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How to Lead Through a No-Win Scenario

Let's Grow Leaders

Here are just a few examples that we’ve faced in our careers: Decreasing insurance benefits or eliminating positions. For example, if you have a short-term loss in demand, rather than lay people off, is there a short-term labor need elsewhere in your organization—or even with another business? Win with Values.

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5 Thoughts On Goal Setting

Joseph Lalonde

I’ve struggled with setting goals throughout my career and life. Goals that are short-term will push you to get things done: Our goals don’t have to be long-term goals. Long-term goals often never end, because we lose sight of the goal. Completed goals will boost your morale.

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Dream Adjusters: Why Company Leaders Also Have To Be Chief Calibration Officers

Terry Starbucker

Setting the right targets and goals over the short and long terms is a fine art that requires a delicate blend of unbridled optimism and cold-eyed realism, sometimes bordering on schizophrenia. (I’ve 2) Dream aggressively quantitatively over a long-term horizon, tempered by economic factors at the “macro” level.

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The Benefits of Career Coaching and Mentoring

CO2

As leaders work on their own career development, they sometimes lose sight of their need to serve as a mentor and coach for others. So, in short, mentoring sharpens the skills of both the mentor and the mentee. Improving Morale It’s important to give constructive feedback to a mentee and let them know when they are doing a good job.

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The Benefits of Career Coaching and Mentoring

CO2

As leaders work on their own career development, they sometimes lose sight of their need to serve as a mentor and coach for others. So, in short, mentoring sharpens the skills of both the mentor and the mentee. Improving Morale It’s important to give constructive feedback to a mentee and let them know when they are doing a good job.

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Employee Retention Survey 2018

Chart Your Course

my company was bought by another company almost 2 years ago – as a result, many changes, some of which are causing even long term employees to leave, including benefits, management, small or no raises, etc. Self-center and bad senior managers lead the organization to stagnate, low morale, and hostile working environment.

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Robert Iger's 20 Leadership Lessons

Leading Blog

After sharing a bit of his background, he quickly delves into his career beginning at ABC, and the lessons he’s learned and the principles that have guided him that help “nurture the good and manage the bad.”. Iger writes of the key mentors in his career and his relationship with Steve Jobs, George Lucas, and Michael Eisner.