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Management Resources Guide

the 2018 Management Resources Guide details comprehensive information on the professional services provided by Executive Wisdom Consulting Group.

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MANAGEMENT RESOURCES GUIDE<br />

The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs<br />

— It’s not about his personality but his accomplishments<br />

What NOT to do.<br />

Simplify.<br />

Take responsibility.<br />

When behind, leapfrog.<br />

Put products before profits.<br />

Don’t be a slave to focus groups.<br />

Bend reality.<br />

Customers judge a book by its cover.<br />

Insist on perfection.<br />

Tolerate only “A” players.<br />

Engage face-to-face.<br />

Big picture and details.<br />

Combine humanities with science.<br />

Stay hungry, stay foolish.<br />

The Science of Persuasion<br />

— Tactics for leaders to motivate performance<br />

People like those who like them.<br />

People repay in kind.<br />

People defer to experts.<br />

People follow the lead of those who<br />

are similar to them.<br />

People stick to commitments made<br />

publicly.<br />

People want more of what is less<br />

available.<br />

Dishonesty doesn’t work.<br />

Time is Money<br />

— And, it’s your scarcest organisational resource<br />

The stakes are high.<br />

Set clear priorities.<br />

Use zero-based time budgeting.<br />

Simplify the organisation.<br />

Initiative-Creep: Demand business<br />

cases for projects.<br />

Standardise Decision Rights.<br />

Meeting Discipline.<br />

What Great Managers Do<br />

— A review of the behaviours of top performers<br />

Capitalise on uniqueness.<br />

Build upon strengths.<br />

People care most about recognition.<br />

How do people prefer to learn?<br />

Tell the truth, even when it hurts.<br />

You must have bench-strength.<br />

It’s why we have scoreboards in<br />

sport.<br />

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