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Guy Kawasaki on "The Back of the Napkin": The Find: Got a complex business problem? Of course you have to run the numbers, but one author argues that you should also sit down with a pen and paper and spend some time doodling. The Source: An interview conducted by venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki with Dan...; Tags: Jessica Stillman, Team Management, Manufacturing, Financing Startups, Finance, Strategy, Management, Investment, Food & Beverage, Venture Capital, Globalization, Guy Kawasaki; Blog posts 2008-08-05
The Competitive Imperative of Learning: Most managers believe that relentless execution--the efficient, timely production and delivery of offerings--is vital to corporate performance. Execution-as-efficiency is important. But focusing too narrowly on it can prevent your company from adapting effectively to change. ...; Tags: Harvard Business Review, Management, Strategy, Team Management, Intermountain Healthcare, Team, Patient, Knowledge, Environment, Leader, Execution-as-efficiency, Edmondson, In Brief, Amy C. Edmondson; Articles 2008-07-18
The Top 10 Catalysts for Great Ideas: Idea Champions recently conducted a poll to discover which catalysts spurred its clients' brightest ideas. While many of them involved solitary activities or reflection, two of the top five -- brainstorming with others and collaborating with a partner -- reveal the power of team ideation in sparking creativity. A third...; Tags: Workforce Management, CC Holland, Management, Recruitment & Selection, Team Management, Idea, Team, Teamwork, Human Resources, Catalyst, Cisco Catalyst; Blog posts 2008-07-17
10 Inspirations for Embracing Failure: You know the guy on your team who's always pushing back against unusual ideas? The gloom-and-doomer who's convinced that if it's different, it must be wrong? Could be he's just afraid of not succeeding at a new endeavor. Here's some food for thought to convince him that...; Tags: CC Holland, Team Management, Food & Beverage, Failure, Management, Manufacturing; Blog posts 2008-07-16
The Ethics of Baseball: How can you condemn cheating in a game where the players are expected to "steal" bases? David Jacobson has done a remarkable job in researching and writing this week's business of baseball feature package, talking about salaries, the revenue sharing model and the MLB's legally sanctioned monopoly...; Tags: Management, Business Ethics, Games, Team Management, Grimsley, Doping, Sammy Sosa, David Jacobson, Ethics, Bat, Baseball, Player, Team, Personal Technology, Leadership, Michael Mattis; Blog posts 2008-07-16

Twin Teamwork: For a bit more Friday fun in the teamwork theme, check out another "mission" perpetrated by those rascals at Improv Everywhere. It's two fabulous! by CC Holland; Tags: CC Holland, Management, Team Management, Teamwork; Blog posts 2008-07-11
Delegate or Die: If you don't delegate, you won't actually kick the bucket. But there are times when doing it all by yourself makes you feel like you're ready for an early grave, right? It that sounds like you, executive coach Leila Bulling Towne has some advice on how to hand off and...; Tags: CC Holland, Management, Online Communications, Team Management, E-mail, Delegate, Grave; Blog posts 2008-07-10
When Outsourcing is Just Plain Stupid: Allow me to go on a rant today. As a journalist, I've been following with a combination of interest and dread the new trend of outsourcing copy editing to India. It's a cost-cutting measure, of course. But it's the most patently idiotic thing I've heard in ages. ...; Tags: Management, Team Management, Newsrooms, Team, Editor, Outsourcing, CC Holland; Blog posts 2008-07-09
Are You Spending Your Time the Right Way? | HBR IdeaCast: Managers who manage their time well not only get more accomplished, but they also set the tone for employees to be more proactive about their own schedules. Melissa Raffoni, author of the Harvard Business Review article "Are You Spending Your Time the Right Way?", shares techniques that will help you...; Tags: It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, BNET Staff, Online Communications, Marketing, E-mail, Outsourcing, Team Management, Product Marketing, Internet, Productivity, Podcasts; Blog posts 2008-07-09
Help Us Build a Better BNET: You know what we do at BNET: provide information, advice and insight -- plus a little entertainment -- to you, the redoubtable manager battling every day to make your team, your organization and yourself more successful. We hope we've been useful to you. Judging by our growing...; Tags: Michael Mattis, Team Management, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Marketing; Blog posts 2008-07-07
