Tag: Leadership
Start measuring our happiness
Amazing talk on TED by Chip Conley.
The story behind the transaction of Zappos
Amazon came to buy Zappos twice in the past but they didn’t make it. The third time they tried to, they did. What happened in between? How Zappos’ culture played a crucial role in all this?
Amazing story, told by the CEO of Zappos, Tony Hsieh.
The Oracle of Silicon Valley
It’s always interesting to read what Tim O’Reilly has to say:
The vast majority of businesses are created not to produce as much wealth as possible but rather to give their founders a pleasant life and a sense of personal satisfaction. Yes, most entrepreneurs want to make money, but they are perfectly happy without making billions of dollars a year. They are not predators; they are farmers.
The story of his life is fascinating.
Who judges your work?
In high school, some people learn to ship, they learn to do work that matters and most of all, they learn to ignore the critics they can never possibly please. The ability to choose who judges your work—the people who will make it better, use it and reward you—is the key building block in becoming an artist in whatever you do.
The lamb-cheetah dilemma: To be loved or feared?
This is all about leadership. Is it better to be an aggressive player or to perform softer?
According to Chicago business professor Steven Kaplan, the softer-skilled leaders, or “Lambs,†as he labeled them, succeeded 57 percent of the time. Not bad. The aggressive, hard-nosed managers, or “Cheetahs,†however, succeeded 100 percent of time.
Now this is a part of the truth only.
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7 μαθήματα από 7 εκατομμυÏιοÏχους
Σοφά λόγια, ανεξάÏτητα από το αν Ï€Ïόκειται για εκατομμυÏιοÏχους ή όχι. ΠαÏάδειγμα:
“In the end, you’re measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.†– Donald Trump,
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Η ανάγκη για αλλαγή στην εÏγασία
Ο Tachi Yamada είναι ο Ï€ÏόεδÏος του Ï€ÏογÏάμματος παγκόσμιας υγείας στο ίδÏυμα Bill & Melinda Gates, Μιλώντας για το πως Ï€Ïοσλαμβάνει Ï€Ïοσωπικό, ο Yamada λÎει:
You have to have people in an organization who are willing to truly embrace change, because if they don’t, then what you have is an organization that’s constantly fighting to stay at the status quo. And, of course, that leads to stagnation. It’s also an unsustainable model.
Πόσοι από εμάς άÏαγε είμαστε διατεθειμÎνοι να κινηθοÏμε σε αυτή την κατεÏθυνση;
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Είστε ο CEO σε κάτι;
Ο Mark Pincus είναι ο άνθÏωπος πίσω από Îνα Ï€Î¿Î»Ï ÎµÏ€Î¹Ï„Ï…Ï‡Î·Î¼Îνο social network που ασχολείται με σποÏ, το Zynga.
Ο Pincus λοιπόν μιλάει σε μια συνÎντευξή του στους New York Times και στην εÏώτηση πώς διαχειÏίζεται 150 ανθÏώπους δίνει μια μοναδική απάντηση:
I said, “By the end of the week, everybody needs to write what you’re C.E.O. of, and it needs to be something really meaningful.†And that way, everyone knows who’s C.E.O. of what and they know whom to ask instead of me. And it was really effective. People liked it. And there was nowhere to hide.
Φανταστικό!
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Ποια είναι η δική σας “φÏάση”;
Οι μεγάλοι ηγÎτες είχαν, Ï€ÎÏα από τα διάφοÏα χαÏίσματά τους, και μια φÏάση που συγκÎντÏωνε όλο το νόημα της δημόσιας παÏουσίας τους.
Για παÏάδειγμα, η “φÏάση” του A. Lincoln ήταν:
He preserved the union and freed the slaves.
Η “φÏάση” ή μότο αφοÏά στην Ï€Ïαγματικότητα τους πάντες.
Το άÏθÏο What’s Your Company’s Sentence? μποÏεί να μας βοηθήσει να αυτοπÏοσδιοÏιστοÏμε επαγγελματικά μÎσα από τη δική μας “φÏάση”.
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Οι άνθÏωποι που διοικοÏν είναι απÏόσωποι
Τον κόσμο όμως τον αλλάζουν αυτοί που Îχουν ÏŒÏαμα και ξεχωÏίζουν από την εσωτεÏική τους αξία. Εντάξει;
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