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Seven Key Thoughts About Managing Human Resources

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The answer would be mostly “No” and will lead to some food for thought on leadership. Abraham Maslow said that one of the fundamental needs of human beings is “Esteem” – a desire to be accepted and valued by others. - - - - - - - - - - - - - P.S: People work well when they do something they love doing. Leverage their strengths.

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Have You Trained Your Replacement?

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With a lot of wisdom and good things to say about leadership – hop over to his blog and be sure to subscribe. The navy’s leadership knew training everyone to replace anyone was a core success and survival factor. He regularly blogs about leadership on The thoughtLEADERS Blog. We had a similar mindset during my army days.

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Influencing Creativity and Innovation

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It reduces the costs of mistakes by disclosing them sooner. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. The faster such feedback arrives, the better. It seeds + promotes curiosity. It makes successes obvious, visible, celebrated.

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Giving Away Your Gifts

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The thankyou doesn’t cost the company anything and consider the benefits in productivity and loyalty! Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. When I have been thanked in the past I am so ready to work harder.

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Why You Should Meditate

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Do you see how meditation might improve your leadership? I should cost more time and energy to build up my good relationship with people around me. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. is very useful for me.

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Five Ways to Disarm an Angry Mob | Aspire-CS

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We were exchanging parts of the former plan for new, similar parts, at a lower overall employee cost. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. I’m sad to say that I was not able to pacify the crowd and they left angry.

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Being Wrong is Good

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Being wrong is a necessary part of your leadership journey; one that encourages you to take risks and humbles you when it happens. It was the right thing to do to admit his responsibility for the situation, and it cost him his job. Learn from it, and you will become a better leader. He didn’t regret it.