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CMI Highlights

Chartered Management Institute

As the importance of open and honest leadership continues to dominate the media spotlight, I find myself reflecting on how vital relationships are to building a positive working environment, and how important it is for all managers and leaders to develop this skill. Reserved your spot? Catch up here. Enjoy the rest of your week.

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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

David Deal, Superhype : When a Superstar Leaves Your Company - David Deal, the VP of Marketing for Razorfish, has a great post responding to his organization's recent loss of social media guru Shiv Singh and how a company should react when it loses a widely acclaimed thought leader.

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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week - A Look Ahead at 2011

Sales Wolf Blog

That is All Jesse Harriot, Monster Thinking : 2011 Job Market Trends HR Introvert : Time for Due Diligence on Personal Objectivity Tim Sanders, Sanders Says : Three Lists to Make for 2011 Rachel Suff, XpertHR : New Year's Resolution: Boost Poor Performance? Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S.  Enjoy!

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Executives and Salespeople Are Misaligned — and the Effects Are Costly

Harvard Business Review

companies spend over $900 billion on their sales forces, which is three times more than they spend on all ad media. Consider a large home energy provider in a mature, commoditized market where deregulation is driving down revenue and profit. Sales is, by far, the most expensive part of strategy execution for most firms.

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How Work Saved One Woman’s Life

Harvard Business Review

Kevin Roose sets out to investigate why, and in the process highlights a shift toward increased anonymity among social media''s younger set as they balk at self-promotional, parent-rich networks like Facebook. Even middle management has its value, he says. But among the under-25 crowd, it’s enormously popular.

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The Big Misconceptions Holding Holacracy Back

Harvard Business Review

The future of corporations may therefore depend on the rise of distributed forms of management, such as holacracy. True, Zappos’s recent experience with holacracy, as widely reported in the media, demonstrates that the transformation to distributed management is not easy. Don’t cringe.