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Society Needs a Leadership Paradigm Shift

Leading Blog

He is director of the CAA Group of Companies, an adjudicator with the Capital Markets Tribunal, and from 2015 to 2019 was a commissioner with the Ontario Securities Commission. Bill Furlong is an executive in residence at the Ivey Business School, a co-founder with Mary Crossan of Leader Character Associates Inc.,

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How Operational Excellence Attracts and Retains Talents

Strategy Driven

Gallup reported that over 50% of employees surveyed in 2015 were not engaged, and 17.2% This commitment to employee growth can be a strong retention tool, as employees value the opportunity to enhance their skills and advance their careers within the organization. were actively disengaged.

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Key Takeaways from Leadercast 2015

Nathan Magnuson

“Clarity around and unreasonable commitment to what should be,” precedes every bold endeavor. Many new ideas, products and technologies were built before the “market” was ready for them (such as the fax machine, printing press, automobiles or Apple products). But “how” always comes later on.

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Featured Leading Voice: Chip Bell

Lead Change Blog

A leadership lesson Chip gained from his first job was: inclusion will get you more commitment than control. . ” The books Chip has found most helpful for his professional life include Watership Down by Richard Adams, Marketing for Business Growth by Ted Levitt, and The Purple Cow by Seth Godin. 12/2015: John Stoker.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

The inaugural version of our Top CHRO List was published on Forbes in 2015. In the years that have passed, we’ve continued to expand and refine the list by looking for CHROs able to innovate and outperform their peers regardless of current market dynamics in play at the time. Selection Methodology.

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Strategizing for Success: Keys for Planning Annual Sales & Marketing Goals, part 1 of 2

Strategy Driven

Each fourth quarter as the New Year approaches, it’s prudent to prepare a profitability plan for the coming year, especially with respect to your sales and marketing endeavors. But, whether developed before or after the start of the New Year, the importance of creating a tactical plan for sales and marketing success cannot be overstated.

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The Promise of Leadership: Clear the High Bar of Expectation

Lead Change Blog

Mastering Leadership, by Bob Anderson and Bill Adams, will be released on November 30, 2015. When Promise 2 is broken, employees underperform, turnover increases, competition wins market share, and the organization declines. Adams (Wiley, 2015). We are pleased to share an excerpt with you today! Anderson and William A.