HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

I am also a huge champion of diversity, equity and inclusion, and have been across the course of my career. What has been the most challenging decision you’ve ever had to take in your career? In my 17 years at Kellogg, I held positions ranging from Legal, to Operations, to Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Ultimately, by holding yourself to the highest standards of character, you enable your employees the free will to make whatever decision that’s in their best interest, whether such a decision involves recommitting to you and the organization or even deciding to move on in their careers. What If the Truth Is Not Told?

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Strategy Driven

MAY 10, 2020

The most critical aspect of better data management is the reduction of inefficiencies in operations that cost businesses as much as 25% of their revenue. Mike Ewing, a Customer Success Strategy & Operations Manager, writes on Hubspot , ”if you rely on free/direct sources of traffic, you are fighting shared losses.

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2012

Quick, tell me your organization’s business model. Your organization, whether for-profit or not-for-profit, has a business model. Long before it became fashionable, Saul was leveraging the power of business models in his career. That’s why there are many inventive organizations, but few innovative ones.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

I credit my altered career path to The Lead Change Group’s book The Character-Based Leader. Inside, however, I felt the effects of being in a place where my values were out of alignment with the leadership of the organization. No leadership qualities have the impact of plain old fashioned humility.

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The Empowered Buisness

JUNE 16, 2015

One of the biggest challenges organizations face is making the commitment to develop a well thought out strategic plan. So why don’t more organizations engage in strategic planning? Depending on the size of your organization and the desired outcomes for the planning process, there is a strategic planning process that is right for you.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

One of the first things you need to understand as a CEO is what your time is worth relative to others in the organization. The most productive, high-performance organizations have the ability to deliver fairly complex solutions, and complete difficult tasks at the lowest levels within their organization.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

“Agile organizations treat disruption and adversity as opportunities.” Today’s organizations face the unknown on a weekly basis. General Charles Jacoby is a military leader whose career culminated as four-star Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Navigate through Change.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. Concealed, avoided or otherwise ignored, conflict will likely fester only to grow into resentment, create withdrawal or cause factional infighting within an organization.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Matt Sweetwood, branding expert, defines personal branding as: " Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands -- the ongoing process of establishing a prescribed image or impression in the mind of others about an individual." Your personal brand is the mark you leave on the world.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

While the emotional distress associated with gossip can be dealt with fairly easily, the political discord that can erupt in an organization can be nothing short of disastrous. In the same fashion that being the source of gossip is destructive, so is furthering the damage by ratcheting up the rhetoric by participating in gossip.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Popular business axioms and management theories are thrown around in such cavalier fashion these days that they can actually result in flawed decisioning. Let’s look at this from another angle…Why would you want to do business in the same fashion as your competitors?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

Here’s the thing…you really don’t need to work too hard to identify leaders within an organization – they are the ones taking on the greatest levels of responsibility and delivering on their commitments. They are the ones that put the needs of others, as well as the needs of the organization, ahead of their own.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

My suspicion is your best memories are of those teachers who inspired you, encouraged you, brought out your passion, and challenged you in a positive fashion. They either don’t value your contributions, or they know from experience that you’ll treat their inquiry in a belittling fashion. The boss will never go for that.&#

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

I’m often regarded as a thought leader, but I don’t run an organization, and don’t have any desire to. Social media expands my reach and influence and allows me help people I would not otherwise interact with in a meaningful fashion. Marshall Goldsmith : Not to be a leader. They only job I ever had that I hated was being a Dean.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

I only care that they are totally committed to making a positive contribution to the organization. Great leaders lead all people under their care, not just those who agree with them. If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best?

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

If retail operations can more reliably keep their discretionary relationships with people who have to pay for that relationship than we can with our employees, who earn their livelihood with us, we need to take a serious look at how we’re creating the environment for those relationships. Why do I use the expression “soul-sucking?”

