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Your Only Competition Is Yourself

Lead Change Blog

When I consult with independent restaurateurs a common concern many of them voice is: “We just can’t compete with so-and-so across town” Those so-and-sos referred to can be the larger national chains, the popular or trendy new restaurant, or an established location that has secured a strong and loyal clientele.

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Selection vs Development Assessments

LDRLB

I’ve written about assessments for leadership development before. While there are lots of them to choose from, the common ones used for development tend to be 360 degree assessments (multi rater) and personality preferences (DISC, Kolbe, Hogan, FIRO-B). The concept of benchmarking is really pretty simple.

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Relying on Data: Why It’s Terrifying and Necessary

Thin Difference

What we do is we anonymize it [gender data] and we aggregate it and we turn it into a benchmarking report, so that suddenly companies have another frame of reference,” Forster explains. “To Instead of using the collected data as a weapon, Tech Talent Charter uses it as a tool of empowerment.

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Board Performance Optimization: Beyond Compliance Towards Excellence

N2Growth Blog

Understanding the Concept of Governance Excellence Governance excellence refers to the strategic oversight conducted by a company’s board of directors that ensures ethical, sustainable, and profitable organizational operations. Organizations must adopt a robust and dynamic approach to transition effectively toward excellence.

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The Performance and Potential Matrix (9 Box Grid) – an Update

Great Leadership By Dan

You’ve probably found this post from an internet search – I hope it helps answer your questions and you’ll find Great Leadership to be a valuable resource for all things leadership development. This could be an HR person, OD consultant, or someone responsible for leadership development or succession planning.

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Leadership & Political Correctness | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Rather they should benchmark their decisions against the question of “is it the right thing to do?” I liked your reference to fallacy that the truth can somehow be hidden – it cannot. OXYMORON …Great leaders are not politically correct, but they are politically savvy – there is a difference.

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How B2B Software Vendors Can Help Their Customers Benchmark

Harvard Business Review

Mainstream software companies are beginning to hold “ data mirrors ” up to their customers, allowing scoring and benchmarking of their customers’ strategies. One of its business units, Fieldglass, provides insights and benchmarks to customers on external workforce management.