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11.19.14  Ron Ashkenas

A Successful M&A Considers the Human Element

Some of the most popular stories in the business press are about mergers and acquisitions. And why not? Unlike standard financial reports with numbers, analyses, and projections, M&As include a sense of personal drama.

Categories: Acquisition Integration, Harvard Business Review
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11.10.14  Ron Ashkenas

Why Managers Hesitate To Bring People Together

Out of the many ways that managers get things done, one of the most underused is what I call “convening authority”: the ability to bring people together to share information, build alignment, or solve problems.

Categories: Operational Excellence, Forbes
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10.29.14  Ron Ashkenas

How To Survive A Bad Boss

What happens when you end up with a really bad boss – someone who not only lacks positive characteristics, but is also a negative force? There are a couple of solutions. They come with no guarantees, but they may be worth considering.

Categories: Organic Growth, Operational Excellence, Forbes
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10.23.14  Ron Ashkenas

Help Your Team Spend Time on the Right Things

What is the most common resource that’s always in short supply? The answer, of course, is time. This applies not only to your time, but to your team’s. Therefore, making sure that time is spent in ways that will have the biggest impact is a critical determinant of …

Categories: Operational Excellence, Harvard Business Review
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10.07.14  Ron Ashkenas

Don't Delay Tough Talent Decisions

The best way for a manager to be successful is to build a top-notch team. But when most managers take on new positions, they hesitate to act quickly in replacing incumbents that may not have ability to perform as needed.

Categories: Forbes, Executive Alignment and Coaching
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10.02.14  Ron Ashkenas

How Thomson Reuters Is Creating a Culture of Innovation

It’s not easy for big companies to innovate. As Steve Blank, Clay Christensen, and many others have pointed out, once firms reach a certain size, most of their resources (and investment dollars) are rightly devoted to executing and defending their existing business…

Categories: Innovation, Harvard Business Review
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09.22.14  Ron Ashkenas

Getting Past a Career Setback: An Example and a Test

Managers often think about their careers in terms of winning and losing. Winners ascend the corporate ladder and get the praise, recognition, bonuses, and top jobs. But what about those whose careers are sidetracked or derailed when passed over for a promotion?

Categories: Operational Excellence, Harvard Business Review
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09.16.14  Robert Schaffer , Jonathan Stearn

A Test to Weed Out Consultants You Shouldn’t Hire

We’ve seen a lot of consulting “misses” over the years – polished management products and services that fail to achieve what the clients want. Often it’s because executives recruit their consultants the wrong way.

Categories: Harvard Business Review, Executive Alignment and Coaching
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09.11.14  Ron Ashkenas

Why We're All Deluged With Too Much Work - And What To Do About It

One of the most persistent challenges that managers face these days is “initiative overload” – having too many projects on the plate and not enough time to get them done.

Categories: Simplification, Operational Excellence, Forbes
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09.09.14  Ron Ashkenas

The Reason Your Team Won't Take Risks

Learn the four tactics to break out of a risk-averse culture and learn what risk-taking really means, what is acceptable, and what is not.

Categories: Innovation, Harvard Business Review
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