General Leadership

MARCH 29, 2016

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. From Our Early Files: Originally Published. 27 April 2014. “ I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism. ”. Bob Riley. [The following is an unedited transcript of the speech I shared this morning commemorating the third anniversary of the loss of nine of our teammates fighting for freedom in Afghanistan…a reminder they are go

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Advice Leadership 190

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 29, 2016

What do your people need from you? The digital world has changed the way we interact and communicate with each other. It has exponentially increased the information that we share with each other. Every day I am surprised to learn how many leaders out there don’t invest the time they should into the development of their people. It is time for a paradigm shift!

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Women on Business

MARCH 29, 2016

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Business Model Business Development Development 159

Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 29, 2016

If there’s one thing every leader out there can agree on, it’s that the way we work has drastically changed over the past few decades, and in today’s interconnected, global environment, that change is now happening at a much more accelerated pace than ever before. In light of these fundamental shifts to the way we work, which 20 th century management principles should we stop using, and what do we replace them with in order to ensure we’re bringing out the best in those w

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Organization Leadership Performance Review Open-book 153

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Lead from Within

MARCH 29, 2016

Every major challenge we face, every adversity we bump into, comes with a decision—a fork in the road. These turning points, the moments when we decide which way we will go, can become touchpoints in our lives. Each one of us will face several of these moments. They’re the changes that change us—whether they’re happy or unhappy experiences, professional or personal, pertaining to health, relationships, or money.

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Crisis Goal Globalization Quality 131

Leadership Freak

MARCH 29, 2016

The chief end of accountability is nudging people toward their potential by leveraging untapped talent. The secondary end of accountability is getting things done. Who you are comes before what you do. #1.

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Chart Your Course

MARCH 29, 2016

Employee Retention and Engagement. It’s a feat for businesses to retain employees for five years or more in today’s market, and the cost of losing them is high. The Center for American Progress claims that for workers earning $75,000 or less per year, the typical cost of turnover is 20 percent of the salary. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in 2014 that the median number of years workers had been with their current employer was 4.6 years, while in 2015, CNBC reported the

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 29, 2016

News item: Crime is up, and back on the front page (above the fold) of today’s Dallas Morning News. See Dallas’ murder rate up dramatically so far this year —————— So many things aren’t working the way they are supposed to be working. There is lead in the water. So many shopping malls parking lots seem… Read More It All Seems to be Getting Harder — The World Seems a Little More Unsettled.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 29, 2016

Management observation cards are intended to be easy and straightforward to complete in the field. Consequently, the card’s structure should be such that it requires the minimal amount of data collection; reducing the administrative burden (and physical awkwardness) of completing form while ensuring quality performance data collection. Hi there! This article is available to StrategyDriven Personal Business Advisor Remote Access and Dedicated Advisor clients and those who subscribe to one of the

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System Management Article Quality 51

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 29, 2016

Communication expert Bart Egnal reveals why jargon is so prevalent in the workplace, and why it usually undermines those who use it, in his new book, Leading Through Language. Step by step, Egnal demonstrates how effective leaders reject fuzzy terminology in favor of the language of leadership. And, by language of leadership, he means using language that clearly and powerfully brings ideas to life for the audience.

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Humphrey Influence Audience Books 50

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 29, 2016

Change is hard – almost always. Sometimes change is harder than other times. And, it’s then where leadership is tested most, tensions mount and people are more likely to object. In my experience, if a leader knows these times it helps prepare to approach the change. Change is necessary. While change may produce conflict, without change there will also be conflict.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 29, 2016

Here are some terrific quotes from Mark Goulston's book, Just Listen : Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them. -- Paul Hawken Life is mostly a matter of perception and more often misperception. -- Dave Logan Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their next saying, "Make me feel important." -- Mary Kay Ash Do the unexpected.

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Merton Books Construction Leadership 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2016

paul garbett FOR HBR. I was recently working with a leader who had just lost a much-valued employee to a competitor. He had invested a large amount of time in mentoring and training the person and had high hopes and expectations for his career. The employee was someone clearly identified as “top talent” within the company — and what’s more, the resignation came as a complete surprise.

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Advice Restructuring Ethics Career 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2016

Corporations across the globe are increasing their use of external talent. In the U.S. alone, companies are engaging roughly 6.4 million independent contractors , freelancers, and other types of contingent workers. They’re doing this because hiring independent workers on a contingent basis increases business flexibility and agility, provides access to hard-to-hire specialized talent, and potentially reduces costs.

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MBO Long-term Human Capital Outsourcing 10

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2016

Pro-diversity messages are everywhere, whether you’re searching for a job, playing soccer , or watching the Oscars. Their point is simple: Diversity is good and we need more of it. In the business world, for example, we know that more-diverse groups tend to be more innovative , creative , hard-working , and better at solving problems. Yet despite the proliferation of interest in diversity and costly initiatives aimed at increasing it, discrimination continues to be a major problem in the l

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2016

sarah babineau. Rohit was juggling eggs. Smooth, brown ovals—in one hand or the other for a split second, and then up, up, up in the air. First there were three, then four, then five— Where are they coming from? he wondered—but he kept his arms moving and the loops going, and the crowd in front of him cheered. Where am I? Who are these people?

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Case Study Survey Course Class 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2016

What is excellent health care? In medicine we’ve long operated under the mantra “doctor knows best.” Physicians sleep comfortably at night knowing they have competently performed a surgery or drawn on their medical knowledge to make life-saving diagnostic and treatment decisions. So imagine their reaction when University of Utah Health Care (UUHC) started surveying patients and asking them how they define excellence.

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Review Health Care Quality Cost 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2016

A few years ago, domain registrar and web hosting company GoDaddy was known for its racy ads featuring NASCAR driver Danica Patrick and The Biggest Loser star Jillian Michaels. While they may have gotten attention in the media, they didn’t help the company do one important thing: hire women. In 2014, women constituted only 14% of GoDaddy’s engineering interns and new graduate hires.

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