Beginnings make a huge difference. Meetings offer a perfect example. I was working with a VP who started off her 3-day, first quarter meeting with a 20 minute introduction. The purpose and expected outcome of the three days. Three highlights and three lowlights from the previous year. Why people were seated, by name card, at their six-person tables.

Eileen McDargh, Author Profile. Eileen McDargh, Author Profile. A community connecting people and ideas to create a world that works for all. The Berrett-Koehler Authors Community was created by and for all Berrett-Koehler authors.

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How Stupid Can You Get. April 4th, 2018 by Miki Saxon. Have you ever been to a post-holiday potluck? The unexpected happened when a few of them came down on me for a recent post terming Mark Zukerberg a hypocrite. I did ask them to think about one item that stuck in my mind. I thought the info would be of int.

Occasional posts on business books, their authors and publishers, tidbits from my book and article research, quotes from interviews with experts and executives, and hopefully, not too much self-promotional bushwa. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Kellogg strategy prof recommends 3 books for aspiring leaders.

13 Questions Great Leaders Ask Their Teams. Guest Post by Josh Linkner. Leaders may voice a solution when a problem rears its ugly head,. Leaders ask their teams how to solve it. By framing a problem around appropriate questions, your team will discover the right answers on its own terms, rather than simply being told. What if we did the opposite? .