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Managing Company Culture Anthropologically

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Despite its perceived importance, for the most part, companies have a miserable track record when it comes to managing their people. The Culture Dilemma Employee engagement in American companies has hovered around 30 percent for 60 years. B USINESSES are really bad at establishing an engaging culture. But what does this mean?

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Stop Letting the Latest Trend Dictate How You Run Your Company

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“Quiet firing” came about in response to it, describing the passive-aggressive behavior of managers who withhold opportunities from quiet-quitters instead of firing them altogether. If a company puts its talent first in its strategy and decision-making, these problems won’t arise in the first place.

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The Leaders Our Companies Need: Lessons We Can Learn from Historical Luminaries

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When there is peace and economic prosperity, leaders can do well, but their main role is one of management — making sure things stay stable.

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5 Insights to Managing Chaordic Tension

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Managing this tension is the key to success in growing and stable organizations—regardless of industry, size, years in business, or profit motive. Here are my five insights on how to manage chaordic tension: 1. The balance maintains company vibrancy while also advancing the business. Idea people are more comfortable with risk.

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How Big Companies Can (and do) Innovate Like a Start-Up

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In Creative Construction , Gary Pisano says that when big organizations fail to innovate, the root cause is often related to “management practice and leadership than with organizational scale per se.” Pisano carefully details how companies should do each of them. It also aligns a company around common priorities.

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Nice Companies Finish First

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It''s the core message of Nice Companies Finish First by Peter Shankman: "Being a selfish bastard who doesn''t believe the rules apply to you simply won''t get you very far." Loyalty (360 Loyalty–loyal to what works for the whole company and for all good employees.), It''s self-centered and it eventually kills your influence.

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Under New Management

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It is hard to let go of the thinking behind some of the management tools we still use today. David Burkus reports on a number of seemingly radical management ideas in Under New Management. As an artifact of the industrial age when managers needed to ensure that all shifts were covered, strict vacation policies were a necessity.