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Blog Entries by Ron Ashkenas from 08/2010

Hire Senior Executives That Last

| Posted 08.04.2010 | Business
Read More: Promoting From Within, Due Diligence, Hiring Executives, Hiring Practices, Business Recruiting, Outside Hires, Promotion, Senior Management, Business News

The costs of the failure rate of executives coming into new companies are enormous. So what can companies do to improve the odds of hiring successful senior managers? Let me suggest three steps.

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At HP, Deference May Have Led to Deviance

| Posted 08.10.2010 | Business
Read More: Leadership, Business, Thought Leaders, Ethics, Business News

When managers and executives forget the fact that they are flawed human beings -- or we help them forget it -- we're in danger of fostering the kind of behavior that toppled HP's CEO Mark Hurd.

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Are You in Cahoots With Complexity?

| Posted 08.18.2010 | Business
Read More: Operations, Delegation, Communication, Business News

No one consciously and intentionally creates complexity. But unintentionally, and unconsciously, all managers are complexity creators.

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Is Your Organization's Culture Too Nice?

| Posted 08.24.2010 | Business
Read More: Organizational Culture, Personal Effectiveness, Managing Yourself, Conflict Resolution, Business News

The tendency to avoid conflict in organizations creates disconnects between business units, unnecessary revisions in project plans, and lower standards of performance

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