General Leadership

APRIL 18, 2013

Karen is the CEO of the New York-based strategic technology, staffing and project management company Sharp Decisions. Vocations, Education and Training for Service Members) program. Uncategorized Charity Honor Sharp Decisions V.E.T.S.' One inspiring leader who is answering the call to do just that it Karen Ross.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Socialize the behavior guidelines by example, training and ongoing communication. Senior leaders of the company routinely showed up at these training sessions to show employees how important the values and brand were. Define the desire culture. Articulate a set of behavior guidelines for everyone to follow.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 9, 2017

While hiring flexible workers can provide a number of benefits to companies, new challenges arise also. Workplace safety is a key factor in promoting a healthy workplace, but learning all of the safety procedures and dangerous factors in a workplace can take time and training, which seasonal employees may not have. Make Safety Easy.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 14, 2021

They’re now widely available in a bewildering variety of tools used for leadership development, executive coaching, performance management, personal growth, etc. A retired HR executive reflected on her role in the 360 carnage, “I brought 360-degree feedback systems into our company in a big way. Ensures data security.

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Chart Your Course

APRIL 3, 2015

Sluggish growth, persistently high unemployment, and sharp spending cuts by businesses and consumers alike have taken a toll. An alarming 70% of American workers are not showing up to work committed to delivering their best performance, and this has serious implications for the bottom line of individual companies and the U.S.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2021

we now see companies implementing more policies that aim to improve the working environment of their employees. However, while the demand for such talent is high, the competition for positions is also quite fierce, and you’ll need your CV writing skills to be as sharp as possible if you want to land a job.

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

By evaluating an employee’s communication skills , employers can identify areas for improvement and provide targeted training to help them become more effective communicators. Strives to continuously improve communication skills through training and feedback. Develops and implements strategies for continuous improvement.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

In the workshops, we must have heard some version of “If management would only…” or “If the company would only…” dozens of times. or “What if the company doesn’t __?” Through my experiences I learned that I could: Keep my knowledge and skills sharp and up-to-date and document my training and accomplishments, projects and assignments.

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HR Digest

MAY 3, 2021

As the COVID-19 crisis takes a sharp turn from government to business, the issue of redefining jobs moves up the agenda. This very nimble organization allows Amazon employees to build their own path by owning their development, their career, and their future. Employee-led resource groups (ERGs) are one of Amazon’s core strengths.

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Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 19, 2019

Other surveys state that change initiatives flounder because companies lack the skills to sustain change over time. David Altman, our COO, argues for giving leaders and employees a short, sharp shock: In effect, “If you think change is constant now, then you ain’t seen nothing yet.”. . Becoming Resilient in the Face of Change.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 12, 2021

Similarly, the increased development of 3D games, 3D mobile devices, and 3D movies has stimulated the demand for true 3D displays both in consumer and enterprise applications. Key players in 3D displays include most of the top display makers in Japan, Taiwan, Korea and China in addition to several startup companies with unique technologies.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

We are now in the era of “do-it-yourself” career development. Companies less frequently offer formal training – a trend that has been on the decline for years. This is a sharp contrast with the investment that senior leaders used to make in employees. Seek good counsel and mentoring.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 22, 2023

Companies must care for workers as complete “assets”, caring for workers’ health, wellness, mental health, and longevity as they would care for any tangible asset in the corporate balance sheet. The new “office” is not just about work logistics; it’s about providing a worker-first environment that enables your people to flourish.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Gianpiero Petriglieri – Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD , Director of the Management Acceleration Programme at INSEAD , medical doctor and psychiatrist by training. 14th Administrator, United States Agency for International Development. Garry Ridge – CEO, WD-40 Company. million times.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 29, 2014

People flirt with excessive arrogance or insecurity every so often, but rarely let either develop into full blown romance. In politics, what if Vice President Al Gore’s sharp intellect had been driven by on-center confidence and less by off-center arrogance, which made him come off as condescending in election debates with George Bush?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

When a company is content with being merely mediocre it may survive but it will never do extremely well. The company must have an emphasis on high standards, a desire to create and give value to customers, accountability to the employers and to your customers, and the drive to learn. Development of core business supplier relationships.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Leo Tilman is the founder of Tilman & Company, Inc. In business, the digital transformations of IMAX and Western Union are exemplary: both companies detected profound environmental changes and turned potentially existential threats into transformative opportunities. and is an expert on risk, strategy, and finance.

