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Slaying the Politics Dragon

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Robert Murray (and great advice): I have been getting an unusually high number of inquiries this week from young leaders asking about office or corporate politics. Corporate politics, unfortunately, are everywhere. Corporate politics happens for a number of reasons. First, let’s talk about why it happens….

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The Layoff Letter Blueprint: 10 Ways to Write A Polite Layoff Email to Employees

HR Digest

In this article, we’ll present 10 polite ways to write a layoff email to employees – each of these layoff letter templates will help you ensure that when they do happen, the redundancy feel fair and the company and the affected workforce are set up for success. Layoff due to lack of funds/budget cuts. Layoff due to restructuring.

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Innovation Execution

Coaching Tip

The second part is executing it. Vijay Covindarafan and Chris Trimble argue in their book, " Beyond the Idea: How to Execute Innovation in Any Organization ," the real innovation challenge lies not in the idea but rather in the long, hard journey from imagination to impact. Organizations are not Structured to Execute Innovation.

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Pay Equity: The Key to Unlocking Employee Trust and Company Success

HR Digest

In fact, the report states that approximately 71% of executives consider pay equity to be a crucial aspect of their business and people strategy. Furthermore, only 14% of businesses have allotted both budget and staff to tackle this challenge. However, a staggering 95% of companies are unable to attain pay equity maturity.

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Does Your Team Have a #1 Priority?

Great Leadership By Dan

The finance person’s priority is budgets and profit/loss statements. Patrick Lencioni refers to this top priority as a “Thematic Goal” in his books Silos, Politics and Turf Wars and The Advantage, and in practice, often refers to it as a “rallying cry” for a team or organization. The HR team is focused on HR issues.

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Signs “Yes” For Diversity: DEI’s Impact On Job Decisions

HR Digest

Recent reports have highlighted instances of high-profile companies witnessing the departure of their diversity executives, laying off DEI employees at higher rates than other positions, or reducing DEI budgets. While some companies are strengthening their DEI efforts, others are scaling back.

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4 Strategic Planning Traps and How to Avoid Them

The Practical Leader

These are often very touchy, political — and avoided. Planning and budgeting focus on maximizing capital and operational dollars. A great strategy that is poorly executed is useless. Smothering silence can be deadly. Avoid the way too common trap of priority overload. How do you know?