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Entries from May 2009

Dont use team building to solve individual problems

May 21st, 2009 · No Comments

I was talking to a client yesterday who wanted team building for a “broken” team. It is something we have done from time to time and it reminded me of one of the most frustrating, expensive and unnecessary problems in this area – using a collective team building event to address a problem with one [...]

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Management by objectives can distort a matrix organization

May 18th, 2009 · No Comments

I have been working with one of our clients on matrix management training for people stepping up to executive level. This is the point in their organization where managers step up from mainly local and functional roles and start to take on a wider, cross-organization profile and responsibilities – as a  result they become much [...]

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