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Elements of Effective Management

May 7, 2007 by Steven M. Smith Leave a Comment

I am fortunate to have worked on a team led by Anne Cawley early in my career. Experience working with her enabled me to know, rather than speculate, about the power of an effective manager. What elements of her management style made her effective? Congruence: She conversed with members of her team as equals rather than … [Read more...]

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Decide as a Team

March 28, 2007 by Steven M. Smith Leave a Comment

Do some members of your team make agreements during meetings but fail to support them afterwards? If this behavior is happening, I suspect your team is using an obscure process to make decisions. Identifying Obscure Process An obscure decision making process is easy to identify. Ask each member to create a map of the process used to make team … [Read more...]

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