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13 Difficulties that Define a Manager’s Destiny

Rick Conlow

Managers are paid to move the needle and achieve department goals. I have been amazed at how many struggle with executing company strategy or department initiatives. At one company it took 2 1/2 hours with twenty-one managers to clarify the Senior VP’s stated and written goal. Chaos and conflict in many cases.

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13 Difficulties that Define a Manager’s Destiny

Rick Conlow

Managers are paid to move the needle and achieve department goals. I have been amazed at how many struggle with executing company strategy or department initiatives. At one company it took 2 1/2 hours with twenty-one managers to clarify the Senior VP’s stated and written goal. Chaos and conflict in many cases.

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Rethinking the Corporate Love Affair with Change

Harvard Business

Consider Amazon: The company has almost single-handedly transformed major parts of the retail, logistics, and internet sectors in just two decades. Yet for all its innovation, Amazon’s approach to managing its money has changed little in 20 years. ” Continuity is the fertile soil in which change takes root.

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