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The 7 Most Popular Leadership and Communication Blog Posts of 2013

leaderCommunicator

Number 3: AOL CEO Fires Employee During Call Intended to Boost Morale. In August, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong fired an employee in front of 1,000 other people. Read the lessons learned from this very public firing. And when it comes to earning your employees’ trust, it’s all about aligning words with actions.

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Purpose: To Benefit All Stakeholders

Deming Institute

Turning those ideas into effective actions that lead to successful organizations is more difficult than saying you value “investing in employees,” etc. I suggest that those looking to put these ideas into action learn about how Deming’s ideas create a management system that does this well.

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How to Explain Leadership Development to a 5th Grader (A Leadership Development Glossary)

Great Leadership By Dan

Action Learning : A type of leadership development program where participants work on real projects and learn at the same time. Assessment : As a verb, it’s some way of measuring the ability, personality, potential, motivation, or some other aspect of an individual. As a noun, it’s often some kind of instrument, or test.

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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

The CEO of a leading telecommunications company recently embarked on an innovative approach. The CEO personally calls, thanks them for their contributions, and asks for their input on what the corporation can do to increase effectiveness. Employee Engagement Leadership'

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Great Leaders Make Decisions | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Understanding and implementing the concept of “ actionable leadership &# is a major key to success in becoming a great CEO. A close examination of truly great leaders will reveal that, to the one, they all have a strong bias toward action. When an organization stops learning they begin dying.

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If Your Business isn’t Agile, You Won’t Have a Future. It’s That Simple

Great Leadership By Dan

Some organizations are providing senior managers and leaders with opportunities to come together in variations on action learning groups, often involving peers from other sectors to consider common challenges. Developing such agile leadership and shifting rigid mindsets is not easy.

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Purpose: To Benefit All Stakeholders

Deming Institute

Turning those ideas into effective actions that lead to successful organizations is more difficult than saying you value “investing in employees” etc. I suggest that those looking to put these ideas into action learn about how W. Edwards Deming’s ideas create a management system that does this well.

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