Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

The following post is a preview excerpt from “ Up is Not the Only Way: Rethinking Career Mobility ” by Beverly Kaye, Lindy Williams, and Lynn Cowart, with permission from Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2017). Careers used to be predictable. Careers today happen in that world–a world that continues to change.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The Key to Business and Career Success. Whether a business sells autos, groceries, clothing, computers, bicycles, or raw materials to a manufacturer of industrial products, it wants to be the preferred provider of those products. These leaders never micro-manage. ” -Stan Silverman.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Many of us are growing more and more tired of the rat race we have been thrust into during the beginning of our careers. Perhaps you started in an office job when you were young and you still haven’t managed to fight your way into a job you are passionate about. Main Marketing Manager. Real Estate Representative.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Are you thinking of starting a career in retail? The retail industry has a lot to offer someone that is willing to work hard and keep their nose to the grindstone. But, those willing to work hard and stick around are often rewarded with positions in management. Take A Course in Business Management. All rights reserved.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Perhaps it starts within your organization, then within your industry? At some point in your career journey, have you started to focus more on status as a leader than the job at hand? How about reengineering, total quality management, performance management, learning organization, value analysis, managed care, or employee satisfaction?

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Leading Blog

JULY 10, 2019

In the midst of managing these exponential leaps in technology, there is a war for talent. Not every industry needs the latest artificial intelligence, but everyone is feeling the pinch of staying on the leading edge of technology. According to the 2017 Gallup Workplace Report, employee disengagement is alarmingly high in America.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 16, 2017

Employers underestimate the importance of personal and career development on employee retention, vastly overestimating the importance of salary and benefits. They are also winning the war on talent: SAS receives 200 applications for every opening and have the lowest employee turnover in the software industry at two percent per year.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Working in the travel or tourism industry will allow you to visit new places while being paid. You just finished reading How to Turn Traveling the World into a Career ! Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. The post How to Turn Traveling the World into a Career appeared first on StrategyDriven.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 1, 2017

Guest post from Lee Caraher: The great lament of so many leaders and managers today is that “no one is loyal anymore.” With millions of millennials pegged as “job hoppers” who “leave before they even get productive,” older managers are increasingly unwilling to put in the effort to help develop and train their younger colleagues.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

Malaika Myers: Our industry has evolved and experienced rapid change over the last few years and I’m incredibly proud of the way Hyatt has successfully adapted to this dynamic environment. What was the most challenging yet rewarding decision you had to take in your career? What were the difficulties you faced during your journey?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 13, 2017

They help employees harness their natural abilities, guide the development of their skills, and support them along an internal career path. Even when there’s a career path for them, talented employees can’t advance in their own company; they can’t step up because there’s simply no one available to take their place.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Jenn Lim , CEO of Delivering Happiness and Wall Street Journal -bestselling author of Beyond Happiness , will tell you that four-day workweeks can provide a sense of flexibility and autonomy that is crucial to happiness and career satisfaction. 5000 list, becoming one of the fastest-growing private companies in the US.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 4, 2023

As the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) highlights, an estimated 70 million Americans, one-third of working-age adults, have a criminal record. Constructing Hope provides a pathway for the formerly incarcerated to develop a career in the construction industry.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The demand for data scientists will be over 50% more than the supply, making it a VERY smart career path to follow. Men are currently dominating the AI industry and 71% of new applicants in this field are male…. Venture capital for AI between 2013-2017 increased by 4.5%. Come on ladies! Bank of America. Wells Fargo.

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ReImagine Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

An acquaintance of mine questions whether she is in the right job, in the right industry and working for the right employer. She recounts the story of her 20-year career in different roles and divisions with the same enterprise. She views her career as spotty. She has reported to several different supervisors.

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HR Digest

MARCH 5, 2020

For even the most seasoned industry professionals, job interviews are tough. Consider this question as not only a great way for the hiring manager to break the ice, but an excellent opportunity for you to talk about how you’re an ideal fit for the job. Link your answer to what the company offers in terms of career development.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 8, 2016

To survive and prosper in 2017, companies must adopt a way of managing that is based on their capacity to learn and change—consciously, continuously, and quickly. With fluctuating markets, proliferating technologies, and changing political frontiers, the challenge is no longer to manage growth. Guest post from Michael G.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 3, 2017

