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Hiring For Cultural Fit Can Be Good But Comes With Risks

The Horizons Tracker

What’s more, research from the University of Iowa found that when employees have a strong cultural fit not only with their new employer, but also with their boss and new colleagues, they are both happier and more productive than their peers who suffer a cultural disconnect.

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Culture Counts

Leading Blog

Today’s best leaders realize that a strong corporate culture is the glue which unites people and provides them with a raison d’ etre that’s bigger than any product or service. I realized then that the same core principles could apply regardless of industry. Profit is necessary, but it shouldn’t be the paramount goal.

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Happiness and Hierarchies

LDRLB

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. In essence, Zappos created a structure that is designed to keep employees in control of their careers.

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Happiness and Hierarchies

LDRLB

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. In essence, Zappos created a structure that is designed to keep employees in control of their careers.

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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. That’s why companies with the best retention, morale, and productivity are led by leaders with heart.

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The New Beta Way To Lead

Eric Jacobson

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. In her new book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. resulting in vastly higher levels of productivity, efficiency, and loyalty.”

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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. The leadership commu­nication is critical here because motivational pep talks that are actually di­rected at increasing productivity and compliance are immediately detected.

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