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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

 However, many feel deprived of meaning in their jobs and as a result lack energy, enthusiasm, and a sense of purpose when they come to work each day. Charlie Judy, HR Fishbowl : Goal-Setting is as Easy as 1 + 3 - For many organizations it is time for performance reviews and setting goals for the coming year.

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Possibility Maximizer: The Happiness Project

Sales Wolf Blog

Gretchen's goal for The Happiness Project was to not only increase her own level of happiness, but also help others find greater happiness in their own lives.  Quite frankly, we could all stand to focus a little more time and energy on the things that make us happy in life.   Now Go Maximize Possibility! .

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Social Media Demystified

N2Growth Blog

With each major advancement in technology, communications, or business practice we find ourselves yet again at this all too familiar precipice. If you believe the hype, social media will immediately solve all your problems and require no time, energy or effort on your part. Thanks for the great insights Rob. Thanks for sharing!

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To Lead Change, Explain the Context

Harvard Business Review

For example, one CEO of a large technology firm oscillated between major expansions (e.g. Leaders have to place strategic changes, initiatives, and goals into a broader organizational context, or they risk losing good talent, burning out managers, and wasting money on programs that don’t pay off.

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People Don’t Want to Be Compared with Others in Performance Reviews. They Want to Be Compared with Themselves

Harvard Business Review

CEB research says that when we take into account how much money organizations are investing in their performance appraisal technology and how much time managers are spending to evaluate their employees, on average U.S. Such evaluations might have increased the employees’ concentration and led them to exert more energy at work.

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The Discipline of Listening

Harvard Business Review

As the up-and-coming vice president and CEO candidate for a Fortune 500 technology corporation sat before the CEO for his annual review, he was baffled to discover that the feedback from his peers, customers, direct reports, and particularly from board members placed unusual emphasis on one potentially devastating problem: his listening deficit.

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How GE Stays Young

Harvard Business Review

Under CEO Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, they adopted operational efficiency approaches (“ Workout ,” “Six Sigma,” and “Lean”) that reinforced their success and that many companies emulated. Chief Marketing Officer Beth Comstock told me they looked to see how they could take this battery technology to new markets.