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Five Ways Leaders Turns Doubters into Doers

Chart Your Course

Effective June 2013, all employees were required to work in the office. Armed with ready ideas, the lead team can decide who will post what and when, creating a consistent, time-efficient social marketing strategy. This past February Yahoo!’s s fledgling CEO Marissa Mayer made her first misstep. was changing its telecommute policy.

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Preview Thursday: No Ego by Cy Wakeman

Lead Change Blog

For the first time, I would be leading a team, which got me a free ticket to the Human Resources boot camp for managers. No one came through my open door to directly ask for coaching on handling sticky issues in a more effective, productive, and efficient way. ” She lives in Waterloo, NE.

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Effective Handling of Employee Personal Problems is Critical to Maintaining Workforce Efficiency

Strategy Driven

But with empathy and careful planning, successful managers and leaders can minimize the impact of personal problems in the workplace to ensure that your work force remains efficient and that normal productivity is restored as quickly as possible. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment!

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An Interview with Diane Gherson, CHRO at IBM, on Driving Organizational Transformation

HR Digest

The CHRO of IBM, Diane Gherson however, has different views and she has translated the term “human+machine interaction” into HRM practices. Human Resources has traditionally been very process driven. Diane Gherson is a trailblazer when it comes to introducing agile technologies in the gamut of Human Resources.

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The Secret to Successful Recruiting

Strategy Driven

Despite the realization that computer software greatly enhances the efficiency with which businesses operates, the use of recruitment software is not widespread. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Complimentary Resource – Six Pitfalls of Workforce Planning. Consider leaving a comment!

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Board of Directors Resolution: Pay Attention to Culture

In the CEO Afterlife

As such they were keen to discuss the ‘hard’ variables – profit margins, efficiencies, headcount, labor climate and strategic initiatives. In 2013, Zappos continues to amaze under this culturally insightful leader. Boards Pay Attention to Shareholder Value. As with most Boards, their primary interest was shareholder value.

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Social Media Is Too Important to Be Left to the Marketing Department

Harvard Business Review

Since 2013 the number of customers who expect a response through social media has doubled, according to research from Sprout Social , yet seven out of eight messages to companies go unanswered for 72 hours. Develop a social care team that can address all areas of social information efficiently and effectively.

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