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Gut instincts can only take you so far in life, and anyone who operates outside of a sound decisioning framework will eventually fall prey to an act of oversight, misinformation, misunderstanding, manipulation, impulsivity or some other negative influencing factor. They make bad decisions. link] mikemyatt Thanks for sharing Rob.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

“My way or the highway&# leadership styles don’t play well in today’s world, will result in a fractured culture, and ultimately a non-productive organization. The best leaders are focused on leading change and innovation to keep their organizations fresh, dynamic and growing. You must get your employees to engage.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 20, 2010

Inspiration when given as a gift is like the fuel that feeds the engine of prosperity for your organization. What inspiration are you holding inside that you can provide to your organization? What do you love about your team, your organization, your customers? Love isn’t a word or an emotion that we admit has a place at work.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

The following list of suggestions is my gift to you in hope that it will allow you to outsmart those that feel they cannot be outsmarted… Define Acceptable Behavior : This first thing all CEOs need to do is to accept responsibility for any “corporate crazies&# who have taken residence in their organization.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 31, 2010

This book highlights Paul’s significant experience in a 40-year career of managing people and as a well-respected consultant to managers and their organizations across the globe. Frontline supervisors and managers up to the mid level in an organization could best benefit from the book content.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2013

Shifting careers is often hard to explain. The most important step in getting others onboard with your career transition is crafting a compelling narrative. My whole career, I''ve been a bit of a nonconformist," he says. "My My whole career, I''ve been a bit of a nonconformist," he says. Isn''t that a little risky?

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QAspire

JANUARY 21, 2010

Checklists are excellent guides for others to perform the same activity in a consistent fashion with little instructions. Checklist standardize the operations and serve as great reminder to get the most crucial activities done. Checklists help in controlling quality of the products in verification stage. Some training can also help.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2016

Unfortunately, your typical high school curriculum doesn’t cover that subject, but we felt they needed to interact with people in a commercial fashion. My daughters are now in their 30s, and looking back, they agree it made them smarter about business and more satisfied in their careers.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I said no, not an organized one. I'm hopeful that today's comments will help us all process things in a healthier fashion while not forgetting the sacrifices that have been made for us. Share and Enjoy: View Comments Jane Yesterday I spoke with 5 men from Ireland that are here in the US. Best wishes Erin.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

The point is that we throw around this word “team&# in a very cavalier fashion, maybe because it has that warm glow of inclusion about it. After all, it stands to reason that we do our best work when we are operating from our strengths. Sometimes a “work group&# of individual contributors is the best organization.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

In our work with leading consumer products companies around the world, we’ve identified clear practices and investments that bring a greater chance of success in organizing a workforce around the expectations and needs of the connected consumer. Here are five: Commit from the Top. Digital transformation is not just about technology.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Early in your career, these behaviors demonstrate that you are driven. While working long hours is often beneficial to early career advancement, as you rise to a position of leadership, maintaining this practice can damage your career prospects. In this way, hard work becomes ingrained as part of your identify.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

There are people in every organization you know whose titles indicate they are leaders. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2014

Each year, organizations race toward campuses and grab hold of the recruits they consider best for their talent pool. At GE, we have created mid-career leadership programs as one answer to these challenges. He then spent a year in product development and after that, served on the shop floor as an operations leader.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

In today’s economy, organizations are supposed to treat employees almost as free agents, with low expectations of loyalty on either side. The concepts of lifetime employment and generous employee benefits are seen as old-fashioned throwbacks to paternalism. We’ve certainly had to change too. We rarely hire from the outside.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2011

Giving cash can make an immediate difference when donated to reputable organizations with boots-on-the ground staff and volunteers. So the Foundation convened aid organization leaders and asked how it could help. So the Foundation convened aid organization leaders and asked how it could help. Take Cisco.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Before she e-mailed anyone, Zanele sat down and wrote an outline for herself, articulating her several goals: to become a talk show host, establish a women's empowerment organization, become an author — and maybe become a plus-size fashion model as well. Cast a wide but focused net. Don't be afraid to show vulnerability.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2012

As I sit to write each morning, I draw upon the vast network of people (many in active chat windows) with whom I've worked in the trenches over the course of a 35-year career, while also having the benefit of opinions and insight by expert strangers a click away. It's a huge and real loss in terms of career development.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

It’s tempting to think of distinctive capabilities as a kind of artistry performed by an elite corps of high-potential talent: the elite players work long hours and deliver unusual results, while the rest of the organization struggles along in its usual incoherent fashion. Permanent cross-functional teams tend to fare better.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2018

Getting passed over stings personally and professionally, so as the manager, you need to think about “how to retain your employee — both within the organization and psychologically,” Weintraub says. I also want you to know that you are a valued and important part of this organization.” Be empathetic. ”

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