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Managing Company Culture Anthropologically

Leading Blog

Despite its perceived importance, for the most part, companies have a miserable track record when it comes to managing their people. The Culture Dilemma Employee engagement in American companies has hovered around 30 percent for 60 years. B USINESSES are really bad at establishing an engaging culture. But what does this mean?

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Overcome the Great Resignation: How Great Leaders Put People Before Projects

Let's Grow Leaders

Recently we spoke with “John,” a C-Suite executive at a national organization, who had just added his name to the list of those leaving their company during the Great Resignation. As the pandemic and uncertainty persist, we invite you to consider putting people before projects. We’re not saying people instead of projects.

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Why Your Company Can’t Survive Without an AI Ethics Committee

Lead from Within

Artificial intelligence has transformed industries, improved efficiency, and provided innovative solutions, but it also brings along a set of ethical challenges that your company can’t survive without addressing. Imagine an AI-driven hiring system used by a company to identify potential candidates for job openings.

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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Tangential Opportunity

N2Growth Blog

In the previous three parts of this series, we realized the challenging factors around searching for and placing an ideal candidate to lead a private equity portfolio company. A simple illustration perhaps is a CEO of a large injection molding firm, who might be well suited to a brewing and bottling company. Realize that P.E.

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After Project Shutdowns, Apple Layoffs Decision to Affect 700 Employees

HR Digest

The reasons behind the Apple layoffs are quite apparent as the company has begun to shut down some of the major projects they’ve been working on for years now. The Apple job cuts are mainly linked to the car project shutdown, which was an ambition that the company held on to for a really long time before calling it quits.

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July 2021 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the July 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Development. Communication. It is “Heart” work! managing people.

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Stop Letting the Latest Trend Dictate How You Run Your Company

Leading Blog

If a company puts its talent first in its strategy and decision-making, these problems won’t arise in the first place. THE “WHY” BEHIND THE TRENDS Rather than looking to protect your company from the latest viral movement, look at why your employees are disgruntled, disengaged, or quitting in the first place.

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