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When We Change Jobs, We Don’t Always Move To More Productive Firms

The Horizons Tracker

It’s perhaps natural to assume that when we change jobs we often upgrade to a better job at a more attractive, and usually more productive employer. Research from Chicago Booth reminds us that this isn’t always the case, however, and we can be just as likely to move to a job with a less productive firm. Even split.

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Ken Melrose Completes His Service on Earth

Modern Servant Leader

The Toro Company produces a variety of products in the landscape maintenance field. 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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Leadership Development "Moneyball"

Great Leadership By Dan

This post was originally published in SmartBrief on Leadership 7/25/2013: “Moneyball” was a book and movie based on Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane and his use of statistics (sabermetrics, to be precise) to get the most production out of his team by spending the least amount of money. Source for Nos. Source: Great Leadership.

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Management Quality and Productivity, under competent leadership

Mike Cardus

Few people in top management in America understand their responsibilities and know that they must serve a life term on quality and productivity from now on, under competent leadership. Edwards Deming Institute 3rd Quarter 2005 Newsletter. Emphasis added). Found in The W. My Thoughts. This is still prevalent today.

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Preview Thursday: Let’s Stop Meeting Like This

Lead Change Blog

We invite you to learn how to: Transform meetings into productive work experiences using the same work design principles that transformed factory work and made video games engaging. Identify the critical choices that meeting designers, leaders, and contributors make that transform meetings into productive work experiences.

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Speak Your Truth So That Others Can Hear It

Leading Blog

This response would likely trigger an amygdala hijack in the other person, make that person defensive, and completely ruin any chance of productive communication. If someone asks you what you think about a project and you say, “My interpretation is that it sucks,” you may be honest, but you’re not being respectful.

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How to Keep Remote Employees Enthused, Energized and Engaged

Michael Lee Stallard

According to the Census Bureau’s annual American Community Survey, it is estimated that telecommuting rose 79% between 2005 and 2012, and with the constant evolution of communication technology, this trend shows no signs of stopping. Without a sense of connection in the virtual workplace, productivity will drop and burnout is sure to follow.

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