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Category Archives: Mary Parker Follett

Shades of Mary Parker Follett

Monday, May 12, 2008

I once saw a review of some writing by Mary Parker Follett by a modern day guru who professed hesitation about reading it, because he might discover that she anticipated some of his “work.” The truth is, very little new insight is available that cannot ultimately be traced directly to her. . .

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Why a woman’s place is in the corner office.

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

A variety of demographic forces are driving businesses - and organizations of all sorts - to break down the invisible barriers to women in the workplace. Indeed, the very definition of traditional work needs to be redefined. However, that doesn’t go far enough. Someone needs to make the case for women in the workplace - especially in its managerial ranks - on the basis of their novel abilities. . .

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Pushing the string

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Knowledge management is acknowledged as an important effort in today’s organizations, but it is not typically executed with great effect. There are several typical errors that managers fall prey to when attempting to install such programs, and one major, systemic one.

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Bringing the fifth column on board

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Slowly, it is becoming recognized that there are networks inside our organizations that operate independently of the “official” chain of command. It is the manager’s job to help bring these in line with their natural desire to support the organization. Here are some tools, form the worlds of Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0, to help you do that.

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Genius where it matters

Friday, May 11, 2007

We are used to thinking that the place where genius matters is at the top. We scour the landscape for examples of companies where this appears to have been the case, then establish them as the pattern to emulate. But, we’re misreading the evidence, here, and drawing from it the wrong lessons. . .

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