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BE 2.0: Focus on Responsibility, Not Tasks – The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything

Paul G. Silva

A Contrasting Example: When Task-Focus Fails Another startup I worked with initially resisted this framework. Establish clear definitions: Responsibilities: Outcomes you own Objectives: Benefits the organization needs to achieve Tasks: Activities that help reach objectives As I tell founders: “No one actually cares about the to-dos.

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Don’t be a Grin Fucker

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That’s the classic definition of Grin Fucking. McKinsey had their “ 7S framework &# and BCG had the “ BCG Matrix &# with cash cows, dogs, stars and question marks. I mean Porter’s Five forces is a useful framework but it’s basically microeconomics with a pretty wrapper. The title IS the post.

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Journeymen, Mavericks & Superstars: Understanding Salespeople at Startups

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If you ever have to interview, hire, judge the performance of, decide whether to promote, assign clients/regions to them or have to decide whether to fire sales people, I think having a framework for thinking about them is helpful. Almost by definition. Mavericks are by definition bad at following rules and bad at process.

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The Benefits of Top-Down Thinking & Why it is Critical to Entrepreneurs

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This is a problem for a strategy consultant because you are, by definition, a generalist that is thrown into new problems again and again. I’m never right the first time so I spend time adjusting my frameworks. But in leadership and entrepreneurism the top-down approach will be the right solution more often than not.

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How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

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And if we’re reflective, it’s also one of the most important success criteria for investors, senior executives, tech writers and virtually anybody involved in business leadership. I put my definitions on them because I didn’t want my thinking to be constrained by industry-defined boundaries or definitions.

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What Makes a Great Leader?

Tomasz Tunguz

I’m not sure we’ll ever be able to say definitively what constitutes a great leader. One way of looking at leadership development is through Adult Development Theory, an idea pioneered by Dr. Robert Kegan , a developmental psychologist at Harvard that borrows from others in the field. Leaders may be understated or zealous.

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What is an Ecosystem Builder

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One of the challenges in turning ecosystem building into a recognized profession is the lack of a recognized definition for what it is and what an ecosystem builder is. Clearly, if we’re going to come up with a professional definition of what ecosystem building is, it needs to include this connector/connecting aspect. Community Focus.