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Do You Suffer from a Lack of Coachability?

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Based on research of 20,000 new hires over a three-year period, " Hiring for Attitude " (McGraw-Hill December 2011) by Mark Murphy, CEO of Leadership IQ, reveals a new approach for choosing high performers with fantastic attitudes and great chemistry. Job seekers need to ask, "how can I add value" and then work from there.

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Putting Your Cash to Work in Real Estate

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And despite the housing market's weakness, Mr. Messina believes that originating home loans in the current environment, when many economists believe housing is at or near bottom, is less risky than putting money in the volatile stock market or opaque bond market. "I Source: The Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2011.

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Retain Talent Through a Concrete Corporate Culture

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Moreover, attracting and retaining talent is “at the top of the agenda” for CEOs, according to the 2011 Annual Global CEO Survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers. One critical component of corporate culture is a company’s workplace —the physical environment for its treasured talent. External and internal brand alignment.

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Trust Busters in Mergers and Acquisitions

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Mergers and acquisitions ("M&As") are on the rise in 2011, and industry analysts now predict more than $3 trillion in global M&A activity for the year. Provide employees with non-threatening environments to express their feelings so emotions don’t go underground. By Dennis and Michelle Reina. Failure to hear people.

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Reluctant Leadership

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Unhealthy management environments are marked by managers who are doing the work of the firm instead of managing people of the firm. Source: The New York Times Magazine, October 23, 2011. "If you want to improve, the key is to do it, listening to a few principles in the background. Here are a few of those principles: First, just do it.

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The Cognitive Revolution

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The conscious mind gives us one way of making sense of our environment. The brain exists within the skull, but the mind extends outward and arises from the interactions between people or between a person and the environment. Source: The New Yorker, January 17, 2011. But the unconscious mind gives us other, more supple ways.

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Academic Equality for Global Economic Survival

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In a recent survey of job skills relevant and necessary in the 21st century work environment (2), creative thinking and social skills drive 80% of skills needed for 21st century jobs: Social Intelligence: connecting to others in a deep and direct way, sensing and stimulating reactions and desired interactions. link] .

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