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How HR Can Break Down Silos

Roundtable Talk

Breaking down business silos has been the goal ever since Jack Welch, advocated for the “boundaryless organization” over 30 years ago. Presciently, Welch pointed to the impact of globalization and technology as a catalyst that would propel companies to rethink how they work.

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Managing Virtual Teams: Three Keys to Success

Women on Business

We seek out diversity and strong points of view on our teams, but combine these characteristics with remote locations, tight timelines and resource constraints, and a day at the office can turn into a political and technological obstacle course. Steer toward a clear, desirable goal. Shift your focus from yourself to the team.

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Leaders vs. Managers

Great Leadership By Dan

Managers work toward goals, ideals, and outcomes--that others largely have set or prescribed. In that sense, while managers work hard to get others to do things, and are essential to every organization, they are living more "outside-in" than inside-out in that others have set the vision, the dreams, and the goals.

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The 1 Thing You Need to Achieve Work-Life Balance

Lead from Within

Jack Welch, renowned former CEO of General Electric, famously stated, “There is no such thing as work-life balance. Technology means that we’re all available 24/7. If you want to be good at business, at achieving your goals, you have to be calculating and shrewd at what you do.

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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

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.  Sadly goal setting is something that many organizations and managers do quite poorly by making it out to be much harder and more complex than necessary.

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Possibility Maximizer: Stephen R. Covey - The Community

Sales Wolf Blog

The Resource:    Stephen R Covey - The Community What it is:  Stephen Covey's The Community  is a collaborative online learning community that helps users to grow personally and professionally by setting and realizing their life goals. Covey Community does.  Empowering is the key word to focus on.

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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week - A Look Ahead at 2011

Sales Wolf Blog

 Today I would like to shift gears and take a look ahead at what the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogging community sees in store for us in 2011.  Below is a great collection of posts containing predictions, resolutions, trends, and thoughts for 2011.  Enjoy!  Enjoy!

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