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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

.orgSource

Sharon Rice ,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy, is our expert for guiding associations through tough markets. At.orgCommunity’s recent Innovation Summit, Sharon explored how Blue Ocean Strategy can help you bypass the sharks and find your way to offering unique and powerful member value.

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Is Your Remote Team Getting the TLC They Deserve? An Audit Delivers Answers

.orgSource

A spontaneous cruise of the office was an effective strategy for evaluating a variety of business indicators. The desire to be fully aware of the strengths and weaknesses of your team drives this type of evaluation. Identify Your Team The HR staff could take the lead on this project. Remember Management by Walking Around?

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Lessons Learned Living the Virtual Experiment

.orgSource

More than a few of those executives were managing virtual teams. In 2005, when Highroad was one of the few virtual businesses, the concept raised some eyebrows. One bit of wisdom is that like most skills, managing a remote team is both easier and more complicated than we could have imagined. Today, the idea is more mainstream.

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Grow the Human Skills: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication

.orgSource

Leaders who promote professional development and education of all kinds also encourage teams to bring an expansive perspective to their work. If suggestions miss the mark, use constructive criticism, not judgment, to point your team in the right direction. Don’t be a team in name only. Welcome every proposal.

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Members Hire Tomorrow’s Associations

Potomac Core

They also understand the Industry’s business model from product design to marketplace, and the staff teams approach everyday as an act of invention: Helicopter Association International – Keeping the rotors turning is all that matters for HAI. Matt Zuccaro. In doing so, the Industry was able to get back to work.

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Leadership Limerick: Innovation Requires Many Contributions

Idea Architects

Every Monday, I offer a leadership limerick, highlighting an idea or strategy about effective leadership in limerick form. When it comes to innovation, too many people think of the lone genius who invents some breakthrough product, instead of a diverse team with each member contributing different perspectives and roles to create new value.

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Moneyball and Management Innovation

Jamie Notter

If you haven’t seen it, the movie is about Billy Beane , General Manager of the Oakland A’s baseball team, who about 10 years ago started evaluating his players and fielding a team in a completely different way (and getting great results, at about one-fourth the payroll of the big market teams). Related Posts.