HR Digest

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

There are many human resources books , but they often focus on specific industries or companies. They cover recruiting, hiring, managing employees, motivating workers, developing talent, managing diversity, and much more. Instead, an engaged workforce results when the focus is on developing, motivating, and empowering employees.

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Books Human Resources Diversity Kahneman 52

Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others Don’t (2001). By Jim Collins. In one of the defining management studies carried out in the 90s, Collins and his team complied a list of 1,435 companies in search of those special few that could truly be called “great.” By Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman.

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Human Resources Talent Management Resources Ulrich 100

Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

Poorly motivated and uninspired people can bring down even the most amazing organization. “My job as a leader is to make sure that everybody in the company has great opportunities and they feel they are having meaningful impact to the good of society.” ” –Jim Collins, Good to Great.

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Covey Welch Long-term Collins 125

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

Guest post from Robert (Dusty) Staub : “Perhaps the only sustainable competitive advantage is increasing your ability to learn faster than your competition.” - Arie de Geus, former head of Strategic Planning, Shell Oil Company Are you getting the best results from the people–the embedded collective intelligence–in your organization?

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Organization Teamwork Learning-by-Doing System 158

N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

The truth is that great companies are those which can thrive and prosper in the absence of sophistication. If your company’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable.

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Business Model Brand Blog Supply Chain 344

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

As Chairman and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest Christian publishing company in the world, and the seventh largest trade book publishing company in the U.S., I had a lot of success early in my career. It has raised the visibility of our company and given me the opportunity to shape how people perceive us.

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Blog Leadership CEO Media 409

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Study some of the most interesting and diverse group of companies such as Google, Twinings, Dropbox and even Wimbledon and you end up with fascinating stories, case studies, and research useful to every brand. A Successful Career is a Marathon. Brand becomes an external veneer rather than a motivating force for cultural change.

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Wilde Brand Open-book Creativity 66

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Read on and find out… People who attempt to lead out of self-serving motivations or misplaced intentions are not really leading – they are pursuing power, glory and status. It is love for those you lead that allows for right thinking, proper perspective, and pure motivations. This is the antithesis of true leadership.

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Blog Leadership Brand Reputation 419

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Lindquist : Professional will, which is defined in Jim Collins’ famous book, Good to Great. First, you must do whatever must be done to produce the best long-term results for the company, regardless of how difficult it may be. How important have mentors been to your career? It’s a simple concept. Good advice. Lindquist : Huge.

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CEO Books Insurance BHAG 50

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

An example of the importance of flexibility would be that when staff are highly motivated and competent, a combination of highly delegatory and moderate participative styles of leadership would be most appropriate. link] Dan Collins Thanks Mike. Leaders must employ a combination of leadership styles depending on the situation.

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Blog Leadership Leadership Styles Learning-by-Doing 406

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 20, 2010

Exclusivity vs. Inclusivity : Do you use your intelligence to intimidate and stifle others or to encourage, inspire and motivate others? M [link] Dan Collins Mike, I have really enjoyed your posts for some time but I must say this has got to be one of the best.

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Blog Engineering Brand Learning-by-Doing 420

Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2012

Motivating pop culture piece designed to foster better, more successful companies. I started out my career by aspiring to be like Dick Clark. Companies and industries need to embrace change sooner, rather than becoming a victim of it later. Insight offered about own life-career. Imparting Experiences.

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Mentor Case Study Learning-by-Doing Strategic Planning 88

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

I don’t care in the slightest about winning arguments, whether someone is right or wrong, or whether logic is sound or flawed, but I do care about motivation and intent. When it comes to authentic, transparent discourse, motivations matter. Joe Mascia [link] Dan Collins Mike How do I offer a dissenting opinion to this piece?

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Blog Gordon Learning-by-Doing Open-book 419

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Contrast this with the fact that CEOs of Fortune 500 companies read an average of four to five books a month. What distinguishes members of one group from another rarely has anything to do with intellect, wealth, social pedigree, career standing, or other like pursuits…It has everything to do with desire.

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Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

link] Dan Collins Mike, You must have been sitting in on our meetings here. You pointed out great potential outcomes, but the trick for many companies is creating the necessary paradigm shift in thinking that will allow these outcomes to become reality. It transformed my business and career. It was a game changer!

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Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 379

Roundtable Talk

APRIL 27, 2010

That’s an oft quoted managerism that speaks to the importance of (in Jim Collins’ words) getting the right people on your bus. Too many interviewers spend the first 30 minutes of a 60 minute interview giving the candidate the “overview” of the role and the company. Lesson #4 – Shut up. Happy leading! Bookmark the permalink.

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Collins How To Gilbert Teamwork 31

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2013

These people don''t seek power over others and they''re not motivated by the prospect of achieving great wealth. They are manager, teacher, motivator, entertainer, coach, thought leader, and guru all rolled into one. Career planning Entrepreneurship Leadership' Their goal is to make a difference, to change the world in some way.

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Entrepreneur Career Merchandising COO 8

Roundtable Talk

JULY 19, 2010

Overnight sensations are overrated… in an industry where bands implode after their one big hit, Rush’s slow and steady ascent has brought a global allegiance of followers and a forty year career. Leadership lesson: Careers don’t happen overnight either. So what’s your career mission and how are you pursuing it today?

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Leadership Teamwork Film Blog 37

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

His primary motivation, he says, is love. The first is a young salesman in our company. He had a successful career in ministry and was in good churches, but he felt God calling him to this assignment. link] Dan Collins Mike, Leaders inspire us by their example. but you’ll not find that here. link] [link].

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Blog Covey Learning-by-Doing Video 321

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2018

He speaks passionately of a new initiative he is spearheading, taking on the looming threats from Silicon Valley, and rethinking his company’s business model completely. But the impulse to simply run faster to escape friction is obviously of no use for the long haul of life-long career. Congregate, don’t delegate.

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Team Teamwork Maturity Delegation 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

Whether you manage or coach leaders, or are just trying to provide some feedback to your own boss, here are three simple points you may wish to consider in order to have this difficult (but necessary) conversation with them: Tap into their personal motives : Nobody likes to be criticized — especially high-status individuals.

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Self-aware 360-Degree Feedback How To Collins 8

Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 30, 2015

His career is marked by consistently helping individuals and teams and his company do better. ” Einstein also understood that the value of intrinsic motivation far outweighs the extrinsic, ““Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.” Follow John. .

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