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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

The rise in the influence of the knowledge worker. . In addition to reducing bureaucracy, high-performing, high-tech companies provide freedom in dress codes, scheduled hours, and lifestyle choices. Traditional compensation plans must be challenged, needless bureaucracy eliminated, and intrapreneurial opportunities provided.

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Measurement Culture & Five Common Traits of High-Performing Organizations

Strategy Driven

Empowering Style Leadership : Leaders communicate with respect and lead by example. Employees are not present to serve management or reinforce bureaucracy. Leadership is supportive of employees, with focus on helping to support employees so they can focus on caring for customers. He is the author or editor of more than 75 books.

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If Employees Don’t Trust You, It’s Up to You to Fix It

Harvard Business Review

For example, traditional leadership training often focused on rule enforcement, which is akin to parent-child communication and not how trustworthy adults function. To use a related example, most companies have a zero-tolerance policy for being at work under the influence. Finally, check those references! And you get what you give.