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Don't Neglect Those Informal Hallway Chats
As you climb the corporate ladder, your workdays and schedules become much more structured. You find it harder to access the channels you previously used to build relationships and gather information vital for decision making--such as hallway chats and impromptu meetings.
To battle this tendency, develop flexible agendas--ones that leave room for capitalizing on unanticipated opportunities that emerge in day-to-day events. And build broad networks comprising everyone on whom you depend (up, down, and laterally). With your agenda clearly in mind and network relationships solidly established, you can get more out of a spontaneous, ten-minute hallway conversation than from an hour-long arranged meeting.
Today's Management Tip was adapted from the Harvard Business Review article "What Effective General Managers Really Do" by John P. Kotter
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Book Excerpts
Adapted from "A Sense of Urgency"Related Products
Choosing Strategies for Change
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What Effective General Managers Do
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John Kotter
John P. Kotter, Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School, is widely regarded as the world's foremost authority on leadership and change. His is the premier voice on how the best organizations actually "do" change.
He has published 16 books, 12 of which have been business best-sellers and 6 of which have won awards or honors. With millions of copies sold, his books have been translated into more than ninety languages. He is also the author of several seminal articles in the Harvard Business Review.
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