The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 29, 2023

The very nature of the gig economy lends itself to the so-called “portfolio career”, whereby freelancers have various strings to their bow. In the Great Resignation, people are looking for new opportunities outside the traditional career. The bottom line is you may make a good living as a specialist.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 4, 2013

His book The Innovators Dilemma has impacted the business world perhaps more than any other book in recent history. In this interview author Jeff Howe asks Christensen questions about his career and sheds thought-provoking light on how he became so important to the business world. So how do leaders make lasting change?

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 19, 2020

The workplace of today is unrecognizable compared to when baby boomers (born between 1946 – 64) started their careers. They prefer a bottoms-up approach, and want to feel involved and valued in the workplace. I took the first letter of each trait and came up with the word … CHAMELEON. Based in Vienna, Austria.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 17, 2024

Although having a job that means something to you is important, it seems that money talks louder when people consider their career options and their current jobs. Maybe it’s time managers dipped their hands into their pockets? This is what recent research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign found.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2018

I discovered something early on in my career—bosses are notorious for catching employees off-guard. They show up at unpredictable times and ask unexpected questions. As much as I wanted to put my best foot forward, I ended up stuffing not one but both feet in my mouth around “higher-ups” for too long. The result?

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 1, 2021

More than a hundred years ago, Frederick Taylor’s Scientific Management laid the foundations for modern human resource management. In a study by PwC, 72% of business leaders said AI can enable workers to focus on meaningful work , while 34% of business leaders said AI can help free up time for more meaningful, valuable work.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 25, 2019

More than 60% don’t feel their career goals are aligned with the plans their employers have for them. They are built to change and innovate. More than 40% don’t respect the person they report to. More than 50% say they have different values than their employer. More than 70% don’t feel appreciated or valued by their employer.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Creating good jobs In The Case for Good Jobs , MIT Sloan’s Zeynep Ton suggests this should be the wake-up call employers need to ensure that they’re providing good jobs to people so that they’re both better able to attract but also retain the people they will be increasingly hard-pressed to recruit.

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

The process of conducting a performance appraisal can be a daunting task for many managers and HR professionals. Providing effective performance feedback examples and performance appraisal comments can help managers provide constructive feedback that empowers employees to achieve their goals.

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HR Digest

MARCH 29, 2024

If an interviewer asks you about a recent conflict and how you overcame it, they’re not necessarily looking for an innovative approach right off the bat. So when you’re looking up the best behavioral interview questions the internet has to offer, consider why each question is being asked and respond with that reasoning as your guide.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In the new book, Taylor recounts how he built the restaurant chain from the ground up after being rejected more than 80 times as he pitched the idea for the business. His approach to business was often out-of-the-box, however, his business lessons and leadership lessons from the course of his life and career and invaluable.

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Career Advancement

AUGUST 12, 2019

Renae Asks: I’m trying to use my time wisely, and that means being strategic in the leadership training opportunities I pursue, as well as the ones I set up for the team I manage. Leaders must “keep their eyes on the ball” and not lose sight of the bottom line. —Vince Lombardi. Great leaders nurture their people’s growth.

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Quality Leadership McKinsey Training 166

First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS (Forget a Mentor) Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career Sylvia Ann Hewlett Leading the Starbucks Way: 5 Principles for Connecting with Your Customers, Your Products and Your People Joseph A. Michelli The […].

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 7, 2018

I have the “up close” view that comes from long days of working, long nights of dining and long weeks of studying together in development courses. They feared they were not up to facing the future successfully. What might that mean for how you manage? What a privilege! They were overwhelmed. That’s what happened here.

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Bottom-up Health Care Policies Fashion 168

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 25, 2019

More than 60% don’t feel their career goals are aligned with the plans their employers have for them. They are built to change and innovate. More than 40% don’t respect the person they report to. More than 50% say they have different values than their employer. More than 70% don’t feel appreciated or valued by their employer.

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Maturity Bottom-up Price Team Building 255

CoachStation

AUGUST 26, 2022

Yet, too often managers see them as negotiable. Gallup estimates that managers account for at least 70% of the variance in employee engagement across business units. Unfortunately, these criteria miss a crucial element: the right talent to succeed as a manager and leader. None of these points are theories. You have options.

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Motivation McKinsey Attrition Influence 130

HR Digest

APRIL 8, 2024

Despite feeling like followers rather than doers, however, there are many different types of power in a workspace that allow for each employee to showcase their authority in innovative ways. Yet power in the workplace does not travel only from the top down—many forms of power at work travel from the bottom up as well.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 11, 2021

Coaching and mentoring have seldom been more popular, with a growing consensus that it can be vital to our career development. Traditionally, the role of the mentor has been filled by an experienced colleague who can provide us with the wisdom they’ve gained over their careers. Man and machine together.

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QAspire

JUNE 26, 2014

As a result of this, businesses, industries and careers are disrupted faster than ever before. How are VUCA world careers different from the old economy careers? Portfolio careers: One person, many careers are here to stay! ~ @tanvi_gautam. - – - – -. You have to craft your own career.