Welcome to the April 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! ” In other words, someone who stocked the dairy section was as empowered to share positivity through leaving a note on a store-wide gratitude board as was the manager. .” Jesse recaps, “There are many things leaders can (and should) manage.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Employers set the range based on several factors, including the organization’s needs and industry trends. The ideal salary range must give the employees opportunities and motivation for career development. Check your Competitor’s Range and Industry Trend. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 15, 2017

Fortunately, I've benefited from having great mentors throughout my career. Set to be released on May 2, 2017, the book presents a fictional parable about the power of finding, or being, a mentor. Blanchard coauthored the legendary, The One Minute Manager. Mentoring is powerful. Both being a mentor. And, being mentored.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2017

That’s why you need a plan in place for managing your business and workload. This is a great opportunity to improve your skills and increase your knowledge on topics that will help you advance in your career and grow your business. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Social Media. Focus on Customer Service.

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HR Digest

MAY 1, 2019

Her vision has lead IBM to venture into innovative management systems, ones that empower the employees and facilitate continuous learning through technology. This has made the company more efficient in dealing with talent issues, matching employees and career opportunities and proactively retaining its most valued skills.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. World authority on project management. Co-author: Predictable Magic.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

It is always better and more affordable to fill mid- to top-level management positions through a clear career path for all employees. The trend can be seen in the healthcare industry. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Engaged employees will soon be your company’s biggest assets. All rights reserved.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2018

” These questions are especially agonizing for mid-career professionals who may be searching for fulfillment while juggling demands at home and intense financial pressures to earn. How should you address a mid-career crisis? Mid-career malaise runs deep. One of the biggest culprits of middle-age career malaise is boredom.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 22, 2018

However, staff who are at the incipient stages of their career may need it more. It is a management skill to understand each employee’s unique personality and be able to find a way to provide feedback in a way that encourages and motivates them. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Give Feedback.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2017

Management teams and organizations that prioritize inclusion attract better talent and perform better. In bringing this mindset to life, leaders wind up embracing a number of unconventional management practices. Hire for talent, not a résumé Inclusive management starts before employees even walk in the door.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2018

They need to develop managers and executives who lead with three core mental qualities: mindfulness, selflessness, and compassion. Outlasting copycat competition in any industry is difficult; doing so over decades is nearly impossible—unless you leap. Martin's Press, 2018) So much of leadership is managing tensions. Blog Post ).

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

But the security industry is a fast-growing market, with IDC pegging it as becoming a $101 billion opportunity by 2020. So why are we limiting security positions to people with four-year degrees in computer science, when we desperately need varied skills across so many different industries? million unfilled positions by 2020.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Last-minute promotion or delivery changes that require managers to spend their time on last-minute schedule changes, which then disrupt employees’ lives and drive absenteeism, turnover, and understaffing, all of which increases the likelihood of errors. Career paths. Take-home pay.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2018

This is troubling not least because it discourages men from behaving in ways known to benefit their teams and their own careers. More agreeable men across multiple industries made an average of 18% less in income and were evaluated as less likely to have management potential as compared to less agreeable men. Displaying empathy.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2018

Between April and August 2017, PayScale asked approximately 53,000 U.S. Holding everything else constant, from job title to industry to location, female and minority applicants were much less likely to report receiving an employee referral than their white male counterparts. organizations pay out employee referral bonuses.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Despite recent efforts to increase diversity in tech, the hiring and retention rates of underrepresented groups in the industry remain abysmal. I interviewed more than 50 people from underrepresented groups who have made it in the tech industry, asking them to help me understand why they weren’t applying for my open tech jobs.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2017

Corporate investment in artificial intelligence is predicted to triple in 2017 , becoming a $100 billion market by 2025. In a recent survey , 30% of respondents predicted that AI will be the biggest disruptor to their industry in the next five years. Could Liberate 50% of Managers' Time. Related Video.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2017

The idea of boomerang employees — workers who voluntarily leave a job at an organization and then rejoin that same organization at a later date — is gaining more and more acceptance from hiring managers and in the labor force. The experience has also had a positive impact on how she manages. ” Be positive.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

Large chunks of the gap can be accounted for by differences like industry and role. Examining 46,934 resumes shared on Glassdoor by people who graduated between 2010 and 2017, the researchers looked at each person’s college major and their post-college jobs in the five years after graduation. Take kinesiology majors.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

For example, in 2009 professors Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Richard Beatty estimated that in most companies less than 15% of jobs are what they call strategic positions and said management should focus “disproportionate investments” on finding A players for those jobs. Connectors in the middle. High-potential future leaders.

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