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Maximizing Your Business’ Profits in 2023

Strategy Driven

Those of us that made it through the difficulties of the Covid-19 pandemic have faced further hard times in the form of a cost of living crisis. As the costs of essentials go up – including housing, food, fuel and energy – people are having to tighten their belts and many are spending much less on non-essential goods.

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Unfair Stereotypes Of Middle-Aged Women Hold Them Back At Work

The Horizons Tracker

The scale of the challenge was emphasized by a study from Yale School of Public Health, which estimated that the cost of ageism could reach up to $63 billion, just in terms of health costs in the United States alone. If they’re unable to display this potent mix, they can often face negative career consequences.

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How to Help Managers Become More Strategic

Let's Grow Leaders

It was twice as important as communication (the second most important behavior) and almost 50 times more important than hands-on tactical behaviors. This doesn’t mean that tactical behaviors aren’t important, but they don’t differentiate the highly effective leaders from everyone else.). You can help your managers to be more strategic.

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Climber or Contributor: Which are You?

Modern Servant Leader

The Climber seeks first to climb the career ladder. Climbers make decisions for the organization based on the implications to their career. Climbers create short-term wins with long-term costs. Climbers think and act tactically. Contributors create long-term wins out of short-term costs. Climbers pull command.

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Instinctively Reactive Leaders – Another Cost

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Instinctively Reactive Leadership – Another Cost A few weeks back, I wrote about “ toxic leadership ” and how it is a huge cost to organizations. This week, I was led to think about another cost – “reactive leadership”. Leaders cannot be instinctively reactive. Have a great day.

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How NOT to Screw Up Organizational Change

Lead Change Blog

However, a leader can become masterful about thinking and acting in ways that are both strategic and tactical, upping the possibility for both buy in and relatively little disruption. After evaluating all the various operations, costs and longevity, it was determined that the nuclear plant needed to cease operations.

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Leadership Lessons from a 19th Century Genius

Leading Blog

Here is just a small sample of how James’s insights have helped me in my career: “A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.”. As we progress through our careers, keeping a truly open mind becomes increasingly difficult. Instead, I let short-term tactical thinking cloud my execution.