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Management Improvement Carnival: 2012 Edition

QAspire

I reviewed Seth’s blog last year as well apart from doing “one-question interview and review” for his books “ Linchpin ” and “ Poke the Box ”. This time around, I will point you to 5 best posts and snippets written by Seth in 2012: Who Cares? : “ Caring, it turns out, is a competitive advantage , and one that takes effort, not money.”.

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Making Progress Motivates Workers. Presentation

Mike Cardus

Above is the presentation from the Buffalo Niagara Human Resources Association Conference 2012 ‘Leveraging the Changing Landscape of HR’. This content is all from ‘ The Progress Principle ’ an excellent and well researched, evidence based management book on making work more than bearable…making work meaningful again.

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Rookie Talent: Avoiding a Kodak Moment

Leading Blog

In 2012, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The Kodak name became synonymous with a resistance to change, but it’s not just innovation the company lacked. She has authored four books on the topic and numerous research papers. Her latest book is Knowing Y: Engage the Next Generation Now.

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Pre-Employment Assessments

Coaching Tip

In its 2012 CEO Challenge report, The Conference Board identified the top two business issues CEOs care about right now: innovation and human capital. Source: Human Resource Executive, May 2012. There is no question that business priorities are shifting.

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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

In his book New Rules, John Kotter notes that from 1974 through 1994, Harvard Business School graduates who worked for smaller corporations tended to make more money and have higher job satisfaction than their counterparts in large corporations. The CEO of a leading telecommunications company recently embarked on an innovative approach.

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Leadership Lessons from Outward Bound

Skip Prichard

Reprinted with permission from the book, Outward Bound Lessons to Live a Life of Leadership by Mark Brown, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. This concept of service that [Outward Bound founder] Kurt Hahn felt was so important,” said Laura Kohler, senior vice president of human resources, stewardship, and sustainability for Kohler Co.

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Why Your Employees Should Be Playing With Lego Robots

Harvard Business Review

Ericsson used Lego Mindstorm robots in a demonstration at the 2012 Mobile World Congress to bring to life its vision of how connected machines might change the way we live. Participants from all backgrounds gain key team building skills through collaborating closely at every stage of ideation, innovation, deployment, evaluation and scaling.