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Good Power: Changing a Life. Changing Work. Changing the World.

Leading Blog

Speaking about tough truths in affirmative tones let critiques land constructively. When CEO Sam Palmisano stepped down at the end of 2011, there were several qualified replacements, including Rometty. And when delivering bad news, use a velvet hammer. How do we do that?

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Employee Turnover – The Hidden Cost

Chart Your Course

According to The Society for Human Resource Management, only 33 percent of businesses track employee turnover, which means 67 percent of businesses are missing out on a huge source of savings and growth. The highest turnover rates were in construction and hospitality. million nationwide) has risen from 1.8

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Getting Leaders to Change

Great Leadership By Dan

Your ability to help your coachee create a “more vs. less” dichotomy is based on getting your coachee to take reasonable risks—to take positive, constructive action, accept the consequences of their behavior, course correct, course correct again, and never give up in their pursuit of positive constructive change.

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Possibility Maximizer: The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S. License. .   After illustrating the clear benefits of using checklists to prevent simple errors, Gawande goes on to describe how to implement them into your professional life.

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Top 10 US Cities to Capture Small Business Recovery Act Dollars.

Women on Business

For funding in education, healthcare, construction, urban development, criminal justice, and the arts, look inside the beltway. Take advantage of the military spending with a civil construction company. Equipment leasing can help you gear up for construction projects on Anchorage’s two active military bases.

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StrategyDriven Welcomes Jeff Kortes

Strategy Driven

Jeff Kortes is the President of Human Asset Management LLC, a human resources consulting firm which specializes in executive search, retention, engagement and front line leadership training. Jeff has 25 years experience in human resources in both public and private sector organizations. Consider leaving a comment!

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StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 60 – An Interview with Doug Moran, author of If You Will Lead

Strategy Driven

Throughout his career, Doug has served in leadership roles including several executive positions within Capital One Financial Services and as Virginia’s Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Resources. To read Doug’s complete biography, click here. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.