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Going the Distance to Engage Remote Workers

leaderCommunicator

According to the Global Workplace Analytics and Telework Research Network, telecommuting increased 80 percent from 2005 to 2012, and that’s just one measure of a remote workforce. The company is in the process of launching its intranet on a new platform so employees working with phones and tablets can get information faster.

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Feeling Gratitude for Loved Ones Who Are Gone

Your Voice of Encouragement

My father, Mike Melancon When one of my uncles died in 2005, it was sudden and unexpected. In contrast, when my father died November of 2012 at age 90, we all had time to prepare. And if the death was sudden, as with my uncle, the process may be even harder. He was gone in seconds. There were no final hugs.

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Employee Volunteer Programs Make A Difference In The Community

Women on Business

Additionally according to the Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College and Business Civic Leadership Center in 2005 64% of executives surveyed say that corporate citizenship produces a tangible contribution to the company bottom line. We want to get to 50,000 hours in 2012. It feeds on itself.

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Coaching for Behavioral Change

Marshall Goldsmith

When the steps in the coaching process described below are followed, leaders almost always positive behavioral change – not as judged by themselves, but as judged by pre-selected, key stakeholders. This process has been used around the world with great success – by both external coaches and internal coaches.

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The Failure of “The Livonia Philosophy” at my GM Plant

Deming Institute

To my surprise, during the interviewing process, GM promised me a different type of workplace (one that existed, at least, at this plant), one based on the Deming philosophy. The document continues, “In committing to the above philosophy, we recognize the development of the Livonia Plant environment to be a dynamic process.

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Reflections on Dr. Deming’s Hospital Notes – What Has Changed Since 1990?

Deming Institute

It’s often not much more complicated than studying the patient’s needs, studying the work, and respecting and engaging team members to have a say in how processes, technology, and spaces are designed and utilized. He is the founder and lead blogger and podcaster at LeanBlog.org , started in January 2005. Many hands go up.

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Emerging Economy Leadership Needs Private Sector Planning

Harvard Business Review

In 2012, the leadership successions of greatest significance will likely not take place as the result of presidential elections in the U.S., Looking beyond 2012, the current generation of political leaders in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa are aging, bringing the issue of succession to the fore. In the U.S.,