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Is Cooperation The New Efficiency?

Lead Change Blog

Cooperation Is Better Than Compliance. As a former human resources manager we would discuss how different employees were good at teamwork or not. Actually it’s not so difficult to measure, and yet, I still get resistance about the importance of this ability. This would make us all successful at our jobs.

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Is Cooperation the New Efficiency?

ReImagine Work

Cooperation is better than compliance. As a former human resources manager we would discuss how different employees were good at teamwork or not. Actually it’s not so difficult to determine, and yet, I still get resistance about the importance of this ability. This would make us all successful at our jobs.

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Business Leadership Expertise: Give a Gift of Honoring :: Women on.

Women on Business

At first I sulked and resisted; that’s the drama queen in me. For me it was a first grade teacher who challenged me to take an art project some “annoying boy” in my class had scribbled on and find a way to make it work. Yet, my teacher persisted and encouraged me to find a way to make “lemonade out of lemons”.

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3 Mistakes Executives Make When Telling People That They’re Leaving

Harvard Business Review

To close that gap, my firm undertook a national survey of more than 700 senior executives and human resources officers. Almost all of a representative sample of senior executives and chief human resources officers we interviewed to supplement our survey said that someone leaving for a competitor would be terminated immediately.

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IBM Focuses HR on Change

Harvard Business Review

It's rare to find a corporate human resources function that accelerates change by actively finding ways to help drive new strategies. In their role of stewards of policy compliance, they can tend to be a brake on change. There was lots of resistance. But not at IBM. Another example: In the U.S.,

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4 Models for Using AI to Make Decisions

Harvard Business Review

Top management told store managers and staff to honor requests and obey directives from their new “colleagues”; the resentment and resistance were palpable. Audit software and human monitors were soon installed to assure compliance. That said, a culture of cocreation and collaboration becomes the only way to succeed.

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How RFID Technology Improves Hospital Care

Harvard Business Review

Frontline caregivers often react to new data-collecting technologies with caution and resistance. Marys ED clinical staff to explain the scope and benefits of the project, answer questions, and obtain feedback. So the team was not surprised when members of the ED staff were concerned that their every move would be monitored.