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Accelerate Your Growth through Agile HR Practices

HR Digest

Originally designed for software development, Agile has gained traction in various business functions, including HR, due to its adaptive and iterative approach to work. The Agile Manifesto written by a collection of 17 bright minds in 2001 , gave rise to a collection of values to guide software development in an agile, adaptive manner.

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Servant Leaders Outperform Because They Connect

Michael Lee Stallard

When Admiral Clark became the chief, first term re-enlistment didn’t meet the Navy’s goal of 38 percent. As the Navy improved sailor retention and developed greater alignment with Admiral Clark’s vision, it became faster and more responsive. Here’s the link: [link] Leadership Development Carnival on November 9th, 2010 [.]

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Why Every CEO Needs a Leadership Coach

Coaching Tip

When asked what was the best advice he ever received, Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO of Google, recognized it was from John Doerr, who in 2001 said, "My advice to you is to have a coach." The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as I do. Develop Leadership Skills: A Mobile Reference Guide. He was pretty experienced.

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4 Failure Points that Can Undermine Your Business – Failure Point 4: Don’t Close Your Ears to Experts

Strategy Driven

You’ve got very lofty goals,” Dick said. When we started Sports Illustrated , we didn’t make a profit for six years. In 2001, Ed earned Entrepreneur of the Year honors from Ernst & Young. He listened carefully as I told him about my idea for my magazine. Are you prepared to wait that long? 500 company.

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Six Principles for Developing Humility as a Leader

Harvard Business Review

Whether we''re looking at business or politics, sports or entertainment, it''s clear we live in an era of self-celebration. Jim Collins had a lot to say about CEOs he saw demonstrating modesty and leading quietly, not charismatically , in his 2001 bestseller Good to Great. Leadership Leadership development Managing yourself'

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Work-Life Balance Through Interval Training

Harvard Business Review

Before long, someone noted the analogy to high performance in sports, and used a phrase that piqued my curiosity: Corporate Athlete. Apparently, Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz have already made quite a lot of the term corporate athlete, having coined it way back in a 2001 HBR article ( I was only 13 years late to the party! )

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Consumer Warning Labels Aren’t Working

Harvard Business Review

We’d have to live without medicinal drugs, challenging sports, sugary foods, and useful tools. In 2001 the U.S. Unfortunately, there has been little effort, and hence little progress, in developing warning systems that readily differentiate big from little dangers. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S.