Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Several years ago I led a professional development workshop for the alumni association of my alma mater. Before it is launched, it has stored potential energy–when launched, that energy force becomes kinetic energy. After positive change gets going, the momentum pulls it forward with each step.

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Chart Your Course

MARCH 4, 2013

In uncertain economic times, it’s common for businesses to focus their time and energies on ways to cut costs. According to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive for Careerbuilder.com in 2012, 40 percent of companies said they lost upwards of $25,000 per bad hire in 2011, and 25 percent estimated the cost was more than $50,000.

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Cost Customer Loyalty Loyalty Training 206

Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 20, 2012

Keep thinking positively. (Re)Act. If you are in a new job, find ways to leverage those bitter lessons in your new position. Channel your energies into your work, but keep in tune with yourself and the people close to you. Ways you have developed your confidence to lead. You must do something. Debrief your team.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Hollywood has the Oscars, Television the Emmys, publishing has the Pulitzer prizes, and leadership development has its own annual awards. There’s Chief Executive’s 2012 40 Best Companies for Leaders , Fortune’s 25 Top Companies for Leaders , and the just published Hay Group Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 6, 2013

During 2012, creating a process for internal innovation moved to our priority list. Because the culture at Geneca encourages personal and professional development and there was buy-in from the leadership team, the preconditions for innovation already were in place. Financial Projections – including cost to develop/build.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment turnover reached a total of almost 50 million from June 2011 to June 2012, including voluntary separations, layoffs and firings. Know which competencies are required for success What does your ideal candidate need to excel in the position? According to the U.S.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Mood-lites are light bulbs that emit soft, colored ambient light; helping to positively influence affected individuals’ mood. Mood-Factory introduced its first incandescent Mood-lites in 2004 and expanded the line to include flood, porch, and compact florescent bulbs in 2012. Orange = Energy. Dark Pink = Sassy.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Back then I was working in a position that paid well, with health insurance and a growing 401K. This chapter takes a deep dive into the many ways respect is earned, developed, practiced, and applied. Mike says Character-Based Leadership is an endless source of energy and life for an organization.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 25, 2013

first became aware of Les Hayman in July 2012 when I read his excellent guest post for Gurprriet Siingh – “ Transforming HR – How a CEO did it.” It was during my time in HR that I developed my “ladder” as a way of making managers spend more time on identifying underperformers and helping them become more successful.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 5, 2016

I suggest that each of us needs to add one more resolution to our list – to be a positive force in our home, community, and workplace. First off, why be a “positive force”? Why invest time in your positive well being? Lisa Zigarmi and Chris Edmonds, Positivity at Work , ThinkAha, 2012). What’s in it for you?

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

Please keep us in mind if your organization needs a speaker or training program for 2012.I Most businesses spend more time and energy trying to find new customers than retaining and making their current ones happy. I never had seen such a positive attitude at 5:00 in the morning. I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2012

To create customer-focused teams, employees must understand that they win when the customers win; there is more to this positioning than meets the eye. Front Line Heroes : Battling the business Tsunami by developing high performance organizations (Volume 1) by Bruce Hodes. A Normal Process for Team Development. This is normal.

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Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Or, what development needs existing leaders may have. the ability of a leader to navigate their workforce through these dilemmas requires problem-solving skills, as well as the ability to delegate, to trust, to support and talk positively about those in their charge. Nothing positive, but nothing negative either.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

But that doesn't mean savvy marketers aren't supremely well-positioned to embrace slacktivism as an innovative outreach to customers and communities alike. Health care, nutrition and energy consumption are only the most obvious marketing opportunities for Innovative Self Quantification Marketing Opportunities. The Greenlash Arrives.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

Most big corporations follow global development trends. Where there is economic growth, there is opportunity, and the companies that can predict where growth will take place are better positioned to take advantage of it. That is the reactive approach to economic development. They are playing development to win.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2012

These are some of the principles that I developed myself but do credit being inspired by Dick Clark. That’s why I developed the Pop Culture Wisdom concept, to interpolate from the cultural icons into business jargon and workable policies. Energy coaching and love-respect for each other continues throughout the relationship.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

As business tycoon Richard Branson has proclaimed in 2012, “our only option to stop climate change is for industry to make money from it.” We’re looking for products that will have a positive and powerful impact on the environment and on the economy.”

