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Three Tips for Leading Your Team Into a New Year

Michael Lee Stallard

Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Vern Clark’s Top 5 priorities in 2003. In fact, neuroscientists have discovered that when people feel overwhelmed, brain function shifts from the frontal lobes of the brain, where rational decisions are made, to the mid-brain region, where rash decisions are more likely. Navy accomplished.

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Being Authentic Takes Work

Lead Change Blog

I can certainly remember a lot of times when I was younger when I was clearly not operating with authenticity. One of the most common I’ve witnessed is the belief that if we portray ourselves as something other than who we really are, we will be seen as more desirable or popular. Everything you do has a purpose.

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The Most Precious Resource of Leadership

Terry Starbucker

In 2003, I walked into a situation where a previous owner hadn’t kept their word – repeatedly. “We’ll spend the money needed to offer a competitive product, so you’re not operating with one hand tied behind your back” The back-breaker. “We’ll replace your 30 year-old carpet” Nope.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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Organizational Health Care with N2Growth: When was your Last Check-up?

N2Growth Blog

to discuss what operational screenings and organizational development exams you need and when you need them. Your operations deserve a longer, healthier life. Vital signs: awareness and treatment of uncontrolled hypertension among adults—United States, 2003–2010). Treatments when your operations are sick.

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The Surprising Power of Business Experiments

Skip Prichard

And, as anyone who closely follows simulation and prototyping tools knows, their use has become pervasive in manufacturing businesses, even though companies still grapple with the integration and management issues I wrote about in 2003. Consider Kohl’s, the large retailer, which in 2013 was looking for ways to decrease its operating costs.

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Preview Thursday: Developing a Positive Culture Where People and Performance Thrive

Lead Change Blog

It “broadens people’s thought-action repertoires and builds their enduring personal resources” (Frederickson, 2003). In spite of the evidence that people and performance thrive in a positive organization, the majority of organizations still operates from the “mechanistic mindset” that manages people like human resources.