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Amazon's Leadership Principles: A Deep Dive
Whether you're preparing for an interview at Amazon, or a leader wanting to get better, there’s something for everyone…
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Organizations are a world onto themselves. Leaders have to understand key frameworks in order to be effective.
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The Laws of Systems Thinking
In The Fifth Discipline, there's a useful primer on systems thinking that I keep going back to. Senge calls it…
The Amazon Management and Decision Making System
Just as the Toyota Production System revolutionized manufacturing, Amazon revolutionized the world of e-commerce. But unlike Toyota's system, Amazon's system…
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Herzberg Hygiene Factors vs Motivators — Why People Leave Managers, not Jobs
How true is the statement that "people leave managers, not jobs"? Should you prioritize compensation, or is it team cohesion…
The Type of Courage Needed in Modern Leadership and Organizations
We don’t usually think of courage in the context of careers and organizations. But this is a mistake. Courage…
Bolman Deal Four Frames Model of Leadership
Organizational life can be a confusing muddle, especially if you are trying to get better at playing the game. Take…
The Best Leadership Style - There Might Not be One
If you're the ambitious type, you've probably had your fair share of leadership books and management training. More than likely…
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Why Netflix Leads with Context not Control
Control was the dominant management paradigm in early twentieth century industrial factories. A century later, in many modern workplaces it…
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MBWA : The Lost Art of Managing by Wandering Around
Managing effectively using data is all the rage today. But most of it is shallow "hard data". The real challenge…
Still In Search of Excellence — Attributes of the Best Run Companies
According to one estimate, around 12,000 business books are published every year. But back in 1982 this was not…
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Andy Grove on Balancing Top-down vs Bottom-up Approaches to Leadership
Ever wonder why that particular initiative of yours never got traction? Organizational politics kills more initiatives than people realize, and…
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Singular Big Bet vs Multiple Small Bets-Two Contrasting Approaches to Strategy
In their book, Business Experimentation, Rob James and Jules Goddard highlight two approaches to strategy that are diametrically opposite to…