Sat.May 04, 2019

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Engagement in the Implementation of Strategic Intent

Strategy Driven

The Opportunity. Every day, I see businesses struggling to achieve high levels of long-term performance. Upon scrutiny I often find that they have – on paper – excellent and well thought out strategic plans. Their shortcomings are normally in the applications of the strategic plan and I find they usually fall into one of three areas; I call them gaps: As they seek to improve on their year to year performance, I find many firms ardently working on the focus and alignment gap.

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Social system change: Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard and its lessons for business leaders

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The great works of drama offer a wealth of lessons for business leaders. Shakespeare’s King Lear, for example, displays the dangers of a narcissistic, erratic leadership style. Moliere’s The Misanthrope warns against excessive, untactful honesty. This blog post focuses on Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. Building on a previous post on social systems theory, I will look at Chekhov’s play through the lens of Niklas Luhmann’s theory of society.

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Following Leadership’s Qs

Strategy Driven

What makes a good leader? If tasked with answering this question, some might devise a 10-page list of traits. Leaders need to be visionaries. They must be genuine, hardworking, respectful, and pragmatic. They should connect with employees. They should be story-tellers. We hold leaders to a high standard, attaching a lengthy list of prerequisites to any governing role.

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Digital Marketing Specialist – Adworkshop – Lake Placid, NY

HR Digest

HR Jobs. Job posted in partnership with HR Resolved. Workshop is an integrated marketing agency providing strategic consulting and creative marketing solutions that help. From Adworkshop - Sat, 04 May 2019 15:15:46 GMT - View all Lake Placid, NY jobs. Digital Marketing Specialist - Adworkshop - Lake Placid, NY. The post Digital Marketing Specialist – Adworkshop – Lake Placid, NY appeared first on The HR Digest.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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How Sustainable Innovation is Changing the Face of Business

Strategy Driven

The climate crisis has been going on for decades, but the issue has only become a contentious one in the last few years due to huge public backlash against companies and governments alike. There is no room for debate on the issue, either. A contentious study has estimated that we have wiped out 60% of wildlife since 1970. Over 200,000 acres of rainforest are burned every day, plastics have become so pervasive they now exist in every fish tested, and in turn in our own digestive systems.