Slight Reliability

How to Change the World with Rob Roe (Episode 117)

Slight Reliability

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Send us Fan Mail How do you take all the utopian ideas you read about in books and apply them to the reality of the organisations we work in? This week I'm joined by leader, mentor, and coach Rob Roe to tackle this question. We discuss... ๐ŸŒช๏ธ The pitfalls of functional silos ๐Ÿคซ Is the annual budget a load of rubbish? ๐Ÿƒ How our management promotion systems are often broken ๐Ÿซ‚ The power of virtual teams ๐Ÿ“— Team interaction models ...and much more. You can find Rob on... LinkedIn: https://www.linked...

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