Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 14, 2015

Every now and then managers must make exceptions, no doubt. In every company I work with I hear a consistent theme in focus groups: “I wish our managers had tougher and more consistent standards. ” I hear that 10 times more than “My manager is too hard on us.” 443-750-1249.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

Those who are driven by their ego, for example, will take center stage and proclaim to have the answers, ignoring or side-lining the experts who could give a more realistic assessment of a situation, managing people’s expectations. During a crisis, leaders must relinquish the belief that a top-down response will engender stability.”

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McKinsey Emotional Intelligence Crisis Self-aware 294

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 31, 2022

A side benefit is that when their manager appreciates them, it improves their relationships. Employees end up trusting their managers, and it leads to a more positive experience for everyone. By helping your employees achieve these career goals, you can have them working for you more productively. It brings people together.

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Call Center Incentives Productivity Products 106

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The need to successfully transition from career to career is likely to be just as important at an individual level as the ability to successfully pivot is for organizations attempting to ride the winds of change. ” Views from the frontline. This resulted in confidence in the new ways of working being undermined. Smarter learning.

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Technology Competitive Advantage Training Report 95

HR Digest

APRIL 20, 2023

The current competitive marketplace has made it a necessity for organizations to discover steps in managing attrition rates. Employee Retention Strategies to Decrease Staff Turnover Rates Employers need to focus on fostering a positive work environment as a step in managing attrition.

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Attrition Innovation Strategy Training 59

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Some ways to uncover how to create a positive work environment include: Encourage immediate communication and conflict resolution Train employees on conflict resolution strategies that they can employ as necessary Provide training for managers and HR professionals on constructive communication Encourage regular interactions between senior management (..)

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

” These are a bit extreme, but we’ve heard variations of these thoughts over the years in focus groups to survey a Client’s organizational culture. One morning, I asked a group of very quiet participants a series of questions about their organization’s climate and leadership effectiveness.

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Energy Crisis Absenteeism Leadership 52

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

We led focus groups, created advisory and steering teams, and engaged our executives in workshops and feedback sessions. As we continue to bring our culture to life in our operating model and our HR practices, we continue to use surveys, crowdsourcing, focus groups and other tools to ensure our people are heard.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

Through our quantitative research of more than 750,000 leaders and employees inside some of the world’s leading organizations, and in the many focus groups we conduct every year, we’ve identified these 11 attributes that matter most.” Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted Toot Your Own Horn. Development.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Simon 248

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2023

This priority remains consistent across demographic and political groups, making it a crucial factor for managers aiming to improve their firms’ ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance) performance. These findings have implications for managers seeking to be perceived as just.

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QAspire

JANUARY 9, 2011

In my career so far, I have (broadly) seen two kinds of organizations. Dissatisfied customers, unhappy team members, disengaged middle management and difficulties in scaling the business. You can form small focus group from your current team and improve in small iterations. Improvement may not always be expensive.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

"Presence in the Present" As a branded company whose success depends on change management, Kellogg Company puts a premium on its internal culture. We seek (and listen to) qualitative feedback from our employees through our global opinion survey, focus groups and roundtables with our Business/Employee Resource Groups (B/ERGs).

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Diversity Human Resources Globalization Automotive 81

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among the many techniques Briceño teaches, the book also offers four tips for helping your team continuously advance their skills, even when it feels like there’s no time to problem solve: Why most managers often misuse praise—and what you should do instead to help your team improve. When and how?

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How To Learning-by-Doing Books System 119

The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

I once asked a manager how many people work for his company. As someone in a focus group quipped, “The most dangerous place in this organization is at the exit door around quitting time. The main reason they gave for this big difference was frustration with management practices. He said, “About half.”

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Absenteeism Leadership Participative Workshop 40

QAspire

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Establishing Forums to Build a Quality Oriented Culture Total Quality Management (TQM) says that quality is everybody’s job. Establish quality circles or improvement/quality focus groups and rotate people to give everyone a chance to participate. TQM is not just a philosophy.

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Quality TQM Directory Belief Systems 122

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

To increase diversity at senior executive levels, more must be known about one group in particular: women of color in midlevel leadership, who successfully developed and progressed beyond individual contributor and first-line management. How did (or didn’t) managers play a role? They pursue management challenges.

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Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 10, 2018

If you’re making a big career change, gaining new qualifications or re-training will help to support your new business. The successful entrepreneur knows how to manage those fears, and understands that failure can just be another step on the road to success. See if you can't put a small focus group together, preferably strangers.

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Tips Learning-by-Doing Industry Long-term 95

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

According to one former employee, “Management made it clear that no employee was allowed to complain about the unethical practices that were going on within the branch.”. We’re in the business of helping clients measure and manage culture. Mid-managers don’t root for each other’s success or play to win as a team. (DO).

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Competitive Advantage Leadership Analysis Tips 92

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

Change management can be a test for any organization. Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. Change management certainly tested us. Very quickly, common concerns bubbled up. What words evoked the passion they felt about the organization?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2018

Yet many other women have managed to build highly successful careers with degrees in STEM disciplines. We hear, in interviews and focus groups, that women are consistently spoken over and even robbed of their ideas. How did they do it? Yet 82% of women in STEM say their contributions are ignored. Hone your brand.