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

While working as a director of learning and organization development at Google, eBay and J.P. One important distinction to note is that not all stress is created equal and there are even some types of stress that may also have a positive effect on our well-being and productivity.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

Most budgets for 2013 were made in 2012, when the prevailing economic outlook was grim. But here it is midyear and the signals are decidedly more positive. The shifting energy equation, for example, sets the stage for growth. Position yourself in market segments that will grow. Increase your R&D spending.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2014

That’s why they should focus their energies on opportunities that will set them apart from their competition — that is, they should innovate where they differentiate. It developed an app , for example, that allows military members to deposit checks from their cell phones – a major convenience for anyone serving overseas.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

As Deere’s strategy has shifted, so have the business-critical roles at the company—from traditional manufacturing positions to analytics and services roles. By recognizing this critical gap early, GE has been able to develop strategies to close it systematically, over time. The company had very few software engineers.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2013

Is this an energy-giver or -taker? There is a certain breed of people who just carry with them and unfortunately spread a negative energy. Alternatively, there are those who consistently carry and share a positivity and optimism towards life. There is a Chinese proverb that says that the best way to get energy is to give it.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

however improbably, into the world’s largest energy producer. The need to renew manufacturing was a big issue in the Presidential election of 2012. An Energy Bonanza . First, America’s energy bonanza has changed the equation. America’s energy bonanza is not a short-lived phenomenon. As it develops, the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Embedded sustainability efforts clearly result in a positive impact on business performance. Through regular dialogue with stakeholders and continual iteration , a company with a sustainability agenda is better positioned to anticipate and react to economic, social, environmental, and regulatory changes as they arise.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Every industry, no matter how traditional — agriculture, automotive, aviation, energy — is being upended by the addition of sensors, internet connectivity, and software. Recognize the fragility of your position and don’t concentrate your bets. Today, it is occurring at the level of ecosystems. A misunderstood story.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2013

A 130-year-old energy conglomerate, Black Hills doubled its workforce to about 2,000 employees after an acquisition. Like many energy companies, a combination of challenges — an aging workforce, the need for specialized skills, and a lengthy timeline for getting employees to full competence — created a significant talent risk.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

Key selection criteria included experience in innovative software and service (versus product) development, and an ability to manage a start-up in a very large, complex company. Bill and his team set out to develop a system that could bring all GE machines onto one efficient cloud -connected platform. Bill Ruh was selected in 2011.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Undeniably there is more pressure on the things we all depend on: finite resources like water, energy, food, certain metals and minerals, and ecosystems like fisheries and forests. understand how the organization has impact on these stakeholders, both positively and negatively (74%). And of course, more pressure on climate.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2016

To gain further insights into the sustainability and financial outcomes associated with shareholder advocacy efforts, Jody Grewal, Aaron Yoon, and I analyzed 2,665 shareholder proposals submitted between 1997 and 2012 in a new paper. We show that this position is supported in cases of financially immaterial ESG proposals.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2015

Originally developed as an alternative to traditional political polling, this methodology generated interest and credibility as a means for companies to tap into the cross-functional and frontline knowledge of their employees. All of these products had done well enough in traditional quantitative testing to be developed and sold.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

legal system is already having trouble keeping up with the pace of developments in transportation. Given its proximity to much of the innovation, California has given the most thought to the transition, already working through several draft regulation revisions since 2012. The change will become invisible.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Some of the world’s best teams — such as Brazil, Colombia, Germany, and Holland – have shifted from the traditional one-touch style of play to the tiki-taka style, which is characterized by short, fast passes and continuous positional changes and first used by the Spanish team.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2013

To cap off a small sliver of dismal data points, research firm Gallup found that over a twelve-year period between 2000 and 2012, the percentage of engaged employees in the workforce has shifted between 26% and 30%. Leadership Leadership development Organizational culture'

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

But the most important and universal lesson is that everyone has a vital contribution to make — and that the ideas they produce, the energy and initiative they bring to the table, and the passion they share have nothing to do with the position they occupy. You can read all of those here. Story by Jim Lavoie.

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Management McKinsey Letter Retail 11

Your Voice of Encouragement

AUGUST 14, 2012

But on August 12, 2012, he lost his battle to that disease. In fact, through his work, he positively influenced hundreds of thousands – if not millions – of business people around the world. His enthusiasm and positive energy were contagious. Self-development – Chet was a relentless lifelong learner.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2015

In the 2012 Clark University Poll of Emerging Adults, which was also a national survey, 79% of 18- to 29-year-olds agreed that “It is more important to enjoy my job than to make a lot of money,” and 86% agreed that “It is important to me to have a career that does some good in the world.”

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

When Deborah DiSanzo took over as CEO of Philips Healthcare in May 2012, she knew that engineering would continue to drive innovation. But she also realized that the company needed to develop greater marketing muscle to drive a commercial transformation. Develop—and stick to—a marketing blueprint.

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