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Retain Talent Through a Concrete Corporate Culture

Coaching Tip

At Cascade Asset Management , an environmentally minded recycler of computer components, sustainability reigns supreme, from a wholly green headquarters to employee nameplates personally made from recycled computer pieces. By Barbara T. Who says corporate culture isn’t concrete? Not America’s best workplaces. .

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Loud and Clear: Six Tips for Communicating in a Way That Truly.

Strategy Driven

Ken Blanchard Co-author of The One Minute Manager and Golden Gavel Award recipient “Finally! For example, Neil Armstrong used the six hours and forty minutes between his moon landing and first step to craft his historic statement. Thanks, Nancy!” Someone has incorporated the power of story into presentations!” Use catchy words.

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What Really Led to Last Summer’s Most Notorious Firing

Harvard Business Review

Patch Woes The Story Behind Why AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Fired An Employee In Front Of 1,000 Coworkers Business Insider For a few days last August, it was one of the most talked-about business stories in America: Tim Armstrong, the CEO of AOL, fired someone abruptly during a meeting. What made the typically affable Armstrong snap?

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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to a Great Mentor. Remembering Cactus Pryor.

Strategy Driven

That’s why I advise businesses, write books, speak at conferences and more. I was with Cactus at a remote for Armstrong-Johnson Ford. Senior corporate executives, especially those who rose to the rank of CEO, have had to adapt more in their careers than young people who never rise past mid-management. always have, always will.

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The September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival NFL Kick-off Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

Posts are organized by NFL team conferences and divisions. Carrie Koens, from Weaving Influence, completes a pass to Julie Winkle Giulioni , who wrote Talent Management Systems: Sometimes the Cure Makes the Patient Sicker. Here are 4 challenges and how to manage them.". Managers, Address Shadow Expectations.

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When a Public Mistake Requires an Old-Fashioned Apology

Harvard Business Review

Consider the case of AOL CEO Tim Armstrong. On August 9, 2013 — a time of disappointing quarterly results — he held an all-hands conference call with 1,000 Patch (AOL’s hyper-local news division) employees. This “brutal” firing created a firestorm of negative publicity both for AOL and for Armstrong.

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Why Great Success Can Bring Out the Worst Parts of Our Personalities

Harvard Business Review

Tim Armstrong, during his tenure as the CEO of AOL, fired an executive on a live conference call after the exec snapped a photo of him for the internal website. In fact, it’s far more likely that exceptionally talented people like Musk, Hughes, Jobs, Getty, and Armstrong succeed despite these traits.