Wednesday, January 26, 2011
being the boss by Linda A Hill
BEING THE BOSS: 3 IMPERATIVES FOR BECOMING A GREAT LEADER
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| Author: Linda A Hill |
It's a common mistake to think management is defined by formal authority — the ability that comes with a title to impose your will on others. In fact, formal authority is a useful but limited tool. You may think people are perverse or stubborn, but there are many reasons they don't always follow your instructions. They disagree with you. They think there's a better way and feel free to exercise their own judgement. They think something else is more important... Managing people primarily by exercising your formal authority is far less likely than a more open approach to capture that full value.
Insisting on “I'm the boss!” places a huge burden on you. The head of a large high-tech company told us of a discussion she once had with her head of HR. Her company had installed a program to encourage broader participation in decision-making, and she was frustrated that product development seemed to be moving too slowly. “Maybe we have to go back to the old command-and-control system,” she said. “If that's what you want,” said the HR person, “I'll help you. But you have to be right all the time.”
Laughing, the CEO said, “I'll never forget what he said. I told him, 'That's never going to work.' “No one person can possibly possess the knowledge, experience, and wisdom needed to make every decision... Less authority-driven organisations are more likely to elicit and take full advantage of the talent and experience of their people.
Amazon review page of the book. 5 star rated.
http://www.amazon.com/Being-Boss-Imperatives-Becoming-Leader/dp/142216389X/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1296049472&sr=1-3
Sunday, January 16, 2011
'Creating Money' by Sanaya Roman
Creating Money
| Author: Sanaya Roman |
Money is a tremendous force. The way you earn your money, accumulate it, and spend it determines whether your money will be a force that creates good or doesn't create good for you and others. It is important to hold new thoughts about money that will help it be used as a force for good on the planet.
Form follows thought; by holding new thoughts you can create new realities about money for yourself and others.
Each of you can act as a powerful broadcasting station, sending out positive ideas about money and contributing to a higher vision of money on the planet.
Beliefs in scarcity help create your wars and the taking of more than is needed from the earth.
If everyone could create the abundance that is his or her natural birthright, you would have fewer reasons for war or to harm the earth.
Your new beliefs will draw to you ways to create abundance for everyone, ways you have not even conceived of yet that tap into sunlight and other unlimited resources.
The universal supply is infinite, and it is within your technology and reach for every human being on the planet to live with enough food, warmth, clothing, and shelter.
Until you believe that, you won't experience it, but you can start by believing that it is possible to have all your own needs met. There is no limit to what you may have!
Embrace fully your capacity to create, to think in unlimited ways, and to pursue everything that you have been wanting. Be flexible, open, and willing to let the new come to you.
| Author: Sanaya Roman |
Money is a tremendous force. The way you earn your money, accumulate it, and spend it determines whether your money will be a force that creates good or doesn't create good for you and others. It is important to hold new thoughts about money that will help it be used as a force for good on the planet.
Form follows thought; by holding new thoughts you can create new realities about money for yourself and others.
Each of you can act as a powerful broadcasting station, sending out positive ideas about money and contributing to a higher vision of money on the planet.
Beliefs in scarcity help create your wars and the taking of more than is needed from the earth.
If everyone could create the abundance that is his or her natural birthright, you would have fewer reasons for war or to harm the earth.
Your new beliefs will draw to you ways to create abundance for everyone, ways you have not even conceived of yet that tap into sunlight and other unlimited resources.
The universal supply is infinite, and it is within your technology and reach for every human being on the planet to live with enough food, warmth, clothing, and shelter.
Until you believe that, you won't experience it, but you can start by believing that it is possible to have all your own needs met. There is no limit to what you may have!
Embrace fully your capacity to create, to think in unlimited ways, and to pursue everything that you have been wanting. Be flexible, open, and willing to let the new come to you.
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Sunday, January 02, 2011
Winning in Emerging markets by Tarun Khanna
Winning in emerging markets
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January 3, 2011 | Author: Tarun Khanna |
A business school in some sense is an institution that, in addition to training and teaching people to think about their role in society, serves a variety of functions from the standpoint of a potential employer.
It helps screen talent and certifies that it is of high quality... Executive search firms also complement this process.
By institutional void, we refer to the situation in most emerging markets when specialist institutions and intermediaries such as executive search firms and business schools are either completely absent or not functioning as well as they might.
So, in this example, buyers of talent can't get together as easily as they might, with sellers of talent (such as graduates of business schools).
For managers, if their business growth is predicated on hiring appropriate amounts of talent as it invariably is what do they do to compensate for the absence of support services that they might take for granted in the US or in other more mature markets?In the book we discuss at length how companies adapt to these missing institutions.
We also describe different kinds of institutional voids and give examples of companies trying to adapt.
A useful starting point for managers is to construct an institutional map and see what the institutional voids are.
It's important to have the right kinds of conversations and identify the problems that need to be resolved over and above the core function in a business of making anything from widgets to washing machines to life-saving drugs.
Amazon link on the book by Tarun Khanna, is HERE !
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January 3, 2011 | Author: Tarun Khanna |
A business school in some sense is an institution that, in addition to training and teaching people to think about their role in society, serves a variety of functions from the standpoint of a potential employer.
It helps screen talent and certifies that it is of high quality... Executive search firms also complement this process.
By institutional void, we refer to the situation in most emerging markets when specialist institutions and intermediaries such as executive search firms and business schools are either completely absent or not functioning as well as they might.
So, in this example, buyers of talent can't get together as easily as they might, with sellers of talent (such as graduates of business schools).
For managers, if their business growth is predicated on hiring appropriate amounts of talent as it invariably is what do they do to compensate for the absence of support services that they might take for granted in the US or in other more mature markets?In the book we discuss at length how companies adapt to these missing institutions.
We also describe different kinds of institutional voids and give examples of companies trying to adapt.
A useful starting point for managers is to construct an institutional map and see what the institutional voids are.
It's important to have the right kinds of conversations and identify the problems that need to be resolved over and above the core function in a business of making anything from widgets to washing machines to life-saving drugs.
Amazon link on the book by Tarun Khanna, is HERE !
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