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Agility Leadership Career Short-term 177

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 5, 2018

Managers often react emotionally when an employee gives notice. If the person is an up-and-comer who has been given promotions and raises, the manager likely feels angry and betrayed. If the person failed to meet expectations, the manager may feel relieved. From top to bottom, employees have more options than ever before.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

In a twenty-year career, I had eighteen different bosses. Cheerleading each time for the “new reality” through all the uncertainty, when I too had fears and uncertainties, was exhausting—like lost sleep you never catch up on. Roughly 7 out of 10 people are disengaged at work – 6 out of 10 managers are disengaged. · Get creative.

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Bottom-up Short-term Uncertainty Bond 120

Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Everything you’ve done so far in your career has led you to this position. There are no quick fixes; it takes hard work and the refusal to give up. Show others what’s most important to you by identifying the priority areas to improve the bottom line. Manage all stakeholders. Encourage creativity and innovation.

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How To Bottom-up Learning-by-Doing Open-book 167

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

If your organization confuses loyalty and tenure there is trouble on the horizon…If your business rates tenure higher than performance as a measure for employee evaluation, it is time for you to consider updating your talent management practices and procedures. So, what’s wrong with tenure you ask?

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Loyalty Blog Brand Follow-up 419

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap? Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity.

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Coaching Tip

JUNE 18, 2015

Stop beating yourself and others up for weaknesses. Allow them to take ownership and feel like they have a true impact on your organization's bottom line. Managing a Successful Career. Unlocking Innovation. Treat others the way they want to be treated, not the way you want to be treated. Secret Two: Leverage.

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Bottom-up Reference Energy Organization 70

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

It’s also important to understand that a toxic culture cannot exist if toxic people are not allowed to take up residence. Bottom line - toxic individuals kill productivity, and if allowed to run unchecked can have a much broader and deeper impact on an organization than one might think.

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Environment Blog Due Diligence Brand 419

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

They are the ones innovating and breaking-down barriers. Leaders and non-leaders alike need career-pathing, training and development. Identifying leaders? Have we really degenerated to this point? They are the ones who have earned the trust, loyalty and respect of their co-workers.

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Leadership Blog Consultative Brand 419

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service? Bottom line…Just because a business has a particular advantage doesn’t mean that it can disregard sound business logic. If you don’t have direct competition you’ll surely have indirect competition.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. The most successful companies incorporate disruptive thinking into all of their business and management practices to gain distinctive competitive value propositions.

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Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 305

Skip Prichard

JANUARY 6, 2021

Resetting and rebalancing life and career is on many people’s minds during a pandemic. The new style of leadership is premised on trust , and the practice of management is now more art than science. No longer is there paying lip service to personal and professional growth –it’s a sound retention and innovation strategy.

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Altman Team Succession Leadership 136

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

At an organizational level have you focused so much on process improvements and incremental gains that you’ve failed to recognize opportunity and innovate? As I’ve said many times before, things don’t always have to boil down to either/or types of decisions – not everything must end-up on the altar of sacrificial decisioning.

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Efficiency Blog Brand Depreciation 354

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

Have you figured out how to apply the laws of scarcity to brand management? While a brand without exposure is not much of a brand, I consistently find that brand exposure is an aspect of brand management that is all too often overlooked as a success metric. If not, then this post is for you. will go into decline.

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Brand Brand Management Blog Media 325

Coaching Tip

JULY 2, 2014

These up-and-comers expect to be the ones in control. . The authenticity they demand is visceral, and if they sense that you are trying to make them think you are giving them autonomy but are really trying to sneak some management into the equation, they will have a problem, and you will have a bigger problem. million), or fifties (43.8

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Advertising Self-aware Bottom-up Loyalty 103

Chart Your Course

DECEMBER 28, 2017

This year, many, if not most, employers will wake up to the realization that what they have done in the past will not work going forward. Some companies, particularly start-ups, will not even consider hiring an employee full-time, before s/he has completed at least six months as a contractor.

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Trends Forrester Agility Emotional Intelligence 100

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

The bottom line in regard to today’s thoughts on business modeling can be summed up in the following three points: 1.) if you cannot define your business model, then you likely don’t have one. if you don’t have one, create one, and; 3.) I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Business Model Blog Brand Depreciation 269

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

Give me real leaders who possess courage, vision, and a bias toward action, and spare me the timidity of mediocre managers posing as leaders. If change and innovation weren’t key contributors to sustainable success, and the enterprise could just run on auto-pilot, you could replace the CEO with a General Manager.

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Restructuring Blog CEO Brand 288

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

As my grandfather, my own mentor in management, would remind me, “delegate, but don’t abdicate.” We have to innovate, test, fail, and try again, in order to ensure a true impact on such a societal problem. All of me. Real progress however, is more messy and less linear.

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