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‘Managers as Mentors’ Celebrates Publication Anniversary

Marshall Goldsmith

” Leadership guru Jim Kouzes called the book, “The essential handbook for all those who are trusted advisors to aspiring leaders.” Combining compassion with wisdom is still very relevant today. ” Published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc., The Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50 Video Blog is now operational.

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My Name Is Marshall Goldsmith…

Marshall Goldsmith

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith has been recognized again as one of the top ten Most-Influential Business Thinkers in the World and the top-ranked executive coach at the 2013 biennial Thinkers50 ceremony in London! Marshall’s books include: Succession: Are You Ready? – will tell you everything you need to know.

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The Best Collection of Advice for New Leaders

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the August 5 th , 2013 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Many of these individuals follow a series of intentional steps to career success, such as the five tips detailed in my blog post – 5 Surefire Tips for Job Advancement.”. Ah, if only I had this when I got my first promotion. This list is a keeper!

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The Failure of “The Livonia Philosophy” at my GM Plant

Deming Institute

But, after a period of success, that plant manager was promoted and the new plant manager, essentially hit the “undo” button on all of the Deming stuff. One of my colleagues gave me a copy of a “Livonia Philosophy” handbook that was gathering dust, and I’ve kept to this day. But, it was no longer the daily reality in the plant.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2014

Leading Blog

Baldoni also provides an appendix that works as a handbook to guide you in this. The Moment You Can''t Ignore : When Big Trouble Leads to a Great Future by Malachi O''Connor and Barry Dornfeld The Moment You Can’t Ignore helps us to look at those things we often don’t want to address if organizational success is our primary focus.

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Improve Decision-Making With Help From the Crowd

Harvard Business Review

In January 2013 they created “ IBM iFundIT ,” a program in which volunteers decide where to spend seed money using an intranet site for proposing ideas, commenting, volunteering, and funding. Given the success of the program in 2013, IBM’s CIO decided to invest $7 million to expand iFundIT in 2014.

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How Managers Can Be Fair About Flexibility for Parents and Non-Parents Alike

Harvard Business Review

We call it the “ Maternal Wall ,” and we’ve been studying it for years, researching how women who have always been successful at work sometimes find their competence questioned when they take maternity leave or ask for a flexible work schedule. But don’t let your supportive policies die in the employee handbook.