2, 35% of employees a 4 or a 5, and the remainder (50%) a 3. If I d...
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People Centered Leadership: August 2008
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Keeping people at the center of decision making. Sunday, August 24, 2008. It can't be denied: I'm not as young as I used to be. But, in spite of the shoulder ache that keeps me up at night, and the various other reminders of the onward march of time, I do not believe that my best years are behind me – quite the opposite, in fact. That's why it was refreshing to read this piece. We will set goals according to that expectation. We will see breakthrough thinking coming from unexpected quarters. Today I happ...
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People Centered Leadership: December 2009
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Keeping people at the center of decision making. Wednesday, December 30, 2009. How Risk Management Sucked the Joy Out of IT. As I wrote that bit of code, I realized its significance: as I recall, I tagged that line with the comment: "Holy crap, I'm 37! I was young, and 37 seemed a long way off. And now? Well, a child born the day I typed that comment would be about as old today as I was then. But, as the new century approached, a threat emerged: Y2K. The arguments. Each of these circumstances had a disti...
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People Centered Leadership: Where Have You Been?
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Keeping people at the center of decision making. Friday, May 7, 2010. Where Have You Been? 2010 is turning into an interesting year. At the end of March, I joined. Up-and-coming software venture BP Logix. In Vista, California. BP Logix is the first company to fuse lean BPM, project management, and business intelligence. The company's flagship product, Process Director. OK, got that memorized yet? But I'll be back! In the meantime, I hope you follow my new Twitter. Im also a guest blogger at Redux Online.
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People Centered Leadership: January 2009
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Keeping people at the center of decision making. Friday, January 2, 2009. Part IIa: Some Ideas. I'll bet you figured the next post would be "Part II: The Solution". Sorry to disappoint you. But I do have some thoughts on how to approach the problem. As you'll recall from my previous post. Ratings, or easy. Ratings. The former are ideal, but managers will often avoid assigning appropriate ratings because there can be significant follow-up involved with employees who receive poor evaluations. Easy. Enter t...
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People Centered Leadership: 3 Ways Your Software Business is Already Attractive to Potential Strategic Partners
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Keeping people at the center of decision making. Wednesday, December 2, 2009. 3 Ways Your Software Business is Already Attractive to Potential Strategic Partners. Market segmentation or integration. Large companies might be capable of focusing their resources on any area they like, but even the largest can't focus on all of them at the same time. There are always going to be opportunities to fit your product into the cracks in somebody else's portfolio. If you're used to selling in the US. Generally,...
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People Centered Leadership: February 2009
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Keeping people at the center of decision making. Wednesday, February 25, 2009. Before You Can Be A Real Leader, You Might Have to Fake It. Two articles caught my attention. In the first. To describe the posse of geniuses he blamed for leading the country into the debacle of Vietnam. I'm not sure I agree with the general thrust of the piece, but one line caught my eye. In describing how these high-powered businesspeople came to believe they were masters of the universe. The UC Berkeley researchers involve...
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People Centered Leadership: November 2009
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Keeping people at the center of decision making. Sunday, November 29, 2009. Five Things Giraffes Teach Us About Leadership. The giraffe. Earth's tallest land animal, it is slender and beautiful, herbivorous and social. And it has a few things to teach us about leadership:. You already stand out from the crowd; take advantage of it. Sometimes you just have to dive right into things. The birth of a giraffe. Is one of the wonders of nature: the newborn falls about six feet from his mother to the ground!
