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Five Tips for Managers of Newly Dispersed Teams

Johanna Rothman

Are you a manager accustomed to Management by Walking Around and Listening (MBWAL) ? You have an opportunity to work differently as a manager. If you're creating products of any kind—especially software products—you've got a team sport. See the Flow Efficiency series.) And won't be for a while.).

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Five Tips for Managers of Newly Dispersed Teams

Johanna Rothman

Are you a manager accustomed to Management by Walking Around and Listening (MBWAL) ? You have an opportunity to work differently as a manager. If you're creating products of any kind—especially software products—you've got a team sport. See the Flow Efficiency series.) And won't be for a while.).

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How to Be an Effective Player-Coach at Work

LSA Global

The origin of the term player-coach refers to a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. Although the practice is mostly extinct in sports, many companies today expect their managers – especially their first-level managers – to be an effective player-coach at work.

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Marketing Mix Modeling MMM (Part 1 of 3)

Tom Spencer

new ways to spend the marketing budget), including the Internet, online communities, search engines, event marketing, sports marketing, viral marketing, cell phones, and text messaging. Often, some combination of the two methods is the most efficient. However, management consulting firms have been taking a portion of the pie as well.

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Growth by Acquisition Isn’t for Everybody

Martinka Consulting

In fact, I start out speaking engagements on buying a business by telling the audience (usually management and executive level people0 there’s a good chance it’s not for them. Customers (efficiency vs. make more calls) Yes, we can! Leadership, or the lack thereof, is the top reason management people switch jobs (not money).

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There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One

Harvard Business

Precision made it easy for managers to oversee their employees. Every spot on every line was visible to managers. Every step of the process was measured, and real-time metrics were easily accessible. A great salesperson will operate much more efficiently with a defined process for reaching out to prospects.

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Is Your Company Actually Set Up to Support Your Strategy?

Harvard Business

An “operating model” — how a company organizes and manages its resources to achieve its strategic ambitions — is the bridge between strategy and execution. That means choosing the right dashboards, defining which metrics matter most and mapping out how long-range planning, resource allocation, and budgeting will work.