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Care for a white-water ride?

N2Growth Blog

Because of the complexities, we can always find excuses: Organizational developments did not always have the impact as expected, or employees/leaders turned out to be less suitable for the job than hoped for. Making plans flexible means that organizational developments and career plans have to be adjusted more frequently than we were used to.

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Culture Counts

Leading Blog

I was struck not only by their disciplined approach but also by their freedom to discover, develop and design within broad operating parameters—conditions I did not typically associate with large, for-profit corporations. Several years ago, I had the privilege of spending a summer at Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago as a PhRMA Fellow.

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Happiness and Hierarchies

LDRLB

One of the developing branches of psychology is the study of happiness: positive psychology. Hsieh’s (2010) theory is that if you build ways for employees to take control over their career futures into organizational design, one lucky by-product is that these employees will be happier. But can this cross over into the workplace?

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Hiring For Cultural Fit Can Be Good But Comes With Risks

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers highlight how the decentralization encouraged by the pandemic has meant that many companies have deployed tools such as HighMatch to measure for cultural fit. The tools aim to systematically measure applicants for their alignment with company values.

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Happiness and Hierarchies

LDRLB

One of the developing branches of psychology is the study of happiness: positive psychology. Hsieh’s (2010) theory is that if you build ways for employees to take control over their career futures into organizational design, one lucky by-product is that these employees will be happier. But can this cross over into the workplace?

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Best New Leadership Books Of 2022

Eric Jacobson

It was a tough choice, so for 2022, I'm picking two books: Both books are timely, highly relevant, full of great teachings and well worth reading for leaders at any stage of their careers. We recommend that they take time reading each chapter and developing a vision for what kind of leader they want to be.

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How to Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption

Skip Prichard

General Charles Jacoby is a military leader whose career culminated as four-star Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Thus, this mindset must be deliberately developed and nurtured by senior leaders – and exemplified in their own behaviors. Leo Tilman is the founder of Tilman & Company, Inc.

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