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The Barnato Way – Connecting strategy, delivery and leadership by blending seven principles, contemporary examples, process and Mike’s models. 

 A.  DELIVERY

 1. People

a. Diversity

  • Dangerous dogs, books and Tyson
  • Males, elephants and the third TV debate
  • What can we learn from the Rain Man?

b. Communication

  • Communication: Is Cheryl Cole a good or bad role model?
  • Nick Clegg, Cheryl Cole & the first TV debate (ACE)
  • What Cheryl Cole tells us about communication

c. Listening & learning

  • Sex shopping and bargains: lessons
  • Sex, shopping and bargains

 d. Trust

Bath time, three legs and the second TV debate

 2. Organisation

  • Talent Management: Does appearance matter?
  • Organisation organisation: A brief history in four quotes
  • Managing talent: getting the right people on your bus
  • England in last 16 (just): what can we learn?
  • The 2010 FA Cup Final: learnings and bling

3. Tasks

a. Processes & energy

  • Processes: Getting the basics right and bobbies on bikes
  • How to combat email exhaustion
  • Go Mo! How preparation, peak energy and teamwork paid off
  • Performing at peak energy
  • March forth!

b. Practice

  • Business models and tools: Are they helpful or SAD?
  • Golf, Lampard and the Masters
  • How to transfer skills and knowledge
  • Skill transfer in practice
  • Learnings from Lampard: Frankly practice matters
  • What can we learn from Lampard’s penalties? 

c. Projects

  • Business models and tools: Are they helpful or SAD?
  • Are you suffering from project overload?
  • Do you have a purposeful portfolio or a project muddle?
  • How to make sure your project is successful (NOAH)

B. STRATEGY

 4. Outcomes

Purpose

  • Targets: Are Mourinho’s goals ACED?
  • Spending Review 2010: Why targets should be ACED
  • What do dogs and the RSPCA tell us about strategy?

Priorities

  • Are you suffering from project overload?
  • Fire fighting: Symptoms & Solutions (SUIT)

Strategy

  • Your brand: Is it bland or SPICED up?
  • Strategy & delivery: How to be better at both (6Ps)
  • Strategy & delivery: The disconnect
  • Five threats & five opportunities for 2010
  • Five threats & five opportunities for 2010: Revisited

Policy

How to use evidence and experts in policy making

 Scorecards & decisions

  • Spending Review 2010: Why targets should be ACED
  • Better decisions, different perspectives and the Prince of Persia (A-E)

5. Risk

  • Don’t say Dubai to risk (the 5C warning signs)
  • What Northern Rock tells us about risk management?

 C. LEADERSHIP

 6. Style

  • Leaders: Why do they need both a clock and a compass?
  • Situational leadership: Why Capello failed
  • The four most common challenges facing leaders
  • Leadership in challenging times (SAIL)
  • Are you a self aware leader?
  • Leaders: Forget frogs, copy chameleons
  • Why not? For toddler taming, leading and governing

 7. Perspective

  • Why do leaders need both a compass and a clock?
  • Nothing fails like success – how to survive and thrive
  • Caring for clients and children: Similarities and differences

Written by Mike Barnato

April 29, 2011 at 12:05 pm

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