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How to attract High Performers for your Company

HR Digest

A candidate who demonstrates a broader and growth mindset is a sharp person and is always open to learning new things and skills. Engage in regular meetings to evaluate their work, offer feedback, and discuss goals and careers. . Accountable for their actions and work. Transparent at their work and thoughts. Self-driven people.

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Front Line Leadership: The Keys To Managing Millenials, Part 1

Terry Starbucker

Recently a survey was conducted that asked preteens about their long term career aspirations - the top three were sports star, pop star and actor. This is in sharp contrast to those of a generation ago- teacher, banking/finance and medicine. They will admire the celebrity of the individual and feel additionally significant by proxy.

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Lead With A Song

Lead Change Blog

Just like a sharp pain in the chest gets our attention about our health, painful criticism can point out those trouble areas that are crying for attention. Be Content, Embrace The Difference Between Needs & Wants – We all have this ideal in our brains of how we want our career, our family and our life to go.

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Mental Rehearsal: The Secret to Superior Performance

Your Voice of Encouragement

When he was at the peak of his career, world-renowned golfer Jack Nicklaus , revealed one of the secrets to his success: “I never hit a golf shot without having a sharp picture of it in my head. When I spoke to 900 entrepreneurs at a conference in 2011, I spent hours preparing my talk.

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The Complete Collection: 25 Timeless Leadership Lessons That Just Plain Work

Terry Starbucker

It is not a whole lot different when leaders have their meetings and outings, scurrying around making sure everyone had something to eat, making sure the room was the right temperature, double checking dinner reservations, herding everyone back in the conference room to keep on schedule, and acting as the host up at the podium. Several times.

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Gipsie Ranney

Deming Institute

In addition to an extensive international consulting career, Gipsie served as Director of Statistical Methodology for General Motors Powertrain Group from 1988 to 1992 ​ (helping implement Deming’s ideas at GM)​, following 15 years as a member of the faculty of the Department of Statistics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

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6 Ways to Take Control of Your Career Development If Your Company Doesn’t Care About It

Harvard Business Review

We are now in the era of “do-it-yourself” career development. This is a sharp contrast with the investment that senior leaders used to make in employees. Unfortunately, organizations today are unknowingly leaving employees with skill gaps and blind spots that can derail careers and organizational effectiveness.

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