N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2022

As the investor leader, you are tasked with tackling senior leadership management issues at a newly acquired portfolio firm. Part four will balance needs with compromises and float tangential opportunities to expand horizons and extricate from myopia on that elusive ‘pink giraffe’ management candidate. The bar is set high.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 19, 2014

Create an environment that inspires motivation and engagement through empathy. As a coach, trainer and consultant, Mary Schaefer''s expertise is in helping managers and employees conquer their dread about difficult conversations, to go into them feeling equipped and confident. You can focus on job fit and culture fit.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

These individuals are not only responsible for the success of their venture but also for making critical decisions that can impact their team, stakeholders, and the environment around them. This means they must possess diverse skills and knowledge, from finance and marketing to operations and human resources.

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HR Digest

MARCH 12, 2020

Are you seeking career growth in human resources? If you want to follow a career in human resources, there are many options open to you. You can pursue the traditional role and become a human resource executive responsible for hiring, firing, onboarding, employee management, and engagement.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Given that I write advice for managers, my immediate reaction to this story was to put myself in the manager’s shoes who had to deal with this sensitive breach of office etiquette. Unfortunately, as a manager, chances are, at some point in your career, you will have to deal with some kind of office etiquette issue.

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CEO Insider

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Uncertainty in the economy and ongoing turbulence in the current operating environment has created unprecedented challenges and disruptions. As a former chief human resources […]. Today’s CEOs must forge ahead, moving past what is getting in their way to achieve their investors’ expectations and strategic goals.

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Here’s the best advice from each of the eight executives on how to build a go-to team: Create a Safe Environment. Step one is to create a safe environment for the team. Using a fighting analogy, creating and managing a high performing team is not a genteel activity; it’s a contact sport. Teach them to fish.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 10, 2017

Managing people is the most challenging part of any leader's job. Experienced human resource professionals and consultants, Barbara Mitchell and Cornelia Gamlem, share their 30+ years of first-hand experience in their completely revised and expanded, "THE BIG BOOK OF HR". And that job's not getting any easier.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The impact of COVID-19 has altered the very nature of every human interaction. In the work environment, Zoom sessions have replaced conference room meetings, and email exchanges have replaced in-person interactions. The office environment has changed. He currently manages a funeral home in Loveland, Colorado.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 24, 2019

How long does it take for our managers and staff to implement this process? Do they help us have a robust, dynamic learning environment? Does management use performance appraisals to judge, blame, and rate individuals on their performance when instead, they need to be focused on how the system performs?

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CO2

JANUARY 5, 2024

Once a peripheral element in Human Resources, coaching has transformed into a pivotal specialty. Enhancing Confidence and Overall Well-being The same study revealed that 84% of coachees reported an improvement in their confidence, while 63% saw improvements in their overall well-being, including stress management and focus.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In this second installment, Jim offers his take on the difference between managers and leaders. I've always thought the "leader vs. manager" debate was kind of useless, and I wrote an early post about it here. Leaders vs. Managers. So, here's the distinction I draw between leaders and managers. Hope you've enjoyed it.

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Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 21, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S. License.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The amygdala in our brains continuously scans the environment for potential dangers, like a smoke detector.” I’ve experienced this as a consultant when I felt depleted after a session with a discouraged executive team of a division suffering under their headquarters abroad. I am an author, and culture & change consultant.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 16, 2019

Twelve years after launching culture change consulting services, I am finally sitting down to write about six defining values of a leadership culture. Like all good consultants, I said, “probably, let me do a little research and get back to you.” Before starting Walton Consulting, Inc. LEADERSHIP ALIGNMENT.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

The environment is more global, more multi-generational, more dispersed, diverse and complex than ever. Someone who wants to manage others can still get there. Managing others is not for everyone. Organizations began to weigh breadth of experience against depth of expertise during talent reviews. The world of work was changing.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 12, 2019

Is your organization staffed by human capital? Do managers talk about “their people?” ” Phrases like “head count,” “human capital,” and “my people,” dehumanize and objectify. We could push this further and make the same argument for “human resources.”

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HR Digest

JANUARY 21, 2021

Reach out to HR or Manager. Note that before reaching out to the HR professional, politely interact with the co-worker to let them know that their behavior is challenging for you to handle and you are going to the manager for assistance. Transmit yourself to a positive mental zone and divert from the negativity. Set clear Boundaries.

