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Leading Thoughts for May 4, 2023

Leading Blog

Susan Fowler on letting go of the notion that you can and should motivate people: “Attempting to motivate people is a losing proposition, no matter your resources. He said, ‘People ask us what our greatest resource is, and we always say, ‘our people.’ Our people aren’t our greatest resource.

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Are managers equipped to solve the UK’s poor productivity?

Chartered Management Institute

Blog: Are managers equipped to solve the UK’s poor productivity? Are managers equipped to solve the UK’s poor productivity? In fact, productivity growth in the years since the 2008 financial crisis has been weaker than at any time since the dawn of the industrial revolution. Between 2008–2021 it increased by 0.9%

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6 Books Every Human Resources Professional Should Read

HR Digest

The field of Human Resource is ever-changing, and it is essential for HR to keep themselves updated and abreast of the changes. As such, to keep them updated on every information today, we brought human resources books which should be a must-have for every HR professional. Human Resource Management, By Gary Dessler.

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Managing Board Relations | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In today’s post I’ll deal with a skill set that all successful CEOs excel at…managing board relations. What’s interesting to me is that of all the constituencies that CEOs must deal with, the relationship with a board of directors is among the easiest to manage.

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Seven Key Thoughts About Managing Human Resources

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Seven Key Thoughts About Managing Human Resources Here are SEVEN most prominent thoughts that stuck me this week about managing “human” resources. I almost hate it when living, breathing, emotional, intelligent people are addressed as ‘resources’. They are humans!

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Manager vs. ?

Lead on Purpose

Manager&# is an interesting title. An account manager is different from a store manager. Even within the title of “store manager&# the scope and breadth of responsibility varies widely. The manager of a 7-Eleven has significantly different responsibilities than the manager of a Costco store.

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Customer Experience Management | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I was recently asked the following question: “What is the difference between CRM and CEM, or is there any difference between the two?&# In a previous post I addressed the practice of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in fairly great detail. As most of you know I am a huge fan of well conceived CRM initiatives.

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