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Stop Micromanaging and Learn to Delegate

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John Beesonwritten by John Beeson

You’ve gotten feedback from your manager as well as word of rumblings within your team: You’re seen as a micromanager who tends to get into the weeds — and stay there. You produce great results but senior management sees you as an operational manager and questions your ability to let go and operate at a strategic level. Wait a minute, you think. Who are they trying to kid? Delegation sounds great on paper, but you’re responsible for some major projects, and management expects flawless execution. How can they have it both ways? Continue reading →

3 Steps to Give Your New Hires a Terrible Onboarding Experience

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Written by Beth Miller

Do you want to make sure that your new employees are dazed and confused from day one? Do you know the secret to keeping them from ever reaching the heights of mediocrity, let alone actual success? Do you like having a high rate of turnover on your staff, making every day uncertain of who will be in the office or what tasks will be accomplished?

Of course you don’t. Continue reading →

Know Which Strategy Style Is Right for Your Organization

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written by Martin Reeves

Companies that correctly match their strategy-making processes to the competitive circumstances of their industry, business function, or geographic markets perform better than those that don’t. But, as I discussed my last post, far too many lack a systematic way to do so. In that post I explained how choosing a strategy for setting strategy required asking two questions about your situation:  How unpredictable is your environment? How much power do you or others have to change that environment? The answers give rise to four styles for executing strategy: classical, adaptive, shaping, and visionary. Continue reading →

Who Can Teach Leadership?

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  written by Gianpiero Petriglieri

Mel’s hand went up precipitously and unexpectedly, like thunder on a clear day. I had barely begun introducing the leadership course I would be teaching over the coming weeks. “I have a question, Professor.” I gave him the floor.

“What makes you think you can teach us to lead?”  Continue reading →

Michael Biggee

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LJ:  Since some of our readers may not be familiar with Trident Capital, would you give us an overview of the firm?

MB: Trident Capital is a leading venture capital and venture growth firm that invests in companies that are solving big problems of our time through technology and innovation. We invest across multiple stages, from early startup to growth buyouts, in the Software, Internet and Technology-Enabled Services sectors. Continue reading →