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In Praise of Average Joes

In the CEO Afterlife

Companies, large and small, cannot survive without great leadership, sound strategy and flawless execution. He refused to be blocked by the brick wall that separates management from union in most companies. In fact, it was Ronnie who took a sledge hammer to that wall and turned it into rubble.

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What Not to Do When Business Sours

In the CEO Afterlife

When it comes to belt-tightening, the astute CEO will target those areas or projects that don’t detract from the vision/strategy or the company’s competitive differentiation. When I was a CEO, I managed to squirrel away a “rainy day” fund for nasty business blips. Never do a Knee-Jerk Reaction on the Corporate Strategy.

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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S. License.

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Is There a CEO Afterlife? | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • August 7, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Life • 0 Comments. Warren Staley (Cargill) supports Habitat for Humanity with a hammer, a saw and a wallet. Formerlife: CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Nabob, Kraft), Strategy/Branding Consultant. Human Resources. In the CEO Afterlife.

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Eliminate Slogans, Exhortations and Targets

Deming Institute

Edwards Deming’s list of 14 points for western management : Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and targets for the work force asking for zero defects and new levels of productivity. If so, you should examine your management system. It is a bad sign and points to serious management problems. Point 10 on W.

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Recruiting Strategies for a Tight Talent Market

Harvard Business Review

According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), late 2015 was the most difficult hiring period in four years. These days, I advise Fortune 500 executives to treat talent as they would customers: Understand their behavior, and design recruiting strategies that meet them where they are.

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Motivating People Starts with Having the Right Attitude

Harvard Business Review

One problem that gets in the way is a mechanistic, instrumental view of the human beings who sit at our companies’ desks. Seeing compensation as the primary or only tool we can use to motivate high performance is like trying to build a house with only a hammer. Managers generally start out with the best of intentions.