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How to Prevent Redundant Performance Improvement Conversations

Great Leadership By Dan

It's easy to discount the "reasons" why they can't improve: competing priorities; overload; mixed messages; customer angst. A former Verizon Wireless executive, she has over two decades of experience in sales, customer service, and Human Resources. Yes, your primary objective in this conversation is to inspire behavioral change.

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Don’t Leave Workplace Civility to Chance

Leading Blog

I do not act or speak rudely or discount others. Magazine’s 100 Great Leadership Speakers and was a featured presenter at South by Southwest 2015. That’s a great definition, but it’s not in an observable form quite yet. I work to resolve problems and differences by directly communicating with the people involved. Chris is one of Inc.

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Bring Nomadic Employees Back to the Mothership

Harvard Business Review

By 2015, 1.3 But while the movement toward less square footage and mobile workforces will likely continue, we shouldn't discount the importance of the office. billion people worldwide will be working remotely. That's almost 40% of the entire global workforce.