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Is Leadership Development the Answer to Low Employee Engagement? (Yes.)

N2Growth Blog

In 2004 the Corporate Executive Board’s research showed an 87% decrease in the likelihood of departure for highly engaged employees. This paper is about rethinking the practice of leadership and reforming the way we approach the development of leaders and leadership in our organizations. Unprepared leaders develop work-arounds.

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We Value Leaders More Than Managers

The Horizons Tracker

Across a number of experiments, the researchers asked volunteers to picture a hypothetical company that has a number of strong products and high market potential. Whereas previous business schools would focus on management-related words, now there is a strong emphasis on leadership development.

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Better Management Will Help Drive Productivity Improvements

The Horizons Tracker

Weak management Bloom’s World Management Survey was established in 2004 to measure management practices across hundreds of medium-sized firms in the likes of the U.K., and France. It integrates advanced academic material, collaborative support, and customized business mentoring to empower participants to harness their full potential.

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New Leadership for a Changing Workforce

Great Leadership By Dan

The fact is, they still share many of the same traits as their older counterparts (First-Wave Millennials)—raised to feel special, high achieving, tech-savvy, but Second-Wavers (born 1995 – 2004) have some distinct differences that are making managers sit up and take notice. Professional Development This is a big one.

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What do Blue Lobsters Have to do With Innovation? Everything!

Mills Scofield

Blue Lobster at the South Bristol Coop , 2004. It is incumbent upon us, whether we’re a blue lobster or not, to find, nurture and develop blue lobsters. They think they’re innovative because they make something in green instead of just red, but they stick with their industries, markets, customers, and (usually dying) business models.

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ROI of Executive Coaching 500% Return

CO2

” (March 2004), noted that companies heavily investing in employee development outperformed the S&P 500 significantly, by 17 – 35%, during 2003. The investment goes beyond financial implications, focusing on long-term growth and development.

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What do Blue Lobsters Have to do With Innovation? Everything!

Mills Scofield

Blue Lobster at the South Bristol Coop , 2004. It is incumbent upon us, whether we’re a blue lobster or not, to find, nurture and develop blue lobsters. They think they’re innovative because they make something in green instead of just red, but they stick with their industries, markets, customers, and (usually dying) business models.