leaderCommunicator

MAY 27, 2020

Even in just two months, our team at The Grossman Group has learned a lot by listening to leaders and employers, surveying employees and conducting focus groups to really understand how various audiences are thinking about the workplace going forward.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Over the last few months, the organization has done its due diligence—conducting focus groups and surveys; studying program participation; reviewing revenue, expenses, and donor history; checking out its competitors and assessing its differentiators; doing [.]

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Denied care The researchers conducted focus groups with a representative sample of physicians. The groups revealed that there was a clear bias towards people with disabilities, with a significant number of physicians saying that they had made a strategic choice to deny people with disabilities access to care.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 24, 2021

And then, someone else starts talking about the need for focus groups. The team starts out talking about whether to change up schedules and then suddenly the conversation shifts to which training partner to use. The discussion is confused, perplexing, and wastes time because the question isn’t clear.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 8, 2017

I’ve heard these words so frequently, in focus groups, in one-on-ones, and even behind closed doors with seasoned managers. ” “I don’t know why we even try! We make a decision and by the time we get back together, no one has done anything we agreed to.” ” Sound familiar?

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 8, 2021

Run surveys and do focus groups and one-on-one interviews to get quantitative and qualitative data on the virtual work issues in your organization. A Strategic Approach to Defeating Work-From-Home Burnout and Zoom Fatigue. Develop metrics and determine a baseline.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 19, 2023

Nine participants took part in the study by completing surveys and participating in a video-conferenced focus group. They partnered with La Trobe University to test the program on recently recruited staff as part of their onboarding process. “It gives a much, much deeper understanding,” said another.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2017

I’ve worked with companies where the employees tell me the unspoken rule… “Never ever bring up the the truth in a focus group.” Nothing crushes morale faster than feeling you don’t have a voice.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

I’ve been in enough focus groups across enough companies to tell you–when you promote the jerk, people assume it’s the jerk behavior that sealed the deal. Another shoulder shrug, and there you are defending his obnoxious moves, helping him to move on and get out of your hair. Everyone’s Taking Notes.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 11, 2021

Ask your team, a focus group , and even ask people online via a social media poll. Ask for opinions. When stuck between a few designs for a product or looking to create the final design – be sure to ask for opinions before you go ahead.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Run focus groups using a cross-section of people in your organization. Periodically, do group assessments of your meeting effectiveness. Get an assessment from external consultants based on some combination of surveys, reviews, focus groups, and customer feedback.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 17, 2023

Organizations can utilize employee surveys, focus groups, and feedback mechanisms to gather valuable insights from both in-office and remote team members. Gathering Team Engagement Insights: Understanding the needs and preferences of team members is crucial in building an inclusive and successful workplace.

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leaderCommunicator

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It’s an informal focus group of sorts, where employees will periodically revisit the question and ideas, leading to great collaboration in real time (and without meeting!). Have something you want to get your employees’ input on? Post a question on a flip chart in your department or office, provide Post-its, and watch the ideas grow.

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The Practical Leader

JANUARY 20, 2021

Run focus groups using a cross-section of people in your organization. Periodically do group assessments of your meeting effectiveness. Get an assessment from external consultants based on some combination of surveys, reviews, focus groups, and customer feedback.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 3, 2022

They followed this up with focus groups involving owners and managers from the SMEs as well as customers, suppliers, and policymakers from each country. .” The researchers gathered data from approximately 100 SMEs from Spain, France, Greece, and the UK, to understand their current involvement with the circular economy.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 26, 2021

Often follow-up will be needed to any quantitative data collection, such as a focus group or confidential interviews, to understand the reasons for the resistance. Baseline and follow-up surveys, along with well-timed pulse surveys, facilitate the collection of information about where resistance is occurring.

