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The Unspoken Truth About Managing Geeks - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership
september 2009 by jbreazeale
I can sum up every article, book and column written by notable management experts about managing IT in two sentences: "Geeks are smart and creative, but they are also egocentric, antisocial, managerially and business-challenged, victim-prone, bullheaded and credit-whoring. To overcome these intractable behavioral deficits you must do X, Y and Z."
management
IT
leadership
technology
business
september 2009 by jbreazeale
Leaders: Frame Your Messages for Maximum Impact - Management Essentials - HarvardBusiness.org
april 2009 by jbreazeale
A manager's job is, quite simply, to motivate people toward achieving a common goal. Succeeding at this job requires an array of communication skills, ranging from delivering a prepared talk to helping team members negotiate the best way to move ahead on a project. No communication skill, however, is more critical to the manager than the ability to frame an issue effectively.
via:hbs
management
communication
howto
april 2009 by jbreazeale
Seth's Blog: The myth of big salaries (it's all marketing)
april 2009 by jbreazeale
The failed bankers on Wall Street have been whining that if they have to cut bonuses and salaries dramatically, they'll be unable to recruit great talent, and they need great talent to fix the situation. And for years, boards have...
via:sethgodin
essay
money
business
management
economics
april 2009 by jbreazeale
Generation Blend
march 2009 by jbreazeale
Managing across the technology age gap
technology
howto
management
march 2009 by jbreazeale
The Perfect Management Team
december 2007 by jbreazeale
There are 4 functions that a organization needs to be successful from a management perspective. Sometimes these functions can be managed individually, sometimes the individuals are able to manage multiple functions.
via:learntoduck
management
leadership
business
december 2007 by jbreazeale
How to be a ‘Sticky’ Leader « FoundRead
november 2007 by jbreazeale
"Prof. Heath offers some suggestions for ‘how to be sticky’ like Welch, Clinton … even, Jack Kennedy. The top 3: make your message surprising; concrete; and keep it simple..."
via:foundread
entrepreneur
business
communication
leadership
management
november 2007 by jbreazeale
The Practice of Leadership » Blog Archive » Four principles leaders can use to guide employees through disconcerting change….
november 2007 by jbreazeale
"The four key principles are prediction, understanding, control, and compassion and are described as follows..."
leadership
management
culture
november 2007 by jbreazeale
Feld Thoughts - CTO vs. VP Engineering
october 2007 by jbreazeale
"I went for a mountain run yesterday with a long time friend of mine. In between panting, we spent about a half an hour discussing the differences between a CTO and a VP Engineering..."
via:bfeld
technology
management
entrepreneur
october 2007 by jbreazeale
How to use storytelling to motivate your startup staff
october 2007 by jbreazeale
"how business leaders can use storytelling to inspire their employees and affect positive change in their organizations..."
via:foundread
storytelling
communication
leadership
management
business
october 2007 by jbreazeale
Management practices that work
september 2007 by jbreazeale
It took 100K surveys to find these "Management practices that work" -
via:mckinsey
business
culture
management
productivity
organization
september 2007 by jbreazeale
The teacher, the servant, and the tea
september 2007 by jbreazeale
Knowing when enough is enough is a precious skill
via:slowleadership
management
business
personal
culture
september 2007 by jbreazeale
Sometimes you have to wing it
september 2007 by jbreazeale
Risk is in everyone’s mind at the moment, but that doesn’t mean they understand what it is or how it works. That’s the main reason why so many people, including some supposed experts, constantly get into a mess. Here’s how to avoid joining them.
via:slowleadership
leadership
management
business
strategy
personal
risk
knowledge
learning
september 2007 by jbreazeale
Teaching eagles to run
august 2007 by jbreazeale
Why do we persist in trying to turn ourselves (and other people) into what we and they plainly are not?
via:slowleadership
human+resources
leadership
management
business
culture
strategy
personal
jobs
august 2007 by jbreazeale
Head, shoulder, foot!
august 2007 by jbreazeale
Most founders think about complementing technical or business skills when they build their intial team. Fewer think about the emotional components required to marshal the operation to success.
via:foundread
business
entrepreneur
culture
management
leadership
august 2007 by jbreazeale
How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not
june 2007 by jbreazeale
What do leaders do to make employees in creative functions feel supported or not?
via:hbs
leadership
management
business
human+resources
creativity
june 2007 by jbreazeale
The Speed of New Ideas: Trust, Institutions and the Diffusion of New Products
may 2007 by jbreazeale
Key concepts include: * Entrepreneurs from less-trusted groups found it more difficult to overcome trust barriers. * Trust can act as a barrier to entry for new firms and products because trust makes existing relationships more productive...
via:hbs
marketing
entrepreneur
strategy
business
products
ideas
management
leadership
may 2007 by jbreazeale
QUOTED OFTEN, FOLLOWED RARELY - Fortune Magazine Article
november 2006 by jbreazeale
QUOTED OFTEN, FOLLOWED RARELY Thirty years after he published the "bible of software engineering," Fred Brooks talks about managing teams of people and why projects so often go wrong.
engineering
software
project
management
productivity
business
design
november 2006 by jbreazeale
Willitfly.com - Where Enterprising Minds Get Their Wings™
august 2006 by jbreazeale
According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), 80% of new businesses fail within five years -- typically, because attention was not paid to best practices in performing important business tasks. By emulating and automating expert prep, Willitfly.co
entrepreneur
innovation
creativity
marketing
money
business
development
management
learning
reference
guide
howto
august 2006 by jbreazeale
SlimTimer
august 2006 by jbreazeale
Together we can win the war on timesheets.
software
business
entrepreneur
GTD
lifehack
management
organization
productivity
service
time+tracking
timer
tools
august 2006 by jbreazeale
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