Ten Commandments for Managers: A Closer Look
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I have received a number of emails from people who appreciated “The Ten Commandments for Managers” that I published here some weeks... Read More
The Ten Commandments for Managers
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1. Be humble: No one is as good as they think they are! (Or as bad either for that matter) 2. Listen:... Read More
Template for Success or Why Change Initiatives are Doomed!
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Some time ago I was asked to speak to a group of people who work full-time as change agents in a large... Read More
All in a Day’s Work!
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The only thing that is worse than throwing your pearls before swine is when the swine reject your pearls!
Unleashing the Power of Mobility!
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Everyone knows it is going to happen! Just like at some point everyone knew that the internet was going to fundamentally change... Read More
Smarter than an ant and dumber than a pike!
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I suppose everyone has heard about the research that was done in which minnows where put into a glass cylinder in an... Read More
Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths & Total Nonsense by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton
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Some critics have suggested that “Hard Facts” borders on common sense but it is the apparent lack of common sense in business... Read More
THE MARKETING PLAN: THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY
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Following is another simple marketing plan template that I have used from time to time in my work. Like my earlier entry... Read More
THE PERLMUTTER/RONSTADT MATRIX
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A Tool for Analysis of Global R&D Organizations BACKGROUND Creating the right organization and control system for R&D is always a difficult... Read More
Lie Number Three: “Our product is at the end of its lifecycle!”
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Every product will eventually reach the end of its lifecycle. Some marketers use end of lifecycle as an excuse for there own... Read More