Comments on: The Characteristics of Successful Companies in the New Millennium http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-characteristics-of-successful-companies-in-the-new-millennium/ "Stand on the Shoulders of Giants" ... Insight and Action for Work and Life. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:59:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Anastasia http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-characteristics-of-successful-companies-in-the-new-millennium/comment-page-1/#comment-325315 Anastasia Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:17:18 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-characteristics-of-successful-companies-in-the-new-millennium/#comment-325315 Excellent web site. Lots of useful info here.
I am sending it to some friends ans additionally sharing in delicious.
And naturally, thank you on your sweat!

]]> By: JD http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-characteristics-of-successful-companies-in-the-new-millennium/comment-page-1/#comment-310698 JD Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:41:05 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-characteristics-of-successful-companies-in-the-new-millennium/#comment-310698 @ Alik — Yes, the execution is incredibly revealing.

I have a set of questions I use to check an organization’s execution. I don’t have it handy, but it’s something like this:
1. What have you delivered? (Over the past 6 months)
2. What do you plan to deliver? (Over the next 6 months)
3. How do things get done?

# 3 tells me all sorts of things about whether it’s customer-focused, whether it’s heavy planning, whether things get done by teams or heroic efforts, whether budget helps or if people are living off fumes, etc.

]]> By: Alik Levin http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-characteristics-of-successful-companies-in-the-new-millennium/comment-page-1/#comment-310603 Alik Levin Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:37:45 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-characteristics-of-successful-companies-in-the-new-millennium/#comment-310603 How timely.
While the vision, mission, values with the new company I work for are great it’s going to be interesting to watch closely its execution and if what we produce sticks on the wall.

]]> By: JD http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-characteristics-of-successful-companies-in-the-new-millennium/comment-page-1/#comment-310292 JD Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:28:19 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-characteristics-of-successful-companies-in-the-new-millennium/#comment-310292 @ David — True that.

The way I check the company is I check the vision, mission, and values. The culture is a big deal. And the the culture is what people really value, not what they say they value ;)

Timing is a big deal, too. One career path is to ride the waves of companies on the rise, and enjoy the success. Another path is to be part of a turnaround, and help make the waves.

With great challenges, come great rewards, but at the end of the day, the real trick is to find a place where you can live your values, become more of who you are, and expand what you’re capable of.

]]> By: David http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-characteristics-of-successful-companies-in-the-new-millennium/comment-page-1/#comment-310200 David Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:13:12 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-characteristics-of-successful-companies-in-the-new-millennium/#comment-310200 Yes! But only when the company is worth believing in.

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