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HR Digest

APRIL 12, 2023

This can involve regular employee surveys, focus groups, and town hall meetings, as well as opportunities for employees to contribute to decision-making and problem-solving processes. One way to foster a culture of engagement is to prioritize employee feedback and participation.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 28, 2021

These include external coaches, reverse performance appraisals, facilitated focus groups, meeting reflections, project reviews, external assessments, informal networking, and so on. There are many ways you can get feedback on your personal, team, or organizational effectiveness without formal surveys.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2023

Regularly gather feedback through surveys, focus groups, and social media monitoring to identify areas where your business can improve and better serve your customers. Analyzing customer feedback: Paying attention to your customers’ opinions and feedback is crucial for understanding their needs.

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The Practical Leader

JULY 26, 2023

Focus groups (cross-section of people in your team/organization) run by a neutral facilitator who prepares a report summarizing the feedback. Assessment from expert external consultants based on some combination of surveys, documentation/process review, focus groups, customer feedback, and/or confidential interviews.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 20, 2020

They each completed a questionnaire, followed by a focus group discussion. A thematic analysis of the transcripts from the focus groups and a descriptive analysis of the questionnaire results were performed. Dovetail was tested on 23 patients and 13 staff at a GP practice, all of whom have diabetes.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 31, 2023

Join a focus group The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is in the process of reviewing and updating their Pregnancy, Adoption and Maternity guide for employers. If you would like to join a virtual focus group on 7 June from 11am–12pm, contact Ariana Carrano.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

When I met with Sarah’s team later in the day for a focus group and asked what success looked like, they told her, “Ninety-four.” Sarah’s focus on the number ramped up pressure and stress. We’ve got to get to 94 by the end of the day.” What are you planning as your key message?” Sarah looked at me as if I was crazy.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

JUNE 17, 2021

Our reader poll today asks: How well do you maintain long-term professional relationships with those in your network?

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 22, 2023

However, it is noteworthy that the customers might not always know or explain in focus-group interviews or surveys what they need. Many entrepreneurs make the mistake of focusing too much on product features instead of considering whether these features offer any real utility to the customer.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

Thus, the transpersonal leader can set the ‘future-focused’ group up with the autonomy to use their fully conscious decision-making processes to create a myriad of ‘what if’ options. From this diverse and open thinking comes an agility to take the best actions, as areas of clarity emerge.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 9, 2020

After two years of research, forty focus groups and a national survey, author Sylvia Ann Hewlett contends the three pillars of Executive Presence are: How you act ( gravitas ) How you speak (communication ) How you look ( appearance ) All three work together to help you telegraph (signal) to others that you have what it takes and that you're star material. (..)

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 28, 2020

After conducting focus group discussions and assessments of current supervisors, we were able to identify eight core skills needed for the supervisory role compared to their former roles, along with some relevant knowledge. This HR Director then brought in Disaster Avoidance Experts to consult on creating the program.

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Leadership Skills Leadership Development Training 211

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 21, 2021

After two years of research, forty focus groups and a national survey, author Sylvia Ann Hewlett contends the three pillars of Executive Presence are: How you act ( gravitas ) How you speak (communication ) How you look ( appearance ) All three work together to help you telegraph (signal) to others that you have what it takes and that you're star material. (..)

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Execution Charisma Emotional Intelligence Mentor 65

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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Human Resources Leadership Focus Group Crisis 132

The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Bring customers into your company offices and plants for visits, joint problem-solving and planning sessions, celebrations, focus groups, conferences, barbecues, presentations, and the like. Here are some approaches to consider: Ensure the “voice of the market” pervades every corner of your organization.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 18, 2016

Mike Muhney, CEO, VIPorbit But in the end, for something this complicated, it’s really hard to design products by focus groups. I’m going to start a company so I can have what I need. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.

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CEO Blog

JULY 23, 2018

4 - Customer feedback and focus groups. Customers have the expectation of perfect products. Satisfaction has to do with expectations. Listen to what they say online. If they are unhappy, there is validity to it. There is nothing like speaking to a real user of your product to get the straight goods about what you sell.

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Mike Cardus

MAY 24, 2011

Executive Coaching and peer coaching groups were established to highlight and sharpen existing great behaviors and actions. Set-up plus facilitation of monthly internal customer focus group meetings. Using the focus group for targeted and necessary areas of success and improvement. Resolution.

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Case Study