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Guest Blogger Julie Freeman: The Trustworthy Leader

leaderCommunicator

Many businesses are undergoing enormous transformations, restructuring their business models and reorganizing their employees. Julie Freeman, APR, ABC, served as the President of the International Association of Business Communicators from 2001-2011. And what is the pay-off for a business leader to be perceived as trustworthy?

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Accelerate Your Growth through Agile HR Practices

HR Digest

Agile HR can be defined by its principles of responsiveness that encourage restructuring of work to facilitate immediate feedback, planning, and action. 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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Relationships and Red Flags - A Learning Experience

Building Personal Strength

When the recession of 2001 hit, I had to restructure my business. The red flag was waving. My friend was bored in retirement and loved dabbling in business. It made him feel young again. But he had no idea what he was doing. That meant deferring some of the plans I had made with my wealthy mentor.

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Stop Fighting Your Culture

Harvard Business Review

Instead, right from the start, he, along with Ron Williams (who joined Aetna in 2001 and became its president in 2002), took time to visit the troops, understand their perspective, and involve them in the planning. That was an appealing proposition but would require significant restructuring; no one's job was guaranteed. billion gain.

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The Vioxx Recall Tested Our Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Should we restructure the organization to lower costs and at least partially offset the loss of revenue? We had done a restructuring in 2001 with a significant number of layoffs. We viewed restructuring as a last resort. We decided against restructuring and reductions in research expenditures. billion in revenues.

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How a Turkish Bank Became the Employer of Choice

Harvard Business Review

In 2001, Turkey experienced a financial crisis in its banking sector. In the next few years, in the wake of a restructuring of Turkish monetary policy, the sector revived. Our experience at Garanti Bank shows how even in seemingly the worst of circumstances, companies can become the most attractive of employers.

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Steve Jobs, Tim Cook, and Apple's Innovation Premium

Harvard Business Review

When Jobs returned in 1998 he restructured his team with senior managers who possessed a rich mix of strong discovery- and delivery-driven skills, and as a result the company churned out hit after hit, from the iMac and iTunes to the iPad, iPhone, and iPad. Staying at the top of the innovation heap is not easy but it is possible. Before A.G.