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“You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.”
– Wayne Gretzky
“You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.”
– Wayne Gretzky
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You miss 100 You miss 100 percent of the percent of the shots you dont shots you dont take. take. Wayne Gretzky Wayne Gretzky 1 A Bias for Action A Bias for Action Steve Rivkin Senior Fellow, Health
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“You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.”
– Wayne Gretzky
“You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.”
– Wayne Gretzky
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A Bias for Action A Bias for Action
Steve Rivkin
Senior Fellow, Health Communications & Marketing Strategy, Estes Park Institute Managing Partner, Rivkin & Associates LLC
“Management was, is, and always will be the same thing: The art of getting things done.”
– Bob Eccles & Nitin Nohria, Harvard Business School professors
“Management was, is, and always will be the same thing: The art of getting things done.”
– Bob Eccles & Nitin Nohria, Harvard Business School professors
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The Six-Step Model of Problem Solving The Six-Step Model of Problem Solving
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“Make it a habit to be
novel and interesting ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea needs to be
adaptation to the problem you are currently working on.”
– Thomas Edison
“Make it a habit to be
novel and interesting ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea needs to be
adaptation to the problem you are currently working on.”
– Thomas Edison
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Modify Adapt Rearrange Combine Streamline Modify Adapt Rearrange Combine Streamline
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performance
performance
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_________________________ Kotter’s 8-Step Model for Change _________________________ _________________________ Kotter’s 8-Step Model for Change _________________________
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Getting the Best from your Task Force. Getting the Best from your Task Force.
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proportional to the importance of the problem.
proportional to the importance of the problem.
Your Task Force
action plan.
clear end date.)
informal.
action plan.
clear end date.)
informal.
The Six-Step Model ofYour Task Force (continued)
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Caveat:
The best strategic idea is useless if it cannot be implemented tactically.
Caveat:
The best strategic idea is useless if it cannot be implemented tactically.
Caveat:
Inspiration is Perishable.
Caveat:
Inspiration is Perishable.
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Caveat:
Don’t Confuse Enthusiasm w ith Priority.
Caveat:
Don’t Confuse Enthusiasm w ith Priority.
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“Keeping an open mind is a virtue, but not so open that your brains fall out.”
British philosopher and historian (1872-1970)
“Keeping an open mind is a virtue, but not so open that your brains fall out.”
British philosopher and historian (1872-1970)
We Agree
We Agree
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“When anything is being accomplished, it is being done, I have learned, by a monomaniac with a mission.”
author, management guru
“When anything is being accomplished, it is being done, I have learned, by a monomaniac with a mission.”
author, management guru
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