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Retention and Development of Great Talent

Coaching Tip

Younger, motivated people with highly sought-after skill sets often find their talents underutilized. The result is that talented people lose motivation and the organization suffers “brain drain” as they look for opportunities elsewhere. . Talented people thrive on that kind of energy. How to unlock the value of talented people.

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Top Leadership Blog Posts

Michael Lee Stallard

Jim Taggart presents The Rise of Tiger Business Women posted at ChangingWinds , saying, “At present rates, it will take about 150 years before women and men are equally likely to reach middle management. It’s much more effective to direct our creative energy by Brainsteering.

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The November 2011 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Jim Taggart presents The Rise of Tiger Business Women posted at ChangingWinds , saying, "At present rates, it will take about 150 years before women and men are equally likely to reach middle management. And a century and a half is an eyeblink compared with the eternity it would take to achieve this benchmark in senior management".

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Elon Musk’s Unusual Compensation Plan Isn’t Really About Compensation at All

Harvard Business Review

Elon Musk is already incredibly rich, and also doesn’t seem particularly motivated by further wealth. And yet this contradiction of motivations has mostly been absent from discussion of Musk’s pay. Maintaining that patience requires constant focus on that north star of a half-a-trillion market value.

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Get Responsiblity for Data Out of IT

Harvard Business Review

As companies devote increasing time and energy in gathering massive quantities of data, many neglect a critical first step: Get most responsibility for data out of the IT Department. Part of my motivation in getting responsibility for data into the business is to free up IT to do what it does best.

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After a Merger, Don’t Let “Us vs. Them” Thinking Ruin the Company

Harvard Business Review

The interviewees, who were in the process of an M&A deal or who had recently been through one, included C-suite executives, private equity dealmakers, business owners, entrepreneurs, and middle managers. “Who will still have a chair when the music stops becomes the daily question,” Feil added.

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How to Make Sustainability Every Employee’s Responsibility

Harvard Business Review

I have interviewed over 100 CEOs, C-suite executives, middle managers, and shop floor workers in more than 25 companies across the world to understand why most companies fail to embed sustainability in their business models and, also, what drives success among the handful that do.