Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

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? Even with major changes, some things don’t change.

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Chart Your Course

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

You have to watch your competitors and seek to always adapt to changes in the market, and innovate for solutions. 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.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

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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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Episode 6 – Developing a Collaborative, Productive Culture examines how leaders can develop a collaborative, productive culture where conflict is used constructively to better the organization’s overall performance. About the Author Diane Katz is author of Win at Work!

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Towards the end of 2011, he was diagnosed with inoperable esophageal cancer. Our compadres would pile into our cramped room to offer praise or constructive criticism. This human powered b t filter was a handy and powerful tool. That was always a good feeling. Inexpensive, and practically foolproof. This was my gig. My schtick.

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

E.g. take a team of developers to tour an abattoir, take the human resource team to a museum exhibit on ancient Egypt, or take legal on an outing to a flower show. The more trust that exists between players, the more efficiently the system, market, or organization will work. Nash Equilibrium, Pareto Principle).

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

I’m not going to carp too much because it’s in keeping with the Freelancers Union’s noble aim of taking the lemons dealt by the labor market over the past decade-plus and turning them into artisanal lemonade. Entrepreneurship Human resources Small/medium business'

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