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

Lead Change Blog

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of Developing a Positive Culture Where People and Performance Thrive . Proof for the Positive. Let’s see why a positive culture is vital to thriving organizations. Nevertheless, for the skeptics out there, Kim Cameron collected proof that positivity pays off.

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Better Management Will Help Drive Productivity Improvements

The Horizons Tracker

It’s less common for poor management to be targeted to explain lackluster productivity, but research from Stanford’s Nick Bloom suggests that is a mistake. 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.,

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Focus on the Journey, Not the Destination

Lead Change Blog

My first leadership role came in my mid-20s, when I accepted a position as a manager. I wanted the position, title and all the perks that went along with it. I wanted the position, title and all the perks that went along with it. Looking back, I can say I was more focused on the destination than the journey.

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Uniqueness Helps When It Comes To Getting Investment

The Horizons Tracker

Back in 2004 INSEAD’s W. While one would imagine that unique strategies would be regarded positively, however, they find that the capital markets often react negatively to such unique strategies. “They are more likely to encourage management to implement these strategies, ” the researchers say.

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Mary Schaefer featured as Leading Voice at Lead Change Group blog this month

ReImagine Work

After experiencing her 8th downsizing, she left DuPont in her 20th year there, concluding her corporate career as an HR manager. She went into HR so people could have at least one person in HR they could expect to be “human.”.

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Preview Thursday – The Art of Servant Leadership II

Lead Change Blog

Early in our success I was told that when we reached a revenue level of around $50 million, the management team would need to be upgraded to one with experience in running that size company. Servant leadership is not a designed program, nor is it the latest fad in management.

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Simple Techniques to Overcome Negative Emotions When Negotiating with Others

Leading Blog

A KEY PREDICTOR of entrepreneurial success is a leader’s ability to manage relationships with investors, employees, and customers. Humor can also serve as a way of acknowledging the absurdity of the moment, where parties have inadvertently locked themselves into extreme positions. Relationships are negotiations. We all negotiate.