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Chart Your Course

JANUARY 7, 2013

The start of a new year is a great time for companies to assess their corporate environment. Sincere leaders who are transparent about their decisions, upbeat but honest about the company’s future, and show a genuine interest in their workers create an environment that fosters loyalty, creativity and productivity. Be the leader.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 28, 2019

Executives that employ corporate strategy can propel knowledge sharing in the company to generate more innovative ideas and solutions for new and demanding issues that come up constantly in our hypercompetitive economic environment. Further, executives have found that corporate culture impacts knowledge management. About the Author.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 3, 2023

According to a June report by business consulting firm WTW, the average salary increase is predicted to be around 4%. It seems that even with the desire to scale back, employers are still at the mercy of the labor market and its skills shortages. But don’t pop the champagne just yet. And the good news doesn’t stop there.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Ann also met with Titania Woo of The Hong Kong Management Association to discuss partnership opportunities in the region. Furthermore, Ann was delighted to be able to personally present a number of Chartered Managers and Fellows with their certificates. Learn more here.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 22, 2015

They value family, community, creativity and the environment. Find opportunities to engage them in the world and create a work environment (with flex-schedules or condensed workweeks) so that they can engage in activities outside of work that are important to them. Are the millennials challenging to manage? Yes, they are.

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Chart Your Course

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Employers such as AT&T and Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) have been using behavioral interviewing for 15 years, and because increasing numbers of employers are using behavior-based methods to screen job candidates, understanding how to excel in this interview environment is becoming a crucial job-hunting skill.

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HR Digest

MARCH 8, 2020

More evolved thinking, a changing social environment, a sheer need to retain talent, has forced the human resource departments to come up with this solution. They offer hosting and management services, along with marketing and customer service management. They have remote working for many roles in the company.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 13, 2020

Once you have passed the taxing hiring process and have the offer letter in your hand, it might be time to celebrate, but there is still the final hurdle of facing the first day at work and finding your feet in a new environment. Almost everyone has memories of the first day at a job, especially if you are starting afresh in the job market.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 10, 2019

While you can’t eliminate the legal liability that stems from an office Christmas party, you can most certainly create an environment that minimizes its legal liabilities. The company sent a questionnaire to 150 human resource executives across the United States in 2017 about their annual holiday party plans.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2012

StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. Next, we’ll explore how to convey this experience such that it opens the doors to a management position within one’s organization.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

What good team-building events can offer is an opportunity for employees to do something together that allows for laughter, stress reduction, adaptability to a different environment, and renewed group focus. If there’s only one team, then management can work together with the team to create the best portfolio for the charity.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 7, 2014

Working for a manager who is at the same or lower level of competence as you is anger producing, uninspiring, unproductive, frustrating, demoralizing and eventually leads to underemployment. Below is a story from a company I consulted & coached the management team. Mark was the General Manager of sales. Photo Credit.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Guest post from Cornelia Gamlem and Barbara Mitchell: Ask any manager and they’ll agree that people issues are some of the most important ones they face in their day-to-day routine. Elements that define your culture is leadership style, communication, the work environment – formal or informal – and how mistakes are handled.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development. The data also helps EY manage its workforce to meet current and future market demands.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Over the years Dan McCarthy has established a reputation as a shrewd commentator on the state of leadership in contemporary management. Now in The Great Leadership Development and Succession Planning Kit, Dan has gathered these lessons in one volume that is – simply put – a must-read for anyone who manages anyone else.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 12, 2024

The architects of this revolution are the bold and forward-thinking leaders in human resources. These spaces prioritize social connection and collaboration, fostering an environment where ideas can flourish untethered. As we stand at the precipice of 2024, a revolution – not an evolution – awaits.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 27, 2021

This is especially relevant given more than half of Americans report exposure to unpleasant and potentially hazardous working conditions and nearly one in five American workers are exposed to a hostile or threatening social environment at work, as reported by the American Working Conditions Survey.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 19, 2017

My interest in titles and the effect it has on the title-holder as well as the direct environment was triggered some years ago during a consultation with my physician. ” She apparently operated in an environment where her role was defined by her title, which commanded respect, expertise and positioning of her patients.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 1, 2018

More often than not, they reach toward the wrong resources, the untied advisors and sources that send them down rabbit holes. There are many demands upon entrepreneurs and senior management of companies. Top management regularly needs the creative inspiration to take the company to new heights. Website consulting.

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