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Video Book Club: One Page Talent Management

Next Level Blog

Fortunately, Marc Effron and Miriam Ort are here to save us from ourselves with their book, One Page Talent Management. I like their book a lot because their process of applying some basic design principles to common processes is one that has application far beyond the realm of talent management and human resources.

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Lead Like a Mom

Next Level Blog

Acts as a coach to her team rather than doing the work for them or micro-managing the work. Posted by Scott Eblin on October 29, 2010 in Leadership , The Next Level | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Lead Like a Mom : Comments Scott, I couldn’t agree more.

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Vision: A Story and a Fortune Cookie

Building Personal Strength

I first learned about 360-degree feedback in 1987. It was a new technology at the time, used primarily to give bosses what was called "upward" feedback about their leadership and management. Copyright 2010. Dream by day, and see things unknown to people who dream only at night. More Fortune Cookies.

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The Discipline of Listening

Harvard Business Review

My knowledge of corporate leaders' 360-degree feedback indicates that one out of four of them has a listening deficit—the effects of which can paralyze cross-unit collaboration, sink careers, and if it's the CEO with the deficit, derail the company. This released GE managers' energy to grow their businesses with new ideas.

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The 2010 Execution Round-Up: Six Companies That Couldn't 'Get It.

Strategy Driven

What did 2010 look like for you and your company? OnPoint Consulting’s 2010 Execution Gap Maker Round-Up… Execution Gap Maker #1: BP (Need I say more?) Execution Gap Maker #2: Nokia Nokia’s share of the worldwide market for mobile phones continued to slip in 2010. More like a chasm, really.)

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Open-mindedness - Let the New Knowledge In

Building Personal Strength

Twenty years ago, 360-degree feedback surveys - which make it easy for you to get feedback from the people who work around you - were different than they are today. They were called “assessment instruments” and were designed exclusively for higher levels of management. Why restrict 360-degree feedback to leaders?

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Keep Learning Once You Hit the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

Finally, team-building skills are both highly prized and shifting rapidly: executives are apt to find themselves managing co-located teams, cross-functional teams, global teams, and virtual teams. Several respondents advocated a “strong and diverse network” and openness to 360-degree feedback—that is, not just feedback from supervisors.