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Make sense of college admissions and prepare a successful application Admission Matters offers comprehensive, expert, and practical advice for parents and students to guide them through the college admissions process. From building a college list, to understanding standardized tests, to obtaining financial aid, to crafting personal statements, to making a final decision, this book guides you every step of the way with clear, sensible advice and practical tips. This new fourth edition has been completely updated to reflect the latest changes in college admissions. including new developments in standardized testing, applications, financial aid and more. Questionnaires, interactive forms, checklists, and other tools help you stay focused and organized throughout the process.. With the answers you need and a down-to-earth perspective, this book provides an invaluable resource for stressed-out students and parents everywhere. Applying to college can be competitive and complex. Admission Matters offers real-world expert advice for all students, whether you're aiming an Ivy or the state school close to home. It also includes much needed guidance for students with special circumstances, including students with disabilities, international students, and transfer students. In addition, athletes, artists and performers, and homeschoolers will find valuable guidance as they plan for and apply to college. Understand how the admissions process works and what you can and cannot control Learn how to build a strong list of good-fit colleges Craft a strong application package with a compelling personal statement Get expert advice on early admissions, financial aid, standardized testing, and much more Make a final decision that is the right one for you Whether you think you've got applying to college under control or don't even know where to begin, Admission Matters is your expert guide throughout the college admissions process.

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INTRODUCTION. WHY GREAT STRATEGIES AND CHANGE INITIATIVES FAIL

Strategy Without Execution = Talking

Why I Wrote MOVE

A Note About Change vs. Transformation

Doing Something Different

MOVE

Why Should You Read MOVE?

This Book Is Not Academic

PART 1. M = THE MIDDLE. WHERE TRANSFORMATIONS EITHER HAPPEN OR GET STUCK

CHAPTER 1. THE BEGINNING OF THE MIDDLE. WHY NEW STRATEGIES STALL AFTER THE EXCITING KICKOFF

What Everyone Is Thinking

A Good Strategy Describes What You Will Do During the Middle

Leaders: Execution Is Not Beneath You

Team: Don't Wait – Start Helping

CHAPTER 2. CONCRETE OUTCOMES. STOP ADMIRING THE PROBLEM AND DEFINE SOME SPECIFIC ACTIONS

What Everyone Is Thinking

What Happens in the Middle, Exactly?

Moving from Big, Vague End Goals to Actionable Strategy

Drive Forward Momentum by Getting Concrete and Specific

CHAPTER 3. TIMING AND MOMENTUM. MAINTAINING A SENSE OF URGENCY FOR A LONG TIME

The Forecast Is Hazy…

What Everyone Is Thinking

Focus on Mid-Term Checkpoints

“What Will We See?”

Shine a Spotlight on the Middle, Consistently…for a Long Time

Create a Timeline

CHAPTER 4. CONTROL POINTS. METRICS THAT DRIVE ACTION ON THE RIGHT THINGS

How Do We Measure Success?

What Everyone Is Thinking

Good Measures and Bad Measures

Limping Cows and Control Points

What Are Your “Limping Cows”?

Cross-Functional Magic

It's Okay If It's Hard to Measure

CHAPTER 5. RESOURCE REALITY. YOUR STRATEGY IS WHERE YOU PUT YOUR RESOURCES

What Everyone Is Thinking

Resource Reality

Remember, Great Isn't cheap

CHAPTER 6. DON'T SIGN UP FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE

What If They Tell You to “Do It Anyway”?

What Everyone Is Thinking

This Can't Be Done

Turtles All the Way Down

Pick the Right Revenue and Expense Target

Do What You Can

Something Must Get More Money

CHAPTER 7. SPONSORS AND ENEMIES. REDUCE YOUR PERSONAL RISK

Support and Sabotage

Achieving Sponsorship

PART 2. O = ORGANIZATION. ARE YOU LEADING THE TEAM YOU HAVE OR THE TEAM YOU NEED?

CHAPTER 8. THE RIGHT TEAM. THE FUNDAMENTAL INGREDIENT FOR A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEAM

What Everyone Is Thinking

There Is No Effective Antidote for the Wrong Team

A Lesson from the Dogs

Are All of Your Managers Good Managers?

Note to Leaders Making Changes: Are You Leading the Team You Have or the Team You Need?

Note to Everyone Whose Job May Change: What Happens to Your Role Now?

CHAPTER 9. ORGANIZE FOR OUTCOMES. CREATE THE IDEAL, BLANK-SHEET ORG CHART

What Is the Business Motivation for Organizational Change?

The Ideal, Blank-Sheet Org Chart

Some of My Own Lessons About Reorganizations

Do an Honest Assessment

CHAPTER 10. THE PEOPLE. HOW TO ATTRACT THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND ELIMINATE THE WRONG PEOPLE

The Right People: Always Be Recruiting

Five Common Hiring Mistakes: Do's and Don'ts

How to Hire a Star

The Wrong People: How to Eliminate the People Who Are Impeding Progress

Does This Person Need to Go?

Bullies

Everyone Is in the Biggest Job They've Ever Had

The Right Team Will Get You There

CHAPTER 11. BUILDING CAPACITY. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND DELEGATING FOR DEVELOPMENT

What Everybody Is Thinking

Always Be Growing

Performance Management

The Goal: No Surprises

Delegating = Developing

Failure Is the Key to Delegating

Everybody Up!

