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Determining Your Top 5 Priorities for 2014

Michael Lee Stallard

One extremely successful leader who understands the importance of this best practice is Admiral Vern Clark, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 2000 until his retirement in 2005. As the leader, set no more than five challenging but achievable annual priorities for your team. As head of the U.S. Set Your Top Five.

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Ken Melrose Completes His Service on Earth

Modern Servant Leader

Ken had his team take a different approach. Instead of sending legal teams, Toro sent counselors. Billion when he retired in 2005. However, as Ken said in his book, the financials were merely by-products of doing what was right: Everyone has the potential to contribute to achieving the goals of the company.

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When Good Employees Do Bad: Six Surprising Behaviors that May Precede a Scandal

Leading Blog

Staying focused on a goal. But when the goal becomes more important to management than the underlying values of the organization, it can lead to a dysfunctional culture. For example, in the 1990s, Sears gave its auto repair mechanics a mandatory sales goal of $147 per hour.

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Are Customers Or Employees More Important?

The Horizons Tracker

In 2005, Vineet Nayar made waves when he announced that the Indian IT company HCL would put employees first. Every company leader at every level, whether they manage two people or a team of 5,000, should consider how they think about customers and start applying that approach to how they treat employees.”

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Lessons Learned from Twenty Years of Developing Leaders

Next Level Blog

My goal with the book was to help leaders understand the expectations that others have of them and what they need to pick up and let go of when they’re moving into big new roles or situations. I love hearing that because it means we’re making an actionable difference for leaders, their teams and their organizations.

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Trent Henry on Building Tomorrow’s Leaders

HR Digest

EY has a consistently received a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI) since 2005, demonstrating a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Through Henry’s insights, HR professionals gain valuable perspectives on navigating HR leadership in a dynamic environment.

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Leadership Requires Followership

Coaching Tip

A leader must have deep capabilities in the "solutions business," charting a course around and through the obstacles ahead to reach the desired goals. Drucker (1909-2005), had a huge impact in establishing management as a discipline and built the foundation for coaching as a leadership skill and practice. "He Looking back, Peter F.