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How Operational Excellence Attracts and Retains Talents

Strategy Driven

Professional Growth and Development : Continuous Learning: Organizations that excel operationally often prioritize continuous learning and development. This commitment to employee growth can be a strong retention tool, as employees value the opportunity to enhance their skills and advance their careers within the organization.

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The Hidden Ways Organizational Culture Can Impact Your Team’s Functioning

Lead Change Blog

Recently some organizations like Zappos and HolocracyOne have made headlines with their managerless structures and intentions of adapting quickly to environmental changes. Stability/Control: The organization focuses on its commitment to strategic direction and internal reliability. Corresponds with “Flexibility/Informal.”).

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LeadershipNow 140: June 2014 Compilation

Leading Blog

Ten Things You Will Learn from Writing on LinkedIn by @briansooy. Learning organizations are less about IQ and more about EQ. Those who AREN''T committed find fault. Busting Up Career Plateaus: How to Avoid Complacency and Remain Engaged in Your Work via @shawmu. What it Takes to be Excellent. by @LollyDaskal.

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Championing Diversity and Inclusion at Bank of America

HR Digest

What have you learned about what does and doesn’t resonate with employees about their benefits? Our approach is to invest in our employees, so they can build a career with us. When our employees have the tools and resources to manage their life and their career, they are able to better deliver for our clients.

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Fostering a Culture of Innovation and Organizational Learning

The Practical Leader

In an agile learning organization, problems are resolved quickly and used as opportunities for continuous improvement. A Zenger Folkman study showed how a very strong learning organization impacts commitment levels: Learning and adaptability lead to much higher discretionary effort.

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Strategies to Create a Positive Working Environment

HR Digest

Implementing mentoring or coaching programs to provide guidance and support for career advancement. Creating a culture of continuous learning by promoting knowledge sharing, internal workshops, and cross-functional collaboration.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2014

Leading Blog

Learn or Die : Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization by Edward D. Hess Learn or Die is a book everyone who is serious about learning and growth—personally or organizationally—should read. What we know will likely impede our ability to learn and therefore perform. Blog Post ).

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