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“Shift Happens” Video Ignites Discussion on How We Need to Change or We’ll be Changed

The Practical Leader

To prepare for the session I interviewed all of the senior executive participants earlier by phone. Organizational Restructuring/Building. We also got to experience their first heavy snowfall — there’s a season change that came too fast! Sales Training/New Business Development. New Technology. Customer Service.

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Followership : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

Participants would also learn what they needed to do to become Self-Starters, such as how to identify problems, generate and present solutions, and how to get engaged and get things done at work. Other Self-Starters became Criticizers when their leaders acted inconsistently with their articulated vision, values, and goals. John Sullivan FORA.tv

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Employee Engagement…What's in a Name? | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← Getting to the Heart of Mental Toughness The Importance of Being Purposeful → March 9, 2010 · 4:37 am ↓ Jump to Comments Employee Engagement…What’s in a Name? Elliot Reply Gwyn Teatro March 10, 2010 at 12:27 am You make a good point, Elliot.

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Prepare for the New Permanent Temp

Harvard Business Review

Workflows and innovation initiatives have been artfully reorganized around "projects" to facilitate faster, cheaper and easier contingent participation. The profound difference between today [2010] and 2005 is that good hires looked like better investments than great tweaks back then. Have people been commoditized? Of course not.

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A CEO Succession Horse Race Isn't Such a Bad Idea

Harvard Business Review

When Johnson & Johnson named vice chairman Alex Gorsky as its next CEO, the company concluded a very public succession race that began in 2010 between Gorsky and fellow vice chairman Sheri McCoy. The board's participation should be palpable and continuous. Feedback should be restricted to each candidate's individual performance.

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The New New International Economic Order

Harvard Business Review

More radically, they could agree to restructure global economic institutions or change the agenda of existing institutions. This time around (looking at 2010 data), the emerging markets account for over 23% of global GDP as opposed to 11% in 1975 (at current, not purchasing power parity, prices, which give them an even greater share).

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Boards Are Terrible at Their Most Important Job

Harvard Business Review

And according to a 2010 report by BoardSource , such individuals are typically brought on for their professional expertise and ability to represent constituents — not for their talent in managing people. Consider the organization’s potential growth, restructuring, new programs, and strategies. “I Board members are mostly volunteers.

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