The Center For Leadership Studies

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Berkley Baker, a highly talented Master Facilitator for us at The Center for Leadership Studies, was in town conducting a Situational Leadership ® workshop. We started out sort of wandering all over the place and somehow wound up talking about diversity training or, more accurately, bad diversity training! Simple, right?

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Diversity Training Leadership Objective 60

Leading Blog

MARCH 8, 2019

Fortunately, Akamai’s VP of Human Resources, Steve Heinrich, recognized what was happening and brought in Chuck McVinney, a management consultant with expertise in teamwork and leadership training. Remarkably, after only two off-site workshops, our teams started to function better. To keep leading, keep learning.

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Chief Technology Officer Leadership Engineering Teamwork 304

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

These values stand as the bedrock, guiding employee actions and serving as the compass propelling the organization forward in the highly volatile business landscape of the 21st century. Each engagement is designed uniquely according to the organization’s specific needs and the individual’s distinct attributes.

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Execution Development Leadership Long-term 251

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

As organizations become increasingly digital, CMOs are expected to spearhead digital marketing, AI, social media, and analytics initiatives. As disruptors in the organization, they hold the onus to align the company’s brand mission with a creative yet commercially viable business strategy.

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Creativity Business Objectives Marketing Trends 235

Mike Cardus

MARCH 5, 2012

An interactive examination of what leadership is and how you can leverage your skills and competencies to improve your organization, team and self. It signifies the talent of bringing people together and getting them to effectively work towards a common goal , to co-operate with each other , to rely upon each other , to trust each other.

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 6, 2013

Within organizations the role of a Supervisor exists between the first line manager and the front line employees. INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THIS TRAINING? Ask yourself; How much am I spending on bringing new people in and training them?; INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THIS TRAINING? Why it’s important. What is it.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 21, 2012

They say that the first challenge of alignment is to get everyone on the same page by understanding the organization in the same way. That means getting to the unifying concept of the organization to which everyone can contribute. Every organization needs a Main Thing—a single, powerful expression of what it hopes to accomplish.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Excerpt from Unfear: Transform Your Organization to Create Breakthrough Performance and Employee Well-Being by Gaurav Bhatnagar and Mark Minukas, McGraw Hill, November 2021). * * * Gaurav Bhatnagar and Mark Minukas are coauthors of Unfear: Transform Your Organization to Create Breakthrough Performance and Employee Well-Being.

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 1, 2012

I am leading this workshop in La Crosse Wisconsin on April 19. If you can’t make it, and interested in learning more and offering this workshop to your team and leadership CONTACT MIKE. It evokes the warm and gratifying prospect of being part of a successful team or organization. To register and learn more CLICK HERE.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Berkley Baker, a highly talented Master Facilitator for us at The Center for Leadership Studies, was in town conducting a Situational Leadership ® workshop. We started out sort of wandering all over the place and somehow wound up talking about diversity training or, more accurately, bad diversity training! Simple, right?

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Diversity Training Leadership Situational Leadership 40

Lead Change Blog

MAY 30, 2019

We’ve all seen and been a part of this: we come back from a workshop, conference, strategic planning session, or other great event excited to make great changes. Fast-forward just a few months later: the company has not been affected by those game-changing ideas, and any semblance of the workshop or conference’s impact is gone.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 18, 2019

They include books, workshops, assessment tools, and much, much more. A top executive wants to make his or her “mark on the organization.” The organization must change. A top executive gets bored with day-to-day, boring yet efficient and profitable operations. See paragraph above. See paragraph above.

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Bottom-up Execution Workshop Definition 275

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The repercussions of water damage are far-reaching, potentially causing extensive property damage, interrupting business operations, and leading to substantial financial losses. Technology can revolutionize the way businesses operate, offering new tools for efficiency, communication, and data analysis.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 13, 2023

In this article, we’ll explore six effective steps that can help you prevent fraud and ensure the security of your business operations. Establish Strong Internal Controls The foundation of fraud prevention lies in establishing strong internal controls within your organization.

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Tactics Education Seminar Software 89

Mike Cardus

JUNE 21, 2011

Working and Managing Across Generations: From Traditionalist to Generation Y and Beyond… An Interactive Workshop. Working and Managing Across Generations: From Traditionalist to Generation Y and Beyond…An Interactive Workshop. The workshop is led by one or two facilitators, experienced in interactive, group learning.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 15, 2024

The digital age has transformed the way businesses operate, necessitating a shift in talent management strategies to keep pace with technological advancements and the evolving workforce. Providing opportunities for professional growth, such as training programs, workshops, and online courses, can keep your employees engaged and motivated.

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

When your Organization does not effectively plan typical results are; Project(s) Comes in Over Budget – Because of inadequate planning and now everyone is scrambling, and creating emergencies in other departments and with vendors. Reflect the operating values and culture of the organization. – Elliott Jaques.

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Strategic Planning Workshop Planning Chief Operating Officer 108

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Additionally, it’s important to find out what permits or licenses you need in order to operate a business in the region. Your plan should include a mission statement, potential services and costs, marketing strategies, operational procedures, financial projections , and long-term goals. Create an Effective Business Plan.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Instead, coaching business professionals through a highly skilled executive coaching company takes things to the next level by allowing the world’s most talented leaders to identify how they can improve every aspect of their work and lives to lead their organizations through targeted and strategic change. What Is Executive Coaching?

