Category: management

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Self-Leadership Lab

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I like coaching with the help of the university of Geneva (HEC) and towards 1st year students of the MBA. Great stuff, tremendous people to meet. We do follow this method Self-Leadership Lab (Click).

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Leading – Trust – Management

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I was writing about Leadership here (Click). While I still agree about the word cloud (Scottish humor included!), a much simpler definition came through Simon Sinek: “A leader has followers {periode}”. And that is simply true, all the rest is management! Watch: Great leader can be really bad at management! And the way round of […]

Information Management

Edward Snowden & the NSA @ TED

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We are having a long debate with some colleagues about Edward Snowden: Hero or Zero? No in-between choice, a sort of binary attitude! Of course, it is not that simple, but sometimes it’s good to take a side… What do you think? We did not reach an agreement, and at the end of the day, […]

Information Management

Decentralize or Centralize? Why?

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Why Decentralize? Wished outcomes: – Flexibility in operations – Sensitivity to the client and the constraints – Empowered and accountable Professionals – Increase customer proximity – Approach internal services to users – Increase the time response – Countering the bureaucracy – Closer Service – Service more accessible – Better understanding of the constraints (link) – […]

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Notes Organisation Structures and Models Analysis (2)

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What are the four main attribute that must concern the manager when it comes to create his/her company model of organisation? Environment (The list of significant (external) factors is defined – Appreciate each horizon of certainty (1-5 years) and express the Central tendency? Put that tendency onto the scale: No exceptions, Few Exceptions, Periodical Exceptions, […]

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Notes on Organisational Structures and Models (1)

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Let’s start with a short quote: Everywhere, we celebrate the famous entrepreneurs, but organizations “modeler”, rarely. If the foresight or recklessness of the former is a necessary (but not sufficient) condition of economic development, it is the second discrete engineering that allows companies to grow and last.(i) What do those discrete engineers of organisation have […]

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Immunity To Change Map (Change Management)

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Immunity to Change Map (ITC)! Quid? A simple and strong tool that we practiced during the MBA with the executive coach (Hanneke Frase). First, it is a tool that can be used both at a personal and company level. They can reach quite a level of complexity, but they -at least- are able to capture […]

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Notes on Change Management and Fair Process

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Following up the last post, I wanted to add a point that with it will definitely fit well! Fair Process vs Fair Outcome This is based on the MBA module that we had with an excellent executive coach (Hanneke Frase). It is also extracted from this article that presents nicely the situation. Imagine a change […]

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Notes on Change Management

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One of the best course, if not the best, was the one about Change Management. A great deal of transverse knowledge coupled with change management theory can lead to success. Soft skills are however key. Understanding the forces in presence and what are the particular worry of each stakeholder is indeed crucial for success. But […]