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5 Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Advantage

Skip Prichard

” Those words are printed on the back cover of Five Frequencies: Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Competitive Advantage. I followed up with the authors to learn more about their leadership philosophy. But you should pick a longer time horizon for calculating ROI on your leadership choices. What Leaders Tolerate.

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HR Cost Cutting Measures to Trim the Fluff

HR Digest

The goal of any cost-cutting exercise should be to eliminate any task whose cost of doing it exceeds the business value it provides. Identify the gaps, audit the tasks, do a cost-benefit analysis, count the impact, and then only implement.

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Followership : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

RSS Feed Schedule a Call Free E-Book Assessment Test Coffee Schedule Coaching Lunch About Us CO2 Story Our Approach Our Successes Our Executive Coaches Gary B. It is worth keeping in mind that some jobs have clear leadership requirements; virtually all jobs have followership requirements.

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7 Ways to Leverage Your Power at Work

Marshall Goldsmith

Sometimes when you look at the concept of power, getting out of the simplistic view of determining whose box is higher on the organizational chart and looking at power in terms of how it is outlined in Situational Leadership® as The Seven Bases of Power can be incredibly helpful when attempting to leverage power. Focus on making a difference.

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Why Businesses Fail | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

You cannot separate leadership from decisioning, for like it or not, they are inexorably linked. The fact of the matter is that senior executives who rise to the C-suite do so largely based upon their ability to consistently make sound decisions. They make bad decisions. And in some cases they compound bad decision upon bad decision.

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Ideas Don't Equal Innovation | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

You see, while creativity is a clearly a valuable asset, unbridled creativity where random, disparate ideas abound outside of a sound decisioning and execution framework will create distraction and chaos much more often than they will lead to innovation. Assess : Put the idea through a risk/reward and cost/benefit analysis.

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How Freelancers Can Make Sure They Get Paid on Time

Harvard Business Review

“Don’t walk away, and don’t give up,” he says, “Work your way up the food chain and take it to the top” of the executive leadership if you need to. Be persistent about seeking payment, advises Younger. Use that paper trail to ask, “What’s the deal?