[READING TIME: 8 MINUTES] In this 8020Info Water Cooler, we consider how to know when it’s time to let someone go, pivot with strategic course corrections, start change slowly so you finish strong, effectively welcome new hires, and intentionally cultivate 12 key skills in a framework to develop your organization. Enjoy! 1. Deciding When It’s […]
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In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at the importance of friends at work, onboarding and accountability, using doubts productively, six skills your team needs and tips from marketing cookware. Enjoy!
The Importance of Work Friends
Understanding (and Improving) Accountability
How to Become a Productive Doubter
Tips from Marketing Cookware
The Model: Six Skills Your Team Needs
A Renewed Focus on Onboarding
Reading: IdeaFlow: The Only Business Metric That Matters
Reading: The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date
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In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at “voice cultivation” to keep ideas alive in your organization, a way to focus on what matters most, policy expiration dates, conversations to pursue after onboarding, framing initiatives as experiments and balancing three board roles. Enjoy!
Keeping Ideas Alive
How to Keep Focused on What Matters Most
Give your Policies Expiration Dates
Conversations to Pursue after Onboarding
The Model: Framing Initiatives as Experiments
Finding Balance Among Three Board Roles
Reading: Building a Second Brain
Reading: The Anticipatory Organization.
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In this 8020Info Water Cooler we explore questions to guide onboarding for new employees, probe reasons for procrastination, look at how stresses drive consumers to buy, and share warnings about collective decision-making. Enjoy!
Five Questions for Onboarding
Why People Buy
Stop Collective Decision-Making
Salespeople Don’t Need To Be Liked
The List: Making Leadership Training Stick
Procrastination Diagnostics
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In this 8020Info Water Cooler we discuss how to fix common onboarding mistakes, the benefits of adding walking meetings into your day, what your business card should look like, and we walk through three steps for change. Enjoy!
Improving Your Onboarding
Yes, You Need A (Top-Flight) Business Card
“Wise” Sayings To Stop Saying
Insert A Walking Meeting In Your Day
The List: Novels With Ethical Lessons
3 Steps For Change
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In this issue of the 8020Info Water Cooler we focus on lots of tips — to defuse a tense meeting, onboard a new employee, consider what works in marketing, avoid “I Told You So”, and increase your productivity to reduce stress. Enjoy!
How To Save A Meeting That Becomes Tense
Three Tips For Onboarding
How To Avoid “I Told You So”
Remember The Other Side Of The Coin
Finding What Works In Marketing
Increasing Productivity To Reduce Stress
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The Five Temptations Of A CEO
Six Ways To Conquer A Leader’s Isolation
Onboarding: How To Do It Right
Guerrilla, Not Gorilla, Marketing
Summer Reading for Leaders
A Tool to Structure Information
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