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Don’t be a Grin Fucker

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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. I come from a world that if the coach wasn’t yelling at you, it meant he didn’t care.

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

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He coached me that I had to start with the answers. I’m never right the first time so I spend time adjusting my frameworks. It took too long for me to get around to speak to every departement, get data, assemble it, analyze the data to formulate conclusions and then communicate it to executive staff.

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PMI-OC October 2012 Dinner Meeting

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Medrano, who coaches global technology implementation projects at Deloitte Consulting, will share how the firm leveraged PMBOK framework to create a project and quality management method that reduces risk and increases service delivery consistency. 9, 2012, meeting of the Project Management Institute?s s Orange County Chapter.

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The Importance of Teams and Why the Best Leaders Cultivate Them

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It is a hugely compelling show because Zakaria covers world issues that will affect all of us in ways that are accessible and with frameworks for processing disparate information. Increasingly I find myself engaging executive coaches at companies an trying to help executive teams get 360 degree feedback. Is she feeling motivated?

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7 Metaphors That Every Aspiring Leader Should Emulate

Startup Professionals Musings

Existing business frameworks are the recipes, and great entrepreneurs creatively use new tools and strategies to hone these frameworks, just like a master chef. Works with other team members on mutual aspirations (coach metaphor). Evolve from guru to guide, and coaching others to find answers for themselves.

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Don’t Be A Product Leader Still Failing In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Existing business frameworks are the recipes, and great entrepreneurs creatively use new tools and strategies to hone these frameworks, just like a master chef. Works with other team members on mutual aspirations (coach metaphor). Evolve from guru to guide, and coaching others to find answers for themselves.

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Brian Garrett, Crosscut Ventures, On Mental Health And Investing In Founders

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This week, Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures announced a brand new effort to provide health and wellness to the founders of companies it invests in, helping those founders with well being, mental health, stress management, coaching, and leadership development. That's the framework we've build with Evolution.

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