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Resolved: Build Workplace Inspiration in 2016

Lead Change Blog

As we close out 2015 we begin thinking about how we’d like 2016 to be better. It deserves leaders’ undivided attention in 2016 – and beyond. Too few organizations spend the kind of time, energy, and focus that Forbes’ 2015 America’s Best Employers do on culture. For example, Google is the top rated employer on this list.

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March 2016 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the March 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! In this post, Conor looks back on the legacy of Frederick Douglass and imagines changes to education which would thrill him, should he visit 2016. Here’s an example of how a leader learned patience.” Let’s Get Started. D avid Dye of Trailblaze, Inc.

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8 Meticulous Hiring Tactics to Land the Best People

Leading Blog

A meticulous process may require extra time on the front end but will save enormous time, energy, and money on the back end. For example, an attorney who is licensed to practice in your state is a must-have, but a preferred qualification might be that he or she is licensed in adjoining states. Or, “Have you ever fired anyone?”

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Leveraging Leadership R&D

Lead Change Blog

However, with only 13% of the global workforce highly engaged at work ( Gallup 2016 ), we are obviously not doing a great job at this. For example: If you have a talk you deliver frequently, turn it into a book. How will you use R&D to leverage your time, money, and energy today? Convert a book into a workshop.

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What Will You Do To Make Next Year Better?

Tanveer Naseer

In looking back at what I wrote at the end of 2016 , it was interesting to see how 2016 was regarded by many to be ‘a bad year’ and how there was all this hope for 2017 being a fresh start to change and improve things. But the truth is things don’t improve because we want them to.

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Organizational Health and Performance: Beyond Performance 2.0

Leading Blog

Samsung’s 2016 Galaxy Note 7 smartphone recall was attributed to its “deeply entrenched culture of urgency.” Act : Generation of energy. When this happens, you simply go back to, for example, the Assess question, “ How ready are we to go there? ” We need t look no further than Volkswagen’s “dieselgate” scandal in 2015.

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Re-Igniting Your Leadership Fire

The Empowered Buisness

The Secret Groundwork to an Extraordinary 2016. The demands on a leader’s energy and attention throughout the year are endless. This article provides you with 3 critical leadership steps for transitioning from the end of this year to 2016. Let’s first address what are transitions. 2. Eliminate “energy drains”.