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Creating a Successful Fleet Operation Means Investing in Employees

Strategy Driven

Coconino County has enhanced its Public Works fleet operations by focusing on employee development and establishing new business practices. In addition to 18 employees operating three shops in two locations, the Division also manages two fueling sites and a Parts and Inventory Room. Background.

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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the September edition of the Leadership Development Carnival ! For this month’s edition, I asked an all-star cadre of leadership development bloggers, authors, and consultants to submit an answer to the following question: “We all know that individual development plans (IDPs) need to be tailored for each leader.

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Fatal Five Failure Factors of Culture Change Efforts

The Practical Leader

History teaches that tectonic change can be an agent of organizational destruction or renewal. My last post illustrated how research with one Client pointed to leadership/culture development as the biggest internal change they must make. Not Building Cause and Capacity for Continuous Change.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Book of Acronyms

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in Running the business Financial People Business development Body of Knowledge The Big Picture No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. As the years go by, one continues paying dues.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Realities of Branding… Slogans that Mislead

Strategy Driven

Business development. None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). These keep the branches, limbs and twigs (divisions, consultants and vendors) on a growth curve. ‘Develop the Drive to Accomplish Anything.’ The Big Picture.

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Keep Learning Once You Hit the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

To answer these questions, we surveyed 32 senior search consultants at a top global executive-placement firm. Experienced search consultants typically interview hundreds and even thousands of senior executives; they assess those executives’ skills, track them over time, and in some cases place the same executive in a series of jobs. (See

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Overcoming the Disruption of Process Change

Harvard Business Review

It's against human nature to react favorably to the disruption of process change. Continuous improvement means continuous change, and change takes people out of their comfort zone. How have you seen people react to changes in their work? Managers are told "be hard on the process, but soft on the operators.".

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