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3M’s SVP of HR Kristen Ludgate on a Better Way to Attract Top Talent

HR Digest

Kristen Ludgate, who leads 3M’s human resources team, talks to The HR Digest about the “15% culture” philosophy that has helped attract the industry’s most driven workers and how tough times can have a motivational impact on the workforce. Senior Vice President – Human Resources, 3M. COURAGE UNDER CHANGE.

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Lessons from the Costa Concordia: A Case For Company Values

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

What was operating in the culture of the company that the senior leaders were not aware of standard practices? Costa Human Resources (competence, diligence, loyalty, morality, friendliness and enthusiasm). Costa Human Resources (competence, diligence, loyalty, morality, friendliness and enthusiasm).

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“No idea” Means I Have One :: Women on Business

Women on Business

In other words, this is definitely a discussion to which you want to RSVP. The choice to stay in a very black and white world of facts and figures is important for keeping the trust of all team members—and is particularly relevant when you’re operating at one remove. So how can you begin to draw out these ostensibly idea-free people?

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Building Behavioral Science Capability in Your Company

Harvard Business Review

Sales could be developing a behaviorally informed strategy, while operations looks for ways to cut costs. Each organization’s needs and current level of competence will be different, so there aren’t definite answers. An obvious place is within an existing operational excellence or performance department.

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May the Force — of Inspiring Leadership — Be with You

The Practical Leader

The Star Wars website gives this definition, “The Force is a mysterious energy field created by life that binds the galaxy together.” Less effective managers see “their people” as coin-operated human resources (assets with skin) to be manipulated with money.

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What Connects Coca-Cola, Lego, In-N-Out, Intuit, and Nike? Focus.

In the CEO Afterlife

Complexity has many definitions; excessive complication is the simplest. This vision establishes the principles for running a simple operation. Intuit is successful because they bring their ‘do less better’ cultural ethic to their customers. This is why we hear so much about focus from C-suites and corporate boards.

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The Big Picture of Business – Biggest Excuses They Use… and You Should Avoid: Rationales and Reasons Why Businesses Fail

Strategy Driven

Ethics and standards… those are for chumps. Our human resources department takes care of that. Not engaging in planning for future operations: So what are you gonna do about it? To them, monetary volume is the ‘definition’ of success. Interest rates are too high. Learn to live with it.