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Likability in Leadership—Necessary for Some, a Liability to Others

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Cassandra Frangos : We had a handy rule of thumb for hiring in my first job in management consulting. In general, I would expect customer facing leaders to be likable but the benchmark may be somewhat different for other types of functional or technical leaders. Lastly, I look at circumstance.

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Hiring the Best People – You’ve got it all wrong!

HR Digest

During the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC), BCG and the European Association for People Management surveyed 3,400 executives, including 90 senior human resources leaders in more than 30 countries, to see how they were responding. Start by benchmarking your current hiring processes. Keep it real. What are your typical hiccups?

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If Your Business isn’t Agile, You Won’t Have a Future. It’s That Simple

Great Leadership By Dan

Yet conventional silos, management practices and mindsets act as brakes on all of these. To build an agile organization requires a revolution in conventional management thinking and practice. And it also means that a new approach to leadership and management is needed. Is it possible to get the best of both worlds?

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Title Liberation

N2Growth Blog

If you go to the bank, your are more than likely to run into the CEO, the General Manager, the Chief Risk Officer, the Chief Human Resources Officer, the European CEO, the Country Director, the Vice President, the Senior Vice President, and the Executive Vice President. There was a cashier, banker and an office director. Pretty clear.

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Mike Purcell Joins StrategyDriven Power & Utilities Advisory Services Practice

Strategy Driven

“Increasing demand for clean, affordable electricity combined with an aging infrastructure, retiring workers, growing regulations, rising capital costs, and intensifying budget pressures challenge utility executives and managers now more than ever. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment!

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StrategyDriven Releases a Turnkey Business Performance Assessment Program

Strategy Driven

The Sevian Business Performance Assessment Program was developed based on decades of experience managing and improving complex business operations. This program was further enhanced through the first-hand performance benchmarking of leading companies throughout the world. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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StrategyDriven Enterprises Launches an Online Business Performance Assessment Forum

Strategy Driven

StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC announced the launch of an online business performance assessment forum; providing innovative thought leadership and collaboration opportunities to help executives and managers better assess the performance of their business operations. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.