davidstegall: The Four Leadership Traits of Highly Collaborative Leaders ht
Collaboration taps in to a broader pool of ideas. It maximizes the talents and abilities of your people. An inclusive culture is more flexible and adaptable. People are highly motivated, work harder and are more creative. However, collaboration isn’t something you can put on.
Scope creep
If budget, resources, and schedule are increased along with the scope, the change is usually considered an acceptable addition to the project, and the term “scope creep” is not used. Scope creep can be a result of: poor change controllack of proper initial identification of what is required to bring about the project objectivesweak project manager or executive sponsorpoor communication between partieslack of initial product versatility Scope creep is a risk in most projects. Most megaprojects fall victim to scope creep (see Megaprojects and Risk).
Bad Service Can Be Good Business - Bill Taylor
by Bill Taylor | 9:30 AM August 8, 2012 It’s hard not to be surprised by what you read in the newspapers these days, but a recent report in the New York Times left me downright floored. Richard Bove, a high-profile securities analyst who focuses on bank stocks, wrote a commentary that excoriated Wells Fargo for lousy service — so much so that he announced he’d moved his business to a different bank.
Stephen R. Covey » Blog Archive » The Leader Formula: The 4 things that make a good leader.
Each week we will be asking Dr. Covey to comment on common questions. This week we ask: what makes a great leader? Q: What makes a great leader?
Race to Running Software
Running software is the best way to build momentum, rally your team, and flush out ideas that don't work. It should be your number one priority from day one. It's ok to do less, skip details, and take shortcuts in your process if it'll lead to running software faster. Once you're there, you'll be rewarded with a significantly more accurate perspective on how to proceed.
A Seven-Step Framework for Developing Business
Lawyers are always seeking ways to get more business. Having a framework to approach business development may help. Here is one I have used and enhanced with my coaching clients for the last 15 years. Although some specific activities have changed—since social media developments and increased competition—the basic approach remains the same. If you don’t know where you are going, how will you get there? Here are some examples of common business goals that many of my clients have:
How Good Are Your Leadership Skills? - Leadership Training from MindTools
What's your key area for improvement? © iStockphoto/hidesy Who do you consider to be a good leader? Maybe it's a politician, a famous businessperson, or a religious figure. Or maybe it's someone you know personally – like your boss, a teacher, or a friend.
Hold the Mayo
Most software surveys and research questions are centered around what people want in a product. "What feature do you think is missing?" "If you could add just one thing, what would it be?" "What would make this product more useful for you?" What about the other side of the coin? Why not ask people what they don't want?
Social Media Marketing Mistake Every Small Business Makes
You constantly extend your virtual handshake in every possible direction... yet no one embraces it. Very few people follow, connect, or "like" you. Why? Simple: You're looking in the wrong mirror. This is the fourth in my series where I choose a topic, pick someone smarter than me (finding smarter people is turning out to be way easier than my ego prefers), and we trade emails.
kolb's learning styles, experiential learning theory, kolb's learning styles inventory and diagram
We have some very exciting plans for Businessballs. Later this month, we will be launching a new visual identity, refreshing the design of the site and adding lots of new functionality to enhance your learning experience. Phase 2 will include badges, learning plans linked to accredited competency frameworks, wikis (for collaborative content development) and new content from international thought leaders and academics. The site will continue to follow our ethos of free work and life learning, and the redevelopment and ongoing management will be delivered by our partner Accipio.
Forget Feature Requests
Customers want everything under the sun. They'll avalanche you with feature requests. Just check out our product forums; The feature request category always trumps the others by a wide margin. We'll hear about "this little extra feature" or "this can't be hard" or "wouldn't it be easy to add this" or "it should take just a few seconds to put it in" or "if you added this I'd pay twice as much" and so on. Of course we don't fault people for making requests. We encourage it and we want to hear what they have to say.
