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My Top 10 Leadership Insights For 2014

Tanveer Naseer

Not only did 2014 mark five years that I’ve been writing online for this blog, but this was also the year I finally added “author” to my list of credentials with the release of my first leadership book, “Leadership Vertigo”. Read more on this leadership insight here: Are You Creating Value Through Your Leadership?

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The Art of Perfect Timing

Leading Blog

In When , Stuart Albert says that using the right tools we can become better at managing and deciding issues of timing. For example, we question whether or not the incentives we have chosen are the right ones, but we don’t consider what those incentives became important at that particular time. As of May 2013, nobody has.

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Culture Counts

Leading Blog

There I observed a wide array of Abbott executives, scientists and managers. As a manager “on loan” to Abbott from the University of Michigan, I quickly found similarities between the two organizations. They can pose major challenges for today’s managers, especially if those managers are part of a different generation.

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Employee Recognition: Why It’s So Important and How to Do It

Chart Your Course

People innately desire acknowledgment and appreciation for their accomplishments, but many business owners and managers have a false belief that recognition means money. In 2013, a TechRepublic and ZDNet survey found that 62 percent of companies already had or will launch some form of BYOD program by the end of that year. Authenticity.

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Six Rules to Hire By

Chart Your Course

The economy continues to improve with increased job creation in 2013. They host job fairs, place advertisements or offer current employees incentives for bringing in new hires. The post Six Rules to Hire By appeared first on Leadership Speaker | Employee Engagement | Gregory Smith: Chart Your Course International.

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The Surprising Power of Business Experiments

Skip Prichard

And, as anyone who closely follows simulation and prototyping tools knows, their use has become pervasive in manufacturing businesses, even though companies still grapple with the integration and management issues I wrote about in 2003. Consider Kohl’s, the large retailer, which in 2013 was looking for ways to decrease its operating costs.

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The Four Vs of Employee Motivation: Velocity, Visibility, Value, and Valor

Strategy Driven

According to Gallup’s 2013 State of the American Workplace report, “engagement makes a difference to the bottom line,” which can have an impact on productivity, profitability, customer service, turnover, and absenteeism. The study showed a 27 percent performance increase when an incentive was offered for persistence toward a company goal.