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What is a
Management Team?
“Even in the best companies, a so-called top
team seldom functions as a real team,” says Jon R. Katzenbach.
Winning Team: 7 Elements
The necessity of building a
management team is central in the concept of
leader effectiveness. The management team is the entire work group as an
integral unit (rather than an aggregate of individuals), governing itself
within the area of freedom allowed by its position in the organizational
hierarchy.
12 Leadership Roles
Members of the management team should be
strategic thinkers able to see the big
picture, have
diverse experience, demonstrate
leadership attributes,
combine business insight with technical savvy, and be committed to
continuous learning. They should also have a common
vision
of the future, be good team players who are
committed to creating superior
value for all stakeholders –
customers,
employees,
investors and
society as a whole – by getting the best from their people and leading
continuous innovation.
Large organizations are made of
several of many inter-locking management teams.
The CEO
and all the executives reporting directly to him or her would be a
management team. But at other organizational levels, managers and
supervisors and all workers reporting to them respectively would also form
management teams. The same person may be a
leader
in one management team and a group member in another.
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Successful Entrepreneurial Firms
7 Characteristics
(by: NBIA)
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Venture Financing
What
Are the Venture Capital Investment Criteria?
Of all of the criteria,
the need for a strong management team is by far the most critical...
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Selecting a New Corporate
Leader: 3 Questions
Lessons from
Peter Drucker
Leadership is not rank, it is
responsibility. It is the lifting of a subordinate’s vision to
higher sights – the raising of a subordinate’s performance to a
higher standard. It is the building of a subordinate’s
personality beyond its normal limitations.
A leader must set strict principles
of conduct and responsibility, high standards of performance,
and respect for the individual and his work...
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Case in Point
GE
As far as
Jack Welch,
the legendary former CEO of GE, is concerned, middle managers have to be
team members
and coaches. "They have to
facilitate more than control. They should be able to excite and praise
people and know when to celebrate. Managers should be energizers, not
enervators"1. In the company's 1993 Annual Report, Welch began
talk openly about taking steps against those managers who couldn't learn to
become team players: "In some difficult cases this mean parting company with
some impressive people... who won't play as part of a team. Their
debilitating effect on the team can outweigh the the benefits of their
individual talent."...
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25 Lessons from Jack Welch
5 Characteristics of a
Winning Team
Shared Values: Team members are
looking for a "values fit" with their team. Without it, they won't give the team
their best. Team members should participate in establishing shared values and
values-based common goals if you wish them to live these values, be committed to
these goals, and have a feeling of interdependence and ownership for their jobs
and unit.
Shared values become also your team's code
of behavior as they define what is and isn't acceptable...
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17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork
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The Law of the
Big Picture: The Goal is More
Important Than the Role
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The Law of the
Niche: All Players Have a Place
Where They Add the Most Value
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The Law of the
Chain: The Strength of the Team Is
Impacted by Its Weakest Link...
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