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The Manager's Communication Toolbox
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The Manager's Communication Toolbox

by Everett Chasen, Robert Putnam
November 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
176 pages
5h 26m
English
Association for Talent Development
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Think Like a Manager

“The greatest difficulty in the world is not for people to accept new ideas, but to make them forget their old ideas.”

—John Maynard Keynes

In This Chapter

  • Why sound thinking is important.
  • The four basic thinking tools: strategize, analyze information, be creative, and arrive at a decision.

Jeff Immelt has been the CEO of the General Electric Company since 2002. When Immelt took over, he believed GE was becoming a boring place to work, and that GE’s managers were afraid to take risks. Soon after taking charge, Immelt took a radical step. “We had to have some way to pull ideas out of the pile,” he said, “make sure they ...

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