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Are Customers Or Employees More Important?

The Horizons Tracker

In 2005, Vineet Nayar made waves when he announced that the Indian IT company HCL would put employees first. These disruptions and productivity losses not only slow down operations, but they can also significantly hurt a company’s bottom line.” the researchers explain.

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Leadership Requires Followership

Coaching Tip

It's not really about the products made, the technology developed or the financial instruments that are bought and sold. The answer lies in the Absolutes of Leadership. Tried and true, the absolutes are the building blocks that must be present, regardless of one's leadership style or approach. Looking back, Peter F.

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What U2 and the US Navy Have in Common: Connecting with Core Employees

Michael Lee Stallard

These sobering statistics represent a drain on productivity that leaders can no longer afford to ignore. Research from the Corporate Executive Board shows that engaged employees are 20 percent more productive than the average employee. Organizations with aligned and engaged employees clearly have a competitive edge.

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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

Every HR, OD professional, and management consultant should at the very least be aware of their existence, if not well-versed in their ideas and theories. In one of the defining management studies carried out in the 90s, Collins and his team complied a list of 1,435 companies in search of those special few that could truly be called “great.”

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Women in Power: Leadership Differences By Gender

Women on Business

As women progressively enter leadership roles and management positions in organizations that traditionally used to be held by men, many pose questions about leadership styles and gender. This statistic draws a question: what is the difference between a man and woman’s leadership style?

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How to Make Agile Work for the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

They have to decide where to adopt agile principles and mindsets, where to use agile problem-solving methodologies to dynamically address strategic and organizational challenges, and where to more formally deploy the full agile model, including self-managed teams. a 525-employee software company, began applying agile methodologies in 2005.

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Learning Collaboration from Tiki-Taka Soccer

Harvard Business Review

Even as recently as 2005, European players were able to hold the ball for three seconds, on average, before passing; today, they can keep the ball for less than a second before being challenged. They must launch new products, for instance, at shorter intervals. That’s because soccer players today work closer than ever before.

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