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- Leadership Run Amok
- The Idea in Brief A leader's hunger to achieve--to continually be the best--is a major source of strength for any organization. It fuels innovation, productivity, and growth: companies would be lost without it. But taken to...
- Articles 2007-12-14
- How to Manage Overachievers
- How to Manage OverachieversDealing with "heroes"...has never been easy. Read old Homer's Illiad, in which a project - the Trojan war - got delayed by years, because the project manager Agememnon could not get along with the overachieving Achill.You may be aware of CMMI, the Capability Maturity Model Integrated. I...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
- Five Warning Signs of a Problem Overachiever
- Five Warning Signs of a Problem OverachieverFive Warning Signs of a Problem OverachieverOverachievers are often times obsessed with their OWN PERSONAL achievements and brag about it even if subtilyforgetting that no one actually succeeds without the input of colleagues. They crave attention and pampering because of "their achievements". ...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
- Five Warning Signs of a Problem Overachiever
- Is someone on your team working themselves — or others — into the ground? Here s how to nip it in the bud before a serious problem develops. ...
- Articles 2007-11-26
- Expert Tips for Leading Top Performers
- How executives at IBM, Lycos, and Xerox keep high-maintenance employees in peak form. Cut Red Tape for Them ...
- Articles 2007-11-26
- How to Manage Overachievers
- Overachievers are not like other employees. You need to lead them differently if you want to take advantage of all they have to offer. Here's how to keep them happy and productive. Identify the Overachiever ...
- Articles 2007-11-26
- Get the Most Out of Overachievers
- Your top performers can go far — if you manage them carefully. Here's how you can help those "special" employees shine.You know the type: the account exec who stays until midnight to finish next month's sales presentation; the product manager who gets as much done in five hours as others...
- Articles 2007-11-26
- Managing Overachievers
- Having an overachiever on your team may feel like a blessing – they work twice as hard as others, are very goal oriented, and highly organized. But overachievers can often be near impossible to manage - ultimately eroding organizational performance and undermining team morale. Executive Coach and Consultant,...
- Videos 2007-11-30
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- Forbes Special Report on Achievement
- Forbes has a special report on Achievement. Specific articles below. Quote of the day: "Great people judge themselves failures, and those who accomplish nothing swell with pride." Thanks Nitin for the pointer.Confessions Of A Recovering Overachiever Alexandra Robbins ...
- Blog posts 2007-03-02
- Leadership Run Amok
- Leadership Run Amokaltruistic achievementBy some recent definition of 'overachiever' it is easy to imagine everyone might see themselves as OAs. But that could also mean overacting, as might be considered in despair.com. Working for a true leader can be very powerful, fuelling pride for recognized achievements, which allows for freedom...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-12
- Group Dynamics: Learning to Work With Control Freaks
- A few months ago, I wrote a post about one of the major components of our MBA program -- "group learning." Many of our classes include a group project or group homework. At the time, I was highly optimistic about my team's group dynamics. We all have...
- Blog posts 2008-03-12
- Grooming Top Performers | HBR IdeaCast
- After surveying 1,000 top analysts, Harvard's Boris Groysberg discovered that employees don't become stars based solely on their individual abilities. Rather, it's the corporate culture and support of colleagues that make employees stars. In this podcast, Groysberg debunks several myths to tell managers how they can nurture these star employees...
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- AT&T Network Systems Group/Transmission Systems Business Unit - 1992 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality awardee - Company Profile
- The Transmission Systems Business Unit TSBU of AT&T's Network Systems Group aspires to be an overachiever in the eyes of its customers. Although not yet perfect, the nation's largest maker of transmission equipment for telecommunications networks knows what it must do to earn top grades for customer satisfaction.
- Research articles 1992-11-02
- Workplace Bullying: A Management Primer
- Workplace Bullying: A Management Primer What Constitutes Bullying? Common wisdom used to be that...
- Articles 2008-10-20
- Hero leaves legacy of virtue
- PHOENIX -- Brave Heart. That's what they called Pat Tillman at Arizona State, where he walked on the football team in 1994 and molded himself into the ultimate overachiever. That nickname echoes throughout locker rooms of the NFL, the corridors of the Pentagon, the Oval Office of the White...
- Research articles 2004-04-26
- NFL veteran Beebe pursues calling as coach at Illinois Christian school
- Don Beebe likes being known as an overachiever. He says it's how he reached the NFL and what he preaches as head coach to his players at Aurora (Ill.) Christian School. "I've always had the heart to outwork anyone," says Beebe, a wide receiver who played nine years in...
- Research articles 2004-09-16
- Springs man earns praise Congress honors volunteer
- Billy and Maryanne Combs didn't need Congress to tell them their son, Michael, is special. But the award Michael Combs picked up Wednesday in recognition of his community service work made his parents smile. "He's definitely an overachiever," Maryanne Combs said. "Just a phenomenal child." ...
- Research articles 2003-08-29
- Wildcats' Beisel in good position
- DALLAS --- Last weekend in a column about Jeff Kelly and Mark Simoneau, Rick Dean quoted veteran Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Reeves as saying, "If Kansas State's got any more like them, tell them to send 'em down here." Well, Dan, get your draft picks ready. K-State is...
- Research articles 2000-12-28
- Wayne's new world on bench
- GLENDALE, Ariz. -- One month into his new career, the greatest overachiever in NHL history found himself saddled with one of the league's most underachieving teams. Wayne Gretzky wasn't happy with his last-place Phoenix Coyotes nine days ago. So, after two sour losses, the coach and hockey legend put...
- Research articles 2005-11-10
- Restaurant Ownership Increasingly Attracts Women.
- By Kathy Bergen, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 18--Rohini Dey describes herself as an "overachiever," an individual with a master's in economics and a doctorate in management science who is "very, very driven." So she didn't...
- Research articles 2004-04-18
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