Sun.Apr 08, 2018

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How Great Leaders Simplify Decision-Making (And Just Get Stuff Done)

Terry Starbucker

Back in 1987, when I was hired by Jack Kent Cooke at the ripe young age of 27 to be the COO of a cable TV company, he wasted very little time to initiate me into the world of executive management. During our very first meeting, before I could even take a sip of my first cup of coffee, Cooke looked me straight in the eye, and said. “My boy, there are two kinds of people in the business world, doers and thinkers.

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Protecting Your Employees (and Yourself) from the Stress-Connection Gap

Michael Lee Stallard

The nature of modern work has caused stress to rise to unhealthy levels at a time when people are also struggling with increased isolation. When you add up the hours spent on the job, commuting and doing additional work at home on our laptops and smartphones, many of us are devoting more hours to work than we ever have. It’s been reported that the average American adult spends in excess of 10 hours per day in front of a screen.

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37% of Managers Don’t Give Positive Feedback – How to Stop Complaining

Leadership Freak

It’s easier to complain than take responsibility to make something better. One morning, not long ago, I set out to NOT complain for a day. That morning at 7:00 a.

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Fusion: How Integrating Brand and Culture Powers the World’s Greatest Companies

Kevin Eikenberry

by Denise Lee Yohn Organizational culture is one of the most talked about and written about topics in leadership literature these days. There is good reason this is true: Peter Drucker’s famous line says it best – “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” But as is often the case, once an important topic becomes trendy, so […]. The post Fusion: How Integrating Brand and Culture Powers the World’s Greatest Companies appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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The Debate: Journey and Destination (like Peanut Butter and Jelly - or Chocolate!)

Jason Womack

Recently, I got a nice email from a student at Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, in Montgomery, AL asking about the balance between the “journey” and the “destination.” In my book Your Best Just Got Better, I quote Lewis.

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Leadership Caffeine™—Nine Essential Behaviors for Emerging Leaders

Management Excellence

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Become an Evidence-based Manager with our CQ Dossiers: Now available as free pdf White Papers

CQ Net - Management skills for everyone!

High quality knowledge is one of the most important assets for managers and professionals nowadays. You and your organization can only be successful when decisions are taken based on a wide range of evidence, including the most recent insights from research and science. This approach is called Evidence-based Management (EBM or EBMgt) and has its origin in the healthcare sector which started some time ago with taking decisions by drawing on evidence rather than opinion.