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How Your Employee Recognition Program Can Destroy Morale

Let's Grow Leaders

I had just arrived at a fancy hotel for a friend’s wedding. Right beside the dumpsters were several tables set with china, white tablecloths, and balloons for a hotel staff recognition luncheon. One manager I know instructed team leaders to say, “Thank you for coming to work today,” as a way of reducing absenteeism.

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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S. License.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Author or editor of 29 books. 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.

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Meet My Next Group of Coaches!

Marshall Goldsmith

Whitney Johnson – Thinkers 50 award-winning Management Thinker 2015-17, Disruptive Innovation expert, author Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work. General Bernie Banks – Former General US Army, head of Leadership Development West Point, currently Associate Dean Northwestern Kellogg School of Management.

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Proactivity - Solve Problems WhileThey Are Still Small

Building Personal Strength

Monday, November 8, 2010 Proactivity - Solve Problems WhileThey Are Still Small When people ask me why I don’t do consulting work anymore, I recall the most challenging project I ever had, which was to present training in creative problem solving to the mid-level managers of Banamex (National Bank of Mexico) – 20 years ago.

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Make This the Year of Boosting Coaching Skills

The Practical Leader

Since I am not an autograph hound and don’t want to be a paparazzi selling photos, missing the Festival is likely a good thing for getting hotel rooms and avoiding the crowds! When it was published a few years ago I reviewed Zenger Folkman’s book, The Extraordinary Coach: How the Best Leaders Help Others Grow.

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I Joined Airbnb at 52, and Here’s What I Learned About Age, Wisdom, and the Tech Industry

Harvard Business Review

The tech sector, which has become as famous for toxic company cultures as for innovation, and as well-known for human resource headaches as for hoodie-wearing CEOs, could use a little of the mellowness and wisdom that comes with age. But I was an “old-school” hotel guy and had never used Airbnb. Sounded good.