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Are you a Leader or a Lemming?

Great Leadership By Dan

Signs of a Lemming Leader: Use of jargon: Do you use the terms restructuring, high reliability, six sigma, just culture, strategic sourcing, population health, or employee engagement in your organization? Your bookshelf: Are they all leadership books? If you are trying to make your operation more efficient, then say so. “To

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A Non-Profit Board’s AHA Moment

Lead Change Blog

After recently reading Mark Miller’s new book Leaders Made Here about building a leadership culture and developing an internal network of talented leaders ready to jump into a role, I remembered my young management experiences with a bitter smile. While reading his book, I had an “aha” moment. The stories that I could share!

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3 Ways to Motivate Employees During Times of Change :: Women on.

Women on Business

Washingtonians are not the only ones in transition; companies are reorganizing, restructuring, and adjusting their plans for 2009. Training and Professional Development If there are new systems in place, or even old systems that could be more efficient, take the time to train the staff.

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The 5 Cultures That Determine Your Company’s Success

Strategy Driven

Be aware, however, that constant re-engineering, reorganization, and restructuring in pursuit of efficiency (or the latest management fad) has a questionable effect at best. It also requires openness to feedback from leaders, followers, co-workers, and customers. John Mattone is an authority on leadership, talent, and culture.

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2014 Will Be the Year of the Business Remix

Harvard Business Review

The Open Automotive Alliance that Google launched this week is a reminder that twenty-first-century deals don’t always look like the M&A of old. And the long-term trends that have driven corporate restructuring are not going away — globalization, technical change, and ever fiercer competition between firms.

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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. High scorers on Critical Thinking are constantly identifying ways to improve productivity or efficiency, drive sales, reduce costs, etc.;

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How Structured Debate Helps Your Team Grow

Harvard Business Review

As Ellen Langer wrote in her book, Mindfulness , when individuals, teams and organizations continue to see today’s world through the lens of yesterday, they are likely to keep applying yesterday’s strategies when doing so is no longer effective. Our team’s design and/or organizational structure is outdated.