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Possibility Maximizer: SelfGrowth.com

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! The Resource:    SelfGrowth.com What It Is:  SelfGrowth.com is a powerful online community founded by David Riklan that boasts almost 200,000 resources available to help people change their lives and realize their full potential.

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Where There’s No Margin for Toxic Leadership

Harvard Business Review

But building a consistently strong top leadership team is difficult for at least three reasons: the tendency to be loyal to existing members, the lack of management depth to promote from, and many CEOs’ lack of experience in many functional areas. To be sure, this is not just a problem for midsized firms. Ford Motor Co. (a

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How to Innovate When You're Not the Big Boss

Harvard Business Review

In most companies there's more than a kernel of truth to these managers' complaints. At the middle management level you typically don't have the clout or resources required to make sweeping changes. "They won't let me take risks." They don't tolerate mistakes or failure.". Nonetheless, the dilemma remains.

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Making Matrix Organizations Actually Work

Harvard Business Review

First, when there is a major need for middle managers of different units or teams to coordinate on important business matters on a daily basis. If both region and product have P&L responsibility and are expected to manage the same factors (human resources, customer relationships, price levels, etc.)