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‘Managing the Managers: Nine Tips to Help Social Enterprises Build Outstanding Management Teams’, Next Billion
This NextBillion article provides nine essential strategies for building strong management teams in social enterprises. It highlights the importance of fostering a high-performing culture, implementing supportive systems, and prioritising continuous learning. Key approaches include effective talent assessment, incremental onboarding, meeting management, and coaching skill development. The article emphasises how strong management is vital for scaling operations and achieving meaningful impact.
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This NextBillion article offers insights for social enterprises aiming to build strong management teams. The piece outlines nine key strategies, ranging from creating a high-performing culture to implementing organisation-wide systems that support managerial success. It emphasises the importance of continuous learning, careful talent assessment, and incremental onboarding processes. The article also stresses the need for effective meeting management and the development of coaching skills among managers. Throughout, it underscores the critical role of strong management in scaling social enterprises and achieving impact.
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