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3 dysfunctional behaviors leaders use to avoid discomfort

Skip Prichard

A big excuse managers have for not having a conversation is “I already know what they’re going to say.” You don’t have the energy for listening to them try to convince you, so you say yes. When we’re at capacity, we use the one or two tools in our toolbox to manage conflict: shaming, intimidating, or some other tactic.

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Playing Favorites

Marshall Goldsmith

There’s a reason I devote so much time and energy to identifying interpersonal challenges in successful people. I have never seen “effectively sucks up to management” on one profile. Marshall Goldsmith was selected as one of the 10 Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World by Thinkers50 in both 2011 and 2013.

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10 Surefire Reasons to Try Feedforward!

Marshall Goldsmith

Feed forward can be a useful tool to apply with managers, peers, and team members. This can lead to very negative – or even career-limiting – unintended consequences when applied to managers or peers. Since I don’t have to worry about composing a clever reply – I can focus all of my energy on listening to the other person!”.

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Creating a Great Rest of Your Life

Marshall Goldsmith

Management guru Peter Drucker considered Hesselbein to be the greatest executive he had ever met. Today, if people have the ambition and energy to achieve great success in any field, it’s unlikely that this ambition and energy will just stop when they reach 65. She’s also a wonderful human being.

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Using Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge to Gain Insight into Data Collection

Deming Institute

In ads IBM touched on the use of data in transportation, healthcare, manufacturing, crime, love, education, farming, pollution, weather, energy, and many other areas! Kim Melton is a Professor of Management at the University of North Georgia where she teaches Statistic for Business.

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What the EPA’s Clean Power Plan Looks Like in Practice

Harvard Business Review

Americans — and American companies — have also connected the dots between clean energy and economic growth, with 87% last year saying that developing clean energy should be a priority for the President and Congress. In Colorado, the state renewable energy mandate was bumped up from 20% to 30% in 2010. The program delivered $1.6

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Sustainability Matters in the Battle for Talent

Harvard Business Review

Another team developed a plan to reuse and optimize networking systems in offices, which cut energy costs by $22 million. New data shows that sustainability is an increasingly important factor in attracting and managing talent. Sustainability Talent management' They equip employees with the right tools and training.