Humble leaders yield better business results
To be successful in anything you need to be exceptional in what you do. But when your success is dependent on working with others, you also need to be humble with the people with whom we work.
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How to improve business performance through scheduling
If anything differentiates successful businesses and successful business people from the rest of the pack it is their ability to understand this Maxim. You shouldn’t be fooled by its simplicity (or by the awkward grammar).
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Questions & Answers on Active Management
We asked Jennifer Wright Fletcher, a Director at Carpedia ….How do you describe Active Management to the clients you work with? We discuss the concept that Active Management is a scheduled, one-on-one interaction
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Common sense strategic thinking
We must always act in our customers’ best interest even though it may sometimes negatively impact our own quality of life in the short term. So what does that really mean?
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What is Active Management anyways?
Active management is arguably the most important management behavior. It is the link between front-line workers and management and it is a critical behavior required to coordinate resources and execute plans. It is
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Delivering Results Not Reports – Maxim # 1
“Results not reports” resonates with many business executives. There are few things more common than a stockpile of old reports filled with well-intentioned plans gathering dust in an executive’s bookshelf or buried in a data storage folder.
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Carpedia’s Business Principles
The history of Carpedia’s 52 Maxims maxim | ‘maksim| noun a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct Carpédia’s Maxims are a collection of ideas that we use
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