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2021

Over the years, my colleagues and I have had the privilege of speaking and teaching workshops at NASA. Teams and organizations with higher levels of connection have higher employee engagement, tighter strategic alignment, better decision making, higher rates of innovation, and greater agility and adaptability.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

90% of leaders think an engagement strategy is important while only 25% of organizations have one (ACCOR). In such an underperforming state, without leadership that can drive real change, organizations are trapped in a vicious cycle. Beth (name changed) is a senior leader at one of our client organizations. Where are we?

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 259

Mike Cardus

JUNE 12, 2013

I’ve Been working on a series of workshops and consulting on innovation and developing a culture of innovation. The slideshare above is from an interactive workshop about thinking differently and some tools that work to allow different thinking to happen. You can read more about the workshop in the description below.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2023

This means not only hiring a diverse workforce, but also implementing policies and training programs to ensure that all employees feel valued and supported. From automating mundane tasks to analyzing data to improve decision making, AI has the potential to revolutionize the way HR departments operate. T&D in 2023.

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Trends Diversity Globalization Training 144

Mike Cardus

MAY 20, 2013

I’ve delivered variations of this workshop and talk at conferences and to teams in many places. Usually in the workshop we only get about 1/3 through the slides then we have break-outs discussions and application time. It evokes the warm and gratifying prospect of being part of a successful team or organization. image credit.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Several years ago I led a professional development workshop for the alumni association of my alma mater. The workshop was a success. In fact, much of my insight came from another toy-based book called Change is Like a Slinky: 30 Strategies for Promoting and Surviving Change in Your Organization by leadership expert, Dr. Hans Finzel.

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Workshop Energy Learning-by-Doing Course 150

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 3, 2022

You owe it to yourself, to your employee, and to your organization.” You owe it to yourself, to your employee, and to your organization. The point is, they’re every bit as uncomfortable with conflict as the person who avoids or appeases; they just have a different method of operation. ” -Marlene Chism.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 16, 2022

That means HR professionals should ensure they help employees grow professionally through education, training, and advancement opportunities. Doing so lets them better understand why their organization uses specific methods and how those goals align with corporate values. Reskilling and upskilling.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

That means HR professionals should ensure they help employees grow professionally through education, training, and advancement opportunities. Doing so lets them better understand why their organization uses specific methods and how those goals align with corporate values. Corporate culture in the workplace. Reskilling and upskilling.

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Human Resources How To Resources Performance Review 105

Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 22, 2015

Recently I listened with awe as leaders described a change of heart following my Coaching for Breakthrough Performance workshop, where we spent significant time on skills that build relationships. After the workshop, she committed to spending time in the following week just listening to the store managers.

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Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 26, 2011

If you can’t, trust your judgment and training. We will fight the way we have trained. Therefore, training is our most important mission in peacetime. Training must be operationally oriented and practical. This is our ship to fight and operate. Do the right thing; don’t take the expedient path. Initiative.

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Janis Teamwork Long-term Training 283

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 2, 2013

I will be presenting 2 workshops at the ASQ Buffalo 2013 Quality Conference – October 15 & 16. Problem solvers are required to quickly provide solutions to increasingly complex problems, develop and design new and innovative products and processes – and at the same time, reduce operating time and costs. October 16 Quality Seminars.

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Conference Quality TRIZ Seminar 102

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

She consults with organizations to develop and deploy innovative instructional designs and training worldwide. She heeds the advice she’s heard about how getting ahead boils down to making one’s self indispensable to the organization. Volunteer to run workshops or lunch-and-learn sessions. Let’s face it.

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Career Development Learning-by-Doing Workshop 229

Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 6, 2011

Voted as one of the top 100 business thought-leaders in the United States, Steve’s work has been adopted by several universities to help students gain a better understanding of how the business world really operates. Good luck to everyone and my thanks to the team at G5 Leadership for their help with organizing this contest.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 25, 2021

” Does your organization need to improve communications? Almost every hand goes up when I ask that first question in a workshop. But what do most managers do when they hear people in their organization want more communication? Collect and catalogue the best examples of your organization’s key principles in action.

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Information Information Technology Storytelling Case Study 59

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 18, 2012

You are constantly having to organize information available to you, and determine how to best use that information to make choices. This is a skill that can be developed and a process that can be implemented into your organization, team and leadership. This leads to a stronger succession plan for the future of the organization.

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Management Long-term Strategic Planning Short-term 134

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

As the economy rebounds businesses are focusing on making their organizations better places to work. By hiring the right people, they reduce turnover, training costs and insure their team of Zapponians stay motivated and passionate about what they do. PERSONAL NOTE FROM THE LEAD NAVIGATOR. Creating a Great Place to Work.

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Newsletter Insurance Class Workshop 165

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Having joined the world’s largest pharmaceutical company, she is now out to raise the bar for human resources leadership across the organization. Pay equity is critically important to establish basic fairness, trust, and empowerment in the organization. The HR Digest: What is diversity to you? ? .

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