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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 the last five years, Public Works leadership have taken many actions to build a sustainable future. Background. Flagstaff, Arizona receives an average of 100 inches of snow in a year.

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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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3 Small Steps for a CEO, One Giant Leap for Leadership

LDRLB

They spearhead innovation by ensuring their organization’s cultural norm is continuous change and creativity. One day a year, I worked in various jobs within our coffee roasting operation, side-by-side with union employees. John Bell is a strategy consultant and former CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Kraft, Nabob).

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Fatal Five Failure Factors of Culture Change Efforts

The Practical Leader

My last post illustrated how research with one Client pointed to leadership/culture development as the biggest internal change they must make. The goal is to succinctly identify the core factors at the root of the 50 – 70% failure rate of organization change initiatives and programs.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Book of Acronyms

Strategy Driven

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. Business track records are garnered by going the distance, reading the trends and continually changing.

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

Strategy Driven

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. Computer ‘consultants’ are not business strategists. The New York Times. Very insightful.

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