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Opposites Attract … But Do They Stick?

Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 14, 2015

In her latest book, The Genius of Opposites: How Introverts and Extroverts Accomplish Extraordinary Results Together , Jennifer Kahnweiler continues to explore the world of Introverts and Extroverts, as we all learn more about the power that comes through being different. They do not feel able to navigate our highly social world.

Bottom-up

Bottom-up Learning-by-Doing Quality Career

Building Strong Leaders: The Importance of Leadership Development

Experience to Lead

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Have you ever been in a discussion where people were doing more talking than listening?It’s Great leaders takes quite the opposite outlook; they view everyone working together in harmony as essential to the long-term success of the organization. It’s confusing, to say the least.

Leadership Development

Leadership Development Development Leadership Long-term

Before You Open a Business…

Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

I certainly observe patterns among them, but they all share one and only one thing in common: they decided to get on the bucking bronco and actually do it. Just because you do the work doesn’t mean the business will work. Do you have children or family members you need to support financially? More on the PBOD in the book.).

Learning-by-Doing

Learning-by-Doing Long-term Automotive Open-book

Remembering the Basics – What I learned from My Mother

You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 9, 2010

If, in a moment of madness, you do, give it back. Nobody wants them” “How do you know?” I know too that Mrs Munsey, (although secretly amused, I’m told) forgave me and asked me not to do it again. So, here are a few of my basics, along with the stories that made them important to me: Don’t take other people’s stuff.

Learning-by-Doing

Learning-by-Doing Blog Self-aware Bottom-up

When One Person’s High Performance Creates Resentment in Your Team

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2017

So they spend sizable resources to attract and retain high performers who stand out. As the Japanese proverb warns : “The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.” Self-interest also simultaneously pulls peers in the opposite direction: toward supporting the high performers in their midst.

Team

Team Comparison Cooper Hammer

Employees Who Identify with the Company Boost Financial Performance

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2011

It has little to do with advertising or marketing. If your company sticks its neck out for a principle, it will be seen as having integrity, just as you're seen as having integrity when you stand up for the employee who's being scapegoated by some other manager. A history of missteps does the opposite. Why would they?

Company

Company Retail Bottom-up Advertising

What Is Good Employer Branding?

ExactHire - Leadership

OCTOBER 13, 2021

And if you’re like the smartest recruiters, you’ve invested in an applicant tracking and onboarding system that simplifies the hiring process and lets you focus on the big picture strategies to attract high quality applicants, like good employer branding. It’s actually quite the opposite. In other words, is your company a steady ship?

Brand

Brand Storytelling Strategy Diversity

What Is Good Employer Branding?

ExactHire - Leadership

OCTOBER 13, 2021

And if you’re like the smartest recruiters, you’ve invested in an applicant tracking and onboarding system that simplifies the hiring process and lets you focus on the big picture strategies to attract high quality applicants, like good employer branding. It’s actually quite the opposite. Why Your Employer Brand Is Important.

Brand

Brand Storytelling Strategy Diversity

The Value of Keeping the Right Customers

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2014

And how to do companies use it? Avery says that many executives prefer to monitor and report churn rate’s opposite: retention rate, or how many customers stay. How do companies typically use it? “If The bottom line: keeping the right customers is valuable. But what exactly is that?

Metrics

Metrics Software Business Model Marketing

When to Set Rigid Goals, and When to Be Flexible

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

At first glance this loyalty program appears overly restrictive, and as a result seems less likely to attract customers. Make Your Work Resolutions Stick. However, the opposite was the case when it came to completing the task. The answer, it seems, has to do with the limits of people’s decision-making ability.

Goal

Goal Loyalty Motivation Follow-up

Micro-Meddling Boards Undermine Progress

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2010

These tenets are the opposite of what made these businesspeople successful, yet board members demand that charities stick to them, all the while insisting, Alice-in-Wonderland-like, that the charities act more like businesses. This makes their business experience a big liability, because their certainty is misplaced.

Micromanagement

Micromanagement Wireless Participative Consultative

When to Pass on a Great Business Opportunity

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2014

Do you invest in the exciting new opportunity even though it does not fit with your existing strategy? Other experts will argue the opposite: “stick to your existing strategy,” “don’t let yourself be distracted,” and “beware of becoming over-diversified.”. An attractive business is one in a high-margin industry that is growing.

Licensing

Licensing Competitive Advantage Proposal Banking

Helping People Achieve Their Goals

Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 31, 2014

This understanding can help ensure that the people you are coaching stick with the plan and ultimately reach their desired targets. Why do goal-setters frequently give up in their quest for personal improvement? I tried it out–it didn’t seem to do that much good. How much good effect do these changes usually have?

Goal

Goal Short-term Long-term Crisis

The Curious Case of Summer’s Hottest Food Item: The Pretzel Roll

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

” The company spokesperson continues: “I can’t answer for why others chose to copy what we are doing, but we are thrilled with the success we have had with pretzel dogs.” ” Or as my friend wrote on Instagram, along with a photo of the commercial, “ What the HELL ?

Productivity

Productivity Products Trends Innovation

The 4-Hour Body? Not So Much

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2011

First, I looked at Ferris eating plan, which he calls the "Slow-Carb Diet": Eat almost exclusively protein and veggies, make it easy by just keeping a few meals in rotation, and stick with it by letting yourself eat anything for one day each week. Not just for geeks, but for anybody. I reviewed this plan with Dr. Tieraona Low Dog, M.D. ,

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Opposites Attract … But Do They Stick?

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Before You Open a Business…

Remembering the Basics – What I learned from My Mother

When One Person’s High Performance Creates Resentment in Your Team

Employees Who Identify with the Company Boost Financial Performance

What Is Good Employer Branding?

What Is Good Employer Branding?

The Value of Keeping the Right Customers

When to Set Rigid Goals, and When to Be Flexible

Micro-Meddling Boards Undermine Progress

When to Pass on a Great Business Opportunity

Helping People Achieve Their Goals

The Curious Case of Summer’s Hottest Food Item: The Pretzel Roll

The 4-Hour Body? Not So Much

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