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Michael Lee Stallard

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Mrs. Tuchman, as she liked to be called, had a sharp mind and passion for truth. From the time he was a young man, George Washington kept a personal rule book to remind him of the behavior that he aspired to live out each day.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

When all attributes are equal in a competition, the company who gets the contract has a personal connection. Being sharp means being succinct. Develop those contacts as a ladder to reach higher, but more challenging, prospects. Test business development, starting with advice from your banker, accountant, and lawyer.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Instead, we’re talking about the typical uniform worn by the majority of employees in various industries, including law firms, banks, advertising agencies, retail stores, hospitals, schools, real estate companies, restaurants, construction sites, and more. Business Casual Attire Examples.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Mary Shaun Emerson October 8, 2010 at 9:22 am I am familiar with a Fortune 100 company that doesn’t have offices at all. As far as the getting on time thing, a lot of line supervisors ask why management doesn’t come in on time at our company and why they take such long breaks. EVERYONE has a cubicle.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

This preference is in sharp contrast to Gen Y’s as a whole; a recent Deloitte survey found that only 20% of Y’s overall want to be a leader in a large organization, while 70% of respondents want to launch their own organization. Companies that provide development support and resources will be well-positioned to attract and retain Hispanics.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Maintaining an obsession with the front line—where the company meets the customer—is fundamental to achieving sustainable growth. But as companies get bigger, they have a harder and harder time staying close to their customers and maintaining the sharp, ground-level instincts of a younger company.

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

Everything is in flux, and we should enjoy the ride as we may change jobs, companies, and even types of work (contract work, employment, entrepreneurship, etc.). Adrienne Tom ( Career Impressions ) ​ My #1 tip for being successful in a career today would be ongoing investment in professional development and skills development.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

In addition to the real-world knowledge that students will derive from the cases, readers will take away research-based templates and models that they can use in developing or consulting with small businesses. It starts with employees who have been trained in the science of service. Provide special training for frontline employees.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

When cross-departmental rivalries get heated and conflicts arise, I’ve frequently seen companies turn to team-building events or motivational speakers who talk about trust. There were misunderstandings across the group about what one another did and sharp differences in how each subgroup defined a successfully commercialized product.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 24, 2010

Because this elephant can take on so many faces, there is a good chance that all of those points of view exist within the management ranks of many companies – even the ones that already have some kind of SM presence. Social Media has its own language protocol, and “company-speak” isn’t one of them. So what to do? Blog about it.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2012

World-class athletes and dancers explicitly train for pain even beyond the point of injury. Just as professional development doesn't inherently require pain, pain's presence doesn't necessarily signal personal progress. Their pain was genuine but, strategically and culturally, the company had to transform its design sensibility.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

The answer is the sharp and unexpected rise of existential risk. These firsts-of-their-kind developments require unprecedented degrees of creativity.". It's not a matter of training to choose option "A" or "B." Trained for 40 years to think this way, Tepco technicians wasted three days trying to move massive amounts of water.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Organizations like Kmara in Georgia, Pora in Ukraine and the April 6th movement in Egypt, received advice and training from the group and found similar success. The contrast is sharp and it is no accident. Otpor also developed a clear doctrine of values. After change came to Serbia, Otpor’s movement spread even further.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

Ratings on other countries and companies are more likely to improve than deteriorate. If you didn''t cut the budget for innovation, technology, and product development over the past five years, good. Some farsighted companies never cut back on training in the downturn, but many did. Increase your R&D spending.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

The only person not applauding was Wang Xiguo, the engineer who had led the development of Prime's power train technology. If you'd like your comment to be considered for publication, please be sure to include your full name, company or university affiliation, and email address.). Your lunch didn't agree with you?". "I

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 17, 2015

She had heard me repeatedly rave about the CEO of this high-tech company. We’re going to call on your customers together and get as many as we can to enlist in your next training event.” That’s why it doesn’t often happen to people who break easily, have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept.” It takes a long time.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

Six top executives are midway through a 12-week assignment: Figure out how thousands of employees in their $8 billion company can absorb major changes—three acquisitions, a new global IT system, and a mandate to double revenue in three years—in minimal time. The typical corporate fix for the team dilemma is training.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In later stages you’ll want people who think about how to scale through process, training, and systems. The patterns that you develop at this key stage will grow with you and will spell the difference between running or stumbling as you hit the growth stage. Your company has (mostly) solved product/market fit. What to do.

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 18, 2010

You get to a point where you believe your skills are so sharp, and so good, that you can actually overcome the Peter Principle, and change a person into something they are clearly not. We have a high turnover rate at our company and I wonder if having more training around what type of people to hire would help? Make sense?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

If you don’t engage those who hold dissenting opinions and viewpoints in candid and open discussions you will struggle in developing to your true intellectual potential. Therefore the art you speak of sculpts with a very sharp blade – the tongue. Unfortunately, the wildcard is PEOPLE.

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