Mike Cardus

JANUARY 9, 2013

An earlier post listed the 7 Principles of Leadership Development in no specific order of importance : Necessary Skilled-Knowledge. Strategy for Leadership Development. Exploring lessons learned and how an organization and I developed a leadership development process for high potential employees. Education for Leadership.

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HR Digest

APRIL 12, 2023

However, despite the importance of employee engagement, many organizations struggle to develop effective engagement programs that truly resonate with their employees. In this article, we’ll explore key strategies and best practices for developing employee engagement programs that work.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 5, 2012

The talent pool development and mentor training process aligns individual aspirations and competencies with the company’s current and future needs so that the interests of both can be served. This will happen through succession steps and continued training and development of the High Potential employees. What is it?

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HR Digest

JUNE 27, 2022

Armed with this additional information, your business could decide to launch new initiatives to boost employee recognition , show that professional development is a top priority, and ensure that job satisfaction remains high. Focus Groups. 5 Ways to Collect Qualitative Data for Employee Engagement. Exit Interviews.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 14, 2023

When training was nothing more than a mere suggestion, and the only development opportunities were the occasional team-building retreats? They not only upskill and reskill employees but also contribute to their overall development and job satisfaction. Well, those days are long gone.

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HR Digest

APRIL 1, 2023

It should include a clear timeline, specific goals, and measurable objectives. Provide Ongoing Training and Development Effective new-hire training shouldn’t end after the first week or month. This can include job-specific training, soft skills development, and leadership development.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Keep in mind that learning organizations are those that prioritize the development of – people – everyone comes to work every day in part to grow, and to support one another in doing so. a focus on what you have mastered to "we don’t know." The dreaded F-word: How to make sure your team doesn’t fear (or rely on) feedback. When and how?

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 22, 2023

Learn to Influence by Storytelling One of the most fundamental tasks of a leader is to influence people within the organization to accomplish the company’s goals. He now heads Kenny Smith Entertainment Group, and his contribution to human and civil rights is noteworthy, a testament to his social entrepreneurship.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 6, 2018

So, for these Second-Wavers, I’d recommend focusing on the three P’s: Personal Attention, Professional Development, and Purpose. Ironically, they are extremely collaborative, but they still require hands-on individualized attention when it comes to their career path and goals. Professional Development This is a big one.

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The Practical Leader

JULY 26, 2023

” Their Perceptions Are My Leadership Reality Key to leadership development is understanding how others see me. The Clemmer Group’s long partnership with Zenger Folkman is based on their evidence-based approach to 360 assessment and strengths-based leadership development. ” The doctor said, “Good!

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 18, 2023

Try surveying your current customers or conducting focus groups. But don’t just focus on imitating your competitors – use that information to find new opportunities and develop something unique. Remember, the goal is not to be like your competitors; it’s to be better.

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HR Digest

APRIL 13, 2023

Performance-based incentives should be tied to measurable goals and objectives that embrace employee recognition, so employees know what they need to do to earn them. These incentives can promote pay equity and motivate employees to work harder and perform better, which can ultimately benefit the organization.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Focus groups and stay-interviews can reveal why people want to come to work every day. Your total rewards package should link to your recruiting strategy as well as your goals and objectives. Employee development. Training, coaching and mentoring, and stretch assignments are just some of the ways to develop employees.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 31, 2022

Set Goals for Your Team. In order to know what habits to praise and which employees to award recognition to, it is important to have set goals as an individual. The first step to this would be finding out how you can help your employees reach their goals. Some employees will have goals to move to another position.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

While there is a level of ambiguity when measuring true learning and development, reviewing employee output and overall business outcomes are crucial to understanding whether or not a training program has been successful. Training programs are developed for a reason. Clarity about your training goals is crucial.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 24, 2015

The original focus group of leaders who she asked about what needed to change all answered that they wanted to be leaders different from them. Leadership Development Bill Benoist Cheryl Bachelder Goal Setting Leadership Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen results Sean Glaze Servant Leadership Sharon Reed'

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

We led focus groups, created advisory and steering teams, and engaged our executives in workshops and feedback sessions. As we continue to bring our culture to life in our operating model and our HR practices, we continue to use surveys, crowdsourcing, focus groups and other tools to ensure our people are heard.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Broad goals that are established within the proper context. To be seen as competent, managers must be able to understand the goals of the organization, how those goals affect his or her manager, how those goals will affect your work, and then be able to supply you with sufficient information and resources to allow you to do your best.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

