Sessions at SXSW Interactive 2012 of type Panel about Management

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Sunday 11th March 2012

• Are Great Employees Overrated?

  by Eric Hellweg, George Anders, Michael Schrage, Roy Bahat and Laurie Ruettimann

  Who is worth more — one amazing employee or one hundred adequate ones? You've heard about the war for talent. If your business is looking to take over the world (or just your industry), how do you first build your talent pool? Do you fill your ranks with free-agent superstars, or foster a team of people whose names will never make the marquee, but are skilled enough to make your company a success? Your choice has implications for your culture, and your bottom line. This debate kicked up a tremendous response on the Harvard Business Review's website (hbr.org), but the jury is still out. What makes the world go 'round — individual brilliance or group genius?

  • Company Culture
  • employees
  • Management
  • Teams

  At 5:00pm to 6:00pm, Sunday 11th March

  In Brazos, Marriott Courtyard Austin Downtown/Convention Center

Monday 12th March 2012

• Moms vs. Management: Parents Make AWESOME Managers

  by Lourdes Alba, Margaret Stewart, Maria Giudice and Mike Tschudy

  How many books on management have your read and how many parenting manuals and apps have you downloaded since your kids arrived on the scene? How much of what you’ve learned has been “on the job” of parenting — and all the multi-tasking and emotional resilience that requires? Have you ever thought to apply those same techniques to managing clients or people inside your own organization?

  Hear a light-hearted conversation from our experts on techniques they’ve used and how to make the best of both worlds. Learn about how the principles of raising children directly apply to being a good manager of people. Topics may include:

  • Parallel play is not real play — challenges of cooperation, collaboration and negotiation
  • Use your inside voice — the importance of communication and active listening
  • No means no — applying praise, understanding consequences and other disciplinary measures
  • You can’t have it all — challenges of working parents towards achieving a healthy live/work balance
  • Leadership
  • Management
  • Parenting

  At 12:30pm to 1:30pm, Monday 12th March

  In Brazos, Marriott Courtyard Austin Downtown/Convention Center

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