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Navigating the Path: What Does a Chief People Officer Really Do?

N2Growth Blog

By prioritizing compliance with employment laws and regulations, the CPO creates a legal and ethical framework that safeguards the rights and well-being of employees while mitigating potential legal risks for the organization. These reviews are conducted through surveys, focus groups, or one-on-one interviews.

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

HR Digest

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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Is Your Leadership Creating an Energy Crisis?

The Practical Leader

” These are a bit extreme, but we’ve heard variations of these thoughts over the years in focus groups to survey a Client’s organizational culture. One morning, I asked a group of very quiet participants a series of questions about their organization’s climate and leadership effectiveness.

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Don’t Be a Leader of Stupid Rules

Lead Change Blog

If your customers’ experiences with your “parking lot” were a picture of your whole service system, what would it tell them about what you value and your top priorities? Now, focus the service garbage detection spotlight on every other process in search of stupid rules. Start with your customers’ first encounter.

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5 Signs Your Organization Might Be Headed for an Ethics Scandal

Harvard Business Review

Corporations often approach ethics as an individual problem, designing oversight systems to identify the “bad apples” before they can turn the organization into a “rotten barrel.” They replicate despite changes in leadership and in management systems. Vince Streano/Getty Images.

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X or Y: Are You Patronizing or Partnering?

The Practical Leader

” 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. Collaboratively aligns systems, structures, and processes to serve the servers and strengthen teamwork.

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How to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth

Skip Prichard

They want to work for a company that serves as a role model for ethical and values-centered behavior. You developed a five-step system for culture change. Interview relevant personnel; hold focus groups and conduct employee surveys. It all boils down to how you treat people. Authenticity matters a great deal.

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