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Liz Ryan Reflects: A Decade Shaped by Human-Centric Revolution

HR Digest

When you have reams of unnecessary policies, approvals required for simple things, and an us-versus-them attitude between managers and employees, you need to step back and look at the level of fear vs. trust in your business. You can tell when the good energy that should be flowing in your organization is blocked by fear.

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Dress for the Job You Want?

Harvard Business Review

Women, certainly, struggle more than men to achieve the look of leadership, a factor that contributes to their overall stall in middle- and upper-middle management. Before one's tasteful nail polish could dry, The Huffington Post and MSNBC were sniggering about UBS's micromanagement.

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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

John Hunter , from Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog , says “ One item I think every leader should have in their IDP is to continue to improve coaching their staff. One book, I would have anyone who worked for me read is the Leader''s Handbook. I raise these and other questions in my blog post, Get Your Reality Checked.”.

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How We Closed the Gap Between Men’s and Women’s Retention Rates

Harvard Business Review

Management consulting is a challenging environment in which to cultivate apprenticeship, because staff regularly jump from project to project and manager to manager. As in many fast-paced companies today, consulting staff operate without formal job descriptions or handbooks.

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How to Ask for a Promotion

Harvard Business Review

“You’re not in control; you’re putting yourself in the hands of your manager to be judged — and you might be judged not worthy.” “The more senior you get, the more likely it is that your promotion is not the sole decision of your manager,” she notes. ” The past is precedent. .

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The INs and OUTs of Business Literacy

HR Digest

Without an understanding of basic financial concepts, executives are not well-equipped to make decisions related to financial management. managers are uninformed about the basics of financial literacy to face the challenges of the future. Why is financial literacy at all levels of management a basic need?

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How to Deal With Negative Publicity

Eric Jacobson

Today, we feature an excerpt from the book, The Public Relations Handbook. As longtime Republican political operative Bill Greener aptly put it, quoting others: “Never argue with someone who buys ink by the barrel.” About the Editor of The Public Relations Handbook : Robert L. Don’t be argumentative. Dilenschneider.