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Ola Snow on Building a Thriving Workforce

HR Digest

Leveraging a variety of listening methods, such as surveys, focus groups, department-wide fireside chats with leaders, and so on, we pull back the layers on the needs of our employees and tackle what matters most to them, while also keeping in mind the needs of our customer and business.

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CMI Highlight – 31 May 2023

Chartered Management Institute

Don’t forget about all of the resources at your disposal as a member of CMI, from the wealth of learning materials in Management Direct and the Career Development Centre to the CMI Mentoring programme to support your development and career progression, not to mention wellbeing support from leading mental health provider Kooth when you’re struggling.

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June 2018 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Through our quantitative research of more than 750,000 leaders and employees inside some of the world’s leading organizations, and in the many focus groups we conduct every year, we’ve identified these 11 attributes that matter most.” Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted Toot Your Own Horn.

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19 Tips & Ideas on Starting & Running Your Own Business

Miles Anthony Smith

If you’re making a big career change, gaining new qualifications or re-training will help to support your new business. Networking can lead to future opportunities in terms of help, advice and business, as well as creating a supportive network of like-minded individuals. Get some new qualifications. Do your research.

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An Interview with Mark Schoenwald President/CEO of Thomas Nelson

Ron Edmondson

Also, get out of the office and get into stores and online to understand the focus of merchandising and promotions. We conduct focus groups and surveys to gain insight into the key decision drivers as well as candid feedback on product and pricing. What would you do or advice to give someone starting their career?

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Don’t Play with Dead Snakes, and Other Management Advice

Harvard Business Review

This sounds like it might be advice from a paranoid outdoorsman. Companies used to spend a ton of money testing products with focus groups and market research teams. And everything looks like a snake at first.” One of which was market research. On the Internet, just put it up. If people hit on it, it’s a product.

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6 Things Successful Women in STEM Have in Common

Harvard Business Review

Yet many other women have managed to build highly successful careers with degrees in STEM disciplines. We hear, in interviews and focus groups, that women are consistently spoken over and even robbed of their ideas. Ramos-Kwok resisted that advice. How did they do it?