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Improve Your Positive Influence: Eliminate Common Obstacles

Leading Blog

It’s very easy to have what CEO Seah Chin Siong of the Singapore Institute of Management calls “goal erosion,” defining it as “Doing what is easy, going through the motions, but not doing the hard things the ultimate mission requires.” The more ambitious the project, the greater the obstacles.

Influence 353
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From Clashes to Collaboration – 7 Steps to a Thriving Team Culture After a Corporate Merger

Great Results Team Building

Don’t just say “we value collaboration,” define what collaboration looks like in practice – regular team meetings, shared documents, cross-functional projects. Align strategic goals with cultural direction – will the new culture be more risk-taking or conservative, hierarchical or flat?

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LeadershipNow 140: June 2019 Compilation

Leading Blog

How to Use Mental Imagery to Achieve Your Goals by @JesseLynStoner. 6 pieces of wisdom to help young leaders thrive in uncertain times By Kayvan Kian via @McKinsey. Want To Project Strength? Leadership at Scale the @McKinsey Way #LeadershipAtScale Before you begin your next leadership development program, read this.

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Benefits of Communication Training for Businesses

Strategy Driven

When team members communicate openly, projects align with precision, sidestepping misunderstandings. McKinsey & Company’s report underscores that robust client communication strategies breed customer retention and positive referrals. Define clear goals for the training: presentation prowess or conflict resolution?

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How to use Measurement to Manage Like a Pro

Lead on Purpose

McKinsey Insights ’ Pankaj Ghemawat references a survey of senior executives where 76% of them feel they need to develop global-leadership capabilities, but only 7% of feel they are doing so effectively. Define the right metrics to measure individual goals and collective goals of the team. Management isn’t just about goals.

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Employee Relationships is a Serious Employer Responsibility

HR Digest

As such it is concerned with how to gain people’s commitment to the achievement of an organization’s business goals and objectives in a number of different situations.” Consider whether you had to be on the same page about the plan of action, what was required for the project, where to get resources from, etc.

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The Essential CHRO Roles Every CEO Must Support

HR Digest

Most CEOs rank HRs as the eighth most important function in their organization, according to a research by McKinsey. McKinsey found that companies that shifted more than 56% of their capital across businesses recorded 30% more returns while studying resource allocation pattern of more than 1,500 US companies over 15 years. Conclusion.

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