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Barbara Scott

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Director - Advisory & Consulting Services, Redemtech

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Passion for People, Process, and Profitability!

May 4, 2011

Barbara Scott recommends this answer by Andrew Baker

How do you get business/IT cooperation on projects in a heavily siloed organization?

It all depends on who "you" are. If you're the project manager, well... good luck with that.
If you're the Executive Sponsor, then it might be a little bit easier, but you should arguably be spending some more time getting the organization to be a bit ... more

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Project Failure

Project Management

May 4, 2011

Barbara Scott and 1 other person answered this question

How Are you Generating ROI From Trade Shows?

April 13, 2011

Barbara Scott recommends this answer by Kevin W. Grossman

What is the single most important element you focus on in order to increase employee engagement?

Eliciting the intrinsic value reward of what your employees do for you is key.
Many experts would argue that's not enough and is too difficult to do -- that pushing extrinsic value reward of making great money and benefits (are rarer combo these days), but research ... more

Human Resources

Employee Engagement

April 13, 2011

Barbara Scott recommends this answer by Ellen Bristol

Does your sales department really need a sales process? Why/why not?

Great question - and this is my favorite topic, too! Sales processes are like strategic plans. If you don't think you have one already, you're wrong - you have one by default. And it's usually messy, inefficient, unpopular, out of date, based on activities only, ... more

General Management

April 13, 2011

Barbara Scott recommends this answer by Sam Wee

If you were teaching a class of future managers, what would your top "pit-falls to avoid" be?

Too often, new managers make mistakenly expect that what worked for them will work for the people they manage -- based on an often-erroneous assumption that other people are like themselves. Some percentage will be similar to themselves (whether you use "Type A", Myers-Briggs, or ... more

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Human Resources

Operations Managment

April 12, 2011

Barbara Scott and 14 other people answered this question

What is your favorite motivational saying?

The largest barrier to success is removing the mattress from one's back in the morning.

General Management

April 11, 2011

Barbara Scott and 8 other people answered this question

As a leader in your company, what are three things you do to influence others to follow you?

1. Lead from the side: Gain consensus and buy-in from the impacted stakeholders so that there is shared focus on a common goal.
2. Communicate with integrity: Mean what you say, and say what you mean. Give honest and respectful feedback. Listen to the viewpoints of ... more

General Management

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