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Foxes And Hedgehogs: Which One Are You?

Lead Change Blog

In 2001, I accepted my first official leadership position as a human resources director with one audacious goal – to be and do all the things to serve all the people. It didn’t take long to figure out that I wasn’t good at trying to be and do all the things to serve all the people.

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Preview Thursday: No Ego by Cy Wakeman

Lead Change Blog

For the first time, I would be leading a team, which got me a free ticket to the Human Resources boot camp for managers. Can you help me develop my skills and work processes so I can meet company goals, add value to the team, and better contribute to return on investment?”. In 2001, she founded Reality-Based Leadership.

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Accelerate Your Growth through Agile HR Practices

HR Digest

Change is the only constant and agile HR appears to be the next evolutionary stage of human resources in an organization. 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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What I Wish I Knew as a CEO That I Learned Later in HR

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Having served as Chairman and CEO of SAP EMEA (Europe, ME, and Africa) and President and CEO for SAP Asia-Pacific, and a member of the SAP Global Board, Les was asked to delay his retirement for two years to take on the role of Global Head of HR, responsible for all of SAP’s Human Resources activities worldwide.

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