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Succession Reputation Focus Group Leadership Styles 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2013

You may think you already know how others view you — as a skilled communicator, or an incisive numbers guy, or a manager who always brings out the best in her team. Hold your own focus group. The focus group "took me to the next level in terms of my professional development.".

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Executive Coaching Focus Group Self-aware Performance Review 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Having a sponsor increases the likelihood of being satisfied with the rate of career advancement. Clear career paths. For women, LGBT individuals, and people of color, the map to career success is murky. LGBT individuals and people of color, too, struggle to name a simple solution to open up a blocked career path.

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Diversity Career Focus Group Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

The study examined the management and development preferences of America’s young and rising corporate leaders. To address this challenge, J&J designed their Talent Acceleration Process (TAP) in 2012, which fast-tracks early- to mid-career individuals to senior leadership positions. Why these programs work.

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Development Participative Conference Innovation 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

New research from the Families and Work Institute (FWI) and the Society for Human Resource Management finds an “on the one hand, on the other hand” contradiction. want to resume their careers, with similar numbers in Germany, Japan, and India. Or do they reflect a fear that flextime programs are being eliminated?

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Flextime Human Resources Career Talent Management 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Many of the managers in retail and commercial banking we interviewed in Sweden stated that their teams were made up of well over 50% women. Several referred to a discrepancy in “what [men and women] are willing to compromise and give up along the way [for their career],” as stated by a senior U.S. Another group of allies?

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Finance Banking Survey Policies 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2012

You lead a dual life, you absolutely do," said another Indian senior manager. Notes a focus group participant, "You start to be less of who you are. You're like a chameleon, constantly changing the way you are," observes an African-American network TV manager. There is an inhibition. You just don't want to talk about it.

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Diversity Pharmaceuticals Uncertainty Focus Group 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2016

In the 1980s, however, pioneering women began moving into management roles and into frontline business areas, such as investment banking. Today 47% of management and professional roles in American financial firms are occupied by women, according to the U.S. ” What explains the poor career prospects of women in financial services?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

These women often are less satisfied with their careers , perceive that they are unlikely to advance at their current organizations, or believe they must change jobs in order to reach the next level. How talent management is changing. The manager says, ‘This will require extra hours, and you have to think about your family.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2014

During a long and illustrious career that is far from over (you can read all about one of his most recent ventures — building the most direct fiber-optic connection between Chicago and New York – in Chapter One of Michael Lewis’s new book ), Barksdale has become a big believer in the value of the folksy aphorism as management tool.

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Advice Management CAPEX Wireless 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

Except when it’s harmful to your career. For another, your company could alter its management structure or change directions. Even when you have a good relationship with your manager, it can still be a struggle to make your mark. How do you come out from behind your boss’s shadow? What the Experts Say.

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Reputation Career Learning-by-Doing Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

Attracting and retaining top talent are perennial concerns among managers, in good times and in bad. With salaries frozen even as the scope of work expands, managers find it nearly impossible to lure A-players and compensate existing high performers without breaking the budget. The good news? They may not have to.

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Chief Financial Officer Motivation Loyalty Budgeting 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2013

The suspense is no doubt killing you, so I''ll go ahead and tell you the secret to recognizing opportunities: promotion focus. And as new research by Andranik Tumasjan and Reiner Braun from Germany''s TUM School of Management shows, that''s the combination you need to be an opportunity-spotter. Entrepreneurship Managing yourself'

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Entrepreneur How To Open-book Creativity 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Today's garota de Ipanema , however, is more likely to be carving out a career than prowling the playa. Living in a culture that continues to put marriage and motherhood ahead of career aspirations, Brazilian professional women are confronted with a deeply rooted ambivalence about their right to be ambitious. counterparts (52%).

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Survey Education Competitive Advantage Human Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2017

Managing HR-related data is critical to any organization’s success. There is virtually no research on these questions, and very few organizations actually conduct the sort of user “focus groups” needed to answer these questions. Vincent Tsui for HBR. And yet progress in HR analytics has been glacially slow.

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Human Capital Metrics Analysis Survey 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

The result of poor culture fit due to turnover can cost an organization between 50-60% of the person’s annual salary, according to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). The process of defining organizational culture can take many forms, from working with an external consultant to staff-driven focus groups and discussions.

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Diversity Human Resources Environment Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Indeed, senior managers in CWLP focus groups admit that, after years spent clawing their way up the ladder, they didn't want the top job after all. "I But this fire burns out, typically during the child-bearing years when pursuing promotions at work clashes headlong with fulfilling dreams on the home front.

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CFO Film Banking Execution 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

For much of the past 15 years, almost anyone with a spark of adventure was eager to leave a career in a state-owned enterprise (SEO) for the chance to get rich, travel, and innovate. High-quality talent and people who are ambitious want to see the world and the business management systems of the U.S. What's going on?

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Travel Survey Marketing Budgeting 9