Teamwork As Performance Art: A New York magazine article about a public scene-making collective called Improv Everywhere had me applauding the chutzpah and the sheer team-leading genius that allows groups of people in New York City to work together seamlessly to create unusual (and in some cases, awe-inspiring) public performance pieces. Here's a...; Tags: CC Holland, Management, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Team Management, Performance Management, Performance, Teamwork; Blog posts 2008-07-03
What Beloved Office Perks Can You Not Do Without?: Whether you're the CEO, a middle manager, or the guy doing data entry in a windowless cube, when the economy is bad, work sucks. But does it have to? Over the last two months, I've been investigating what happens during a downturn to make everyone's job harder. ...; Tags: Perk, Riot, Team Management, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Lindsay Blakely; Blog posts 2008-06-30
If You're Gay, Should You Say?: An interesting conundrum came up recently in Randy Cohen's column, The Ethicist, that bears on our post Tuesday regarding the role of human resources in workplace ethics. In the wake of the recent California Supreme Court Ruling that recognized the right of same-sex couples to marry, a reader writes into...; Tags: Management, Michael Mattis, Human Resources, Prejudice, Recruitment & Selection, Gender And Diversity, Workforce Management, Bible, Supervisor, Team Management; Blog posts 2008-06-26
Celebrate Blunders to Bolster Your Team: If your team has just made a royal mess of something, the last thing you probably want to do is throw a party. But approaching disaster with a sense of humor can do more to restore your team's confidence than a stern lecture or a freak-out fit. ...; Tags: Management, CC Holland, Team Management, Team; Blog posts 2008-06-19
The Worst Teamwork Video Ever: Many corporations invest in so-called "team building" video productions to fan the flames of employee enthusiasm. Some are good. Some are bad. And some -- well, some are Ernst & Young. As one Web-industry pundit put it, "This is either the best SNL sketch or worst corporate video ever...; Tags: Teamwork, Video, Corporate Communications, Team Management, Marketing, Management, CC Holland; Blog posts 2008-06-13
Try the Consensus Approach for More Effective Meetings: Think the venerated Robert's Rules of Order are the last word for running meetings? If you're not satisfied that you're getting everyone on the same page, maybe it's time to ditch parliamentary procedure and try a different approach. Lawrence Susskind, who wrote "Breaking Roberts Rules," says parliamentary...; Tags: Effective Meeting, CC Holland, Management, Corporate Law, Business Operations, Corporate Governance, Team Management, Tools & Techniques, Procedure; Blog posts 2008-06-11
Is One Bad Apple Ruining Your Team's Morale?: A friend of mine is having a problem with a member of his team. This employee (we'll call him Ned) is an hourly worker who has been fudging his time sheets while arriving late and leaving early. He isn't getting his work done by the required deadlines,...; Tags: CC Holland, Management, Team Management, Ned, Apple Inc., Team; Blog posts 2008-06-04
Your Next Exec Off-site: Riding the Rails: Executive off-sites fail when they feel like canned affairs cooked-up by HR. You know: team-building ropes courses, faith-fall exersizes, the endless "interactive" PowerPoint presentation in a beige-colored hotel conference room where the only one interacting is the one blathering endlessly on, slide after slide after slide. ...; Tags: Business Operations, Michael Mattis, Management, Microsoft Office, Corporate Governance, Team Management, Cabin, Car, Software, Office Suites, Corporate Law; Blog posts 2008-05-30
Avoid the Perils of Employee Inbreeding: It's human nature to gravitate to people who are like you, and that holds true in the office as well. When you're hiring for your team, people who click with potential co-workers and fit in with the culture often seem like best candidates. And much of the time, they have...; Tags: Hiring, CC Holland, Management, Human Resources, Team Management, Workforce Management, Referral, Recruitment & Selection, Talent; Blog posts 2008-05-26
Build a Workgroup Web Site with Google Sites: Back in February, Google unveiled Google Sites, a free service enabling users to whip together secure, team-friendly Web sites. Unfortunately, it was available only to Google Apps users. But as of yesterday, Google Sites is now available to everyone. Here's an overview: Similar to Google Docs, built-in...; Tags: Rick Broida, Internet, Management, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Team Management, Web Site, Web, Google Inc.; Blog posts 2008-05-22