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Challenging Thought-Terminating Clichés: Strategies for Organizational Change

Mike Cardus

That’s a decision for the higher-ups.” Encouraging a bottom-up approach, where employees collaboratively challenge such clichés and present data, anecdotes, or insights demonstrating new approaches’ value, can catalyze meaningful change (Martin, 2020). Journal of Business Ethics , 56 (3), 233–243. “Don’t rock the boat.”

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Flashback: Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best new leadership book of 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. Question : Can work ethic be taught? Fly-bys don’t count.

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Flashback: Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best leadership book for 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. Question : Can work ethic be taught? Fly-bys don’t count.

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Flashback To Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best is the book, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. Question : Can work ethic be taught? Relationships and understanding develop.

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6 Reasons to “Fire” Clients!

Marshall Goldsmith

The book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up , written by Japanese home organization expert Marie Kondo, is a global best seller. As consultants, we advise our clients in professional services to consider “firing” the bottom 10 to 15 percent of their clients every two years.

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The Big Picture of Business- Evergreen Business Strategies. Digest of Take-Aways From 36 Articles.

Strategy Driven

Long-term track record, unlike anything accomplished by any other individual, all contributing toward organizational philosophy, purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. It is tied to the bottom line and must be treated accordingly, with the resources and expertise to do it effectively. Consider leaving a comment!

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The Big Picture of Business – Quality is Important for Business: Real Quality vs. Arbitrary Metrics

Strategy Driven

It is a mindset that permeates organizations from top-down as well as bottom-up. That means doing things correctly the first time, without wasting counter-productive time in cleaning up mistakes. Research shows the by-product costs of poor quality are high for any business, up to 40 percent. Nonconformance is costly.

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