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What Motivates People At Work: 4 Actionable Factors

by Martin Webster 

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Motivation

When Lou Gerstner took over as CEO of IBM in 1993, he took the reigns of an old and prestigious institution with a rich history. Gerstner had no computer industry experience, but he did have deep leadership experience. And taking over at IBM he would need every bit of it: IBM had suffered a multibillion dollar loss and was burning cash.

“There’s been a lot of speculation as to when I’m going to deliver a vision of IBM [but] the last thing IBM needs right now is a vision,” Gerstner said at his first press conference. He needed to make some tough decisions and get the his new team members working together effectively – fast.

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How to Deal With Useless Leaders Who Don’t Want to Make Decisions

by Martin Webster 

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Useless Leaders Don’t Make Decisions

In Principle 11* David Khalil tells us that those who can’t or don’t want to make decisions will find it hard to lead. They don’t make decisions because they fear making mistakes, are swayed by others, or don’t know how to make their plans reality.

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In this post we show you how to prepare the highlight report. Learn why it is important to give stakeholders an honest update on project progress.

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This post summarises our free ebo on project risk management and includes links to other quality articles on project risk and issue management.

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The latest leadership articles from Leadership Thoughts. We focus on the information technology organisation and show you how to manage project progress.

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