CHAPTER 12. UNSTRUCTURED CONVERSATION. HOW TO DRIVE PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND BELIEF

The Value of Unstructured Conversation

Real Engagement Is Always Personal

CHAPTER 13. STOP HAVING STATUS MEETINGS. GO FASTER AND REDUCE RISK

What Everybody Is Thinking

Status Meetings Cause More Problems Than They Solve

An Alternative Way to Track Status

Better Things to Do in Your Staff Meetings

CHAPTER 14. VIRTUAL AND REMOTE TEAMS. OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS FROM AFAR

What Everyone Is Thinking

Optimizing Your Work-from-Home Policy

Motivating Virtual Teams

Advice for the Remote Individual

CHAPTER 15. GETTING PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY CARE. ENGAGEMENT AND CONTEXT

What Everyone Is Thinking

If People Don't Care on A Personal Level, They Won't Move

Create Context and Meaning

PART 3. V = VALOR. FACING THE HARDEST STUFF WITH COURAGE AND PERSISTENCE

CHAPTER 16. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE. DEALING WITH OBSTACLES, FEAR, AND IMPOSTER SYNDROME

What Everyone Is Thinking

Welcome to Being a Leader

Four Things That Will Help You Feel Less Crazy and Stressed

It's Hard to Stick to a Transformation Through the Long Middle

CHAPTER 17. BURN THE SHIPS AT THE BEACH. HOW TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD WHEN NO ONE WANTS TO

What Everyone Is Thinking

“Burn the Ships at the Beach”

CHAPTER 18. TOO BUSY TO SCALE. USE RUTHLESS PRIORITIES TO ENABLE GROWTH

What Everyone Is Thinking

Problem #1: Addicted to Busy

Problem #2: Doing Too Many Things

Problem #3: Being Too Reactive

How to De-Risk the Most Important Actions

Conflicting Ruthless Priorities

CHAPTER 19. DETAIL. THE MOMENTUM KILLER: MANAGE OUTCOMES INSTEAD

The Cost of Detail

Never Move Detail Up

Deal with Your Addiction

CHAPTER 20. CLARITY AND CONFLICT. EXPOSE AND MASTER NECESSARY CONFLICT – DON'T AVOID IT

What Everyone Is Thinking

Uncertainty Is Expensive

Exposing and Resolving Necessary Conflict

The Team Will Never Make Trade-Offs

CHAPTER 21. DECISION STALL. ACCELERATE EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING

What Everyone Is Thinking

What Everyone Is Thinking

Are You Implementing Your Strategy or Studying It?

Getting Actual Feedback: Theory vs. Practice

The Cost of Requests

Consensus vs. Command

Debate vs. Go

CHAPTER 22. TRACKING AND CONSEQUENCES. HOW TO IDENTIFY AND RECOVER FROM SETBACKS

What Everyone Is Thinking

When Nothing Happens

Enforcing Consequences

Develop Better Habits on Small Things

The Gap Between Committed and Done

Hire Your Hero

PART 4. E = EVERYONE. YOU CAN LEAD A TRANSFORMATION FROM THE TOP, BUT YOU CAN'T DO A TRANSFORMATION FROM THE TOP

CHAPTER 23. CONVERSATION. CHANGE HOW YOU COMMUNICATE TO MAKE YOUR STRATEGY STICK

What Everyone Is Thinking

Telling Does Not Equal Communicating

Conversation vs. Communication

Conversation Creates Forward Momentum and Safety

Conversation Drives Action

Your Conversation

CHAPTER 24. DECORATE THE CHANGE “YES, WE ARE REALLY DOING THIS”

What Everyone Is Thinking

A Story About a Goat

Decorating the Change

Decorate the Change Through the Middle

Every Little Bit Helps

CHAPTER 25. TOP-DOWN COMMUNICATIONS. WHY PEOPLE DO AND DON'T LISTEN

What Everyone Is Thinking

Getting Initial Buy-in

Regular Updates from You, the Leader

Communicate 21 Times

Show That the Leadership Team Is Aligned

CHAPTER 26. LISTEN ON PURPOSE. FINDING THE INSIGHTS THAT MAKE YOU BRILLIANT

What Everybody Is Thinking

Never Count Only on Filtered Information

See What You Are Missing

Keep Your Team on Track Through the Middle

Get Access to the Best Ideas

Building Your Pipeline of Good Ideas

Are You Listening?

Some Leaders Resist Listening

CHAPTER 27. SHARING INFORMATION. COMMUNICATING ACROSS ORGANIZATIONAL SILOS

People Feel Uninformed

What Everyone Is Thinking

Bridging Across Silos

Everyone: Share What You Know

The Big “Aha”

Idea to Revenue in 16 Weeks

Structured Communication

Just Crazy Enough to Work

Sharing Information on Purpose

Internal Social Sharing Tools

CHAPTER 28. POWER AND TRUST. HOW TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE SUPERHEROES

What Everyone Is Thinking

How to Build Genuine Loyalty and Not Be a Jerk

“Imagined-Power” People

“Real-Power” People and Respect

Treat People Like People

Don't Guess What People Care About, Ask Them

Acknowledge That People Have a Life Outside of Work

Create a Process for Recognition

Make It Personal

Make People Feel Like Superheroes

You Can't Achieve a Transformation Without Trust

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

RESOURCES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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A while back I was asked to participate in one of those executive leadership programs where you go off-site with your peers and role-play a business simulation over the course of a couple of days.

You found yourself in charge of a fictional business, needing to make smart decisions, trade-offs, and investments to grow your revenue and profits in competition with your peers and their pretend businesses.

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The most common takeaway from this is that you must make an effort to make sure that D is not zero, meaning if people are too comfortable, they will not change. Dissatisfaction helps motivate change.

But the Harder Part Is in the Middle

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