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The Greatest Leadership Principle of All-Time

Rick Conlow

They give you clues to what’s going on in organizations, and the potential impact of The Greatest Leadership Principle of All-Time. A time management study by Theodore Barry and Associates showed that 40-50% of employee time is unproductive! Instead they create a complacent, critical or combative work culture.

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Why Minimize Management Decision Time

Johanna Rothman

I still see so many teams spend weeks at a time estimating projects they won't start for years. Or, that someone is supposed to estimate ROI when no one has done any small experiments to see if anyone would buy/use this product/feature. See Modern Management Made Easy Book 3 for specific ways to deal with individual manager goals.).

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Transforming from a Good to Great Coach

Rick Conlow

Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) and the Human Capital Institute (HCI): Studies have shown that coaching programs yield a positive return on investment (ROI), with estimates of ROI ranging from 5:1 to 7:1 or even higher. Here are ten notable examples: Google: Google is renowned for its robust coaching culture.

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How to Get Your Team to Use Their Vacation Time

Harvard Business

So if vacation has such a good ROI, why are people taking less and less of it? In one study, researchers found that employees fear that their manager will think less of them for taking vacation. Yup, they are blaming you (what’s new?).

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