To start with, companies need to develop a clear sense of purpose in all that they do. A strong company culture cannot be built in a day—it’s established and pursued over time. From top leaders to freshers and interns, every employee needs to be clued in on the company culture and equally committed to pursuing it.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Additionally, how do these initiatives align with broader organizational goals, and what progress has Cardinal Health made toward achieving its well-being objectives? This is why my team and I have developed a comprehensive listening strategy to understand where our employees are in their lives and work journeys.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 29, 2019

Leading change was a key focus that emerged from reader feedback on the main topics over 600 readers said they’d like to see in my latest book project. It’s been a vital focus for many of our leadership team retreats and culture development work.

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 26, 2022

” The Theory X leaders at the retreat had trouble seeing the disconnect between endorsing HR’s plans for engagement focus groups and gathering input; with their inclination to mandate office facetime. But the executives were in favor of HR developing a talent management and engagement strategy. Empartnerment.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Working with companies and developing strategic plans everyone seems to feel that the default method is a SWOT analysis strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats. While preparing for a focus group meeting it came to me NOISE. He will create and develop customized activities and simulations for what you need.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

With the ever-changing dynamics of the workforce, the stewardship of organizational culture is just as important as strategy, talent, product development, or customer service. He helps companies build strong sustained revenue growth through by developing energizing office cultures. 6 Culture Myths. Would you briefly touch on them?

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

As someone in a focus group quipped, “The most dangerous place in this organization is at the exit door around quitting time. ” In another organization, I was facilitating a development workshop with a few “prisoners” as participants. You’ll get trampled.”

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

workforce — and companies will increasingly grapple with how to accelerate the development of those individuals for leadership positions. The study examined the management and development preferences of America’s young and rising corporate leaders.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 23, 2010

The Lloyds team was on board the rig about a month before it blew and conducted a safety survey and a number of focus groups with Transocean crew members over the course of several days. Heres the passage from the article that really hit home with me.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2016

Specifically, we see three ways to include make security efforts more empathetic: Consumer-driven goals that are actionable and specific. By researching the cultural and physical contexts in which people use your products, you can define better, more precise goals for those products. What would help them feel safe?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Data can play a leading role in developing strategy and bringing precision to execution, but it does nothing — absolutely nothing — to stir motivation and create the desire that makes cash registers ring. The goal is to help marketers find balance. But that’s an artifact of our big data obsession.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. To increase diversity at senior executive levels, more must be known about one group in particular: women of color in midlevel leadership, who successfully developed and progressed beyond individual contributor and first-line management.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

We’ve found these five steps are key to successful culture development : Assess current systems, practices, culture, and readiness for change. This can range from the least rigorous such as self-assessment by the executive team (next step) to interviews, focus groups, surveys, or a rigorous audit. ” Further Reading.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

We've seen large companies adopt a startup mindset and cut campaign development times by 50%. Too often, marketers set well-defined financial goals for a campaign's impact but fail to define clear objectives for learning about their customers. The company first mapped out every step in its campaign development and execution process.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

A big goal requires a “thick we” network — a community of people who feel responsible for collaborating toward a shared purpose that they see as superseding their individual needs. When networks develop into communities, the results can be powerful. Participants tend to belong for individualistic reasons.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

We have taken an intentional approach to develop a vision and strategy that takes all our stakeholders’ perspectives into account – one that our customers, carriers and employees can stand behind. Through a combination of efficiency projects and the use of renewable energy, we are on pace to reach our carbon emissions goal ahead of schedule.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2018

It starts with a “vision” statement, moves on to “strategic themes” (six in all) and culminates in 28 “strategic goals.” I’ll let you in on the six-step technique I have developed over many years, working with clients and in teaching my public seminars on strategic planning.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

We've seen large companies adopt a startup mindset and cut campaign development times by 50%. Too often, marketers set well-defined financial goals for a campaign's impact but fail to define clear objectives for learning about their customers. The company first mapped out every step in its campaign development and execution process.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

Now in its second year , the initiative’s goal is to create a world where no woman dies from complications during pregnancy and childbirth. If you believe this is a problem confined to the developing world, consider this: The rate of maternal mortality in the United States has doubled in the past 20+ years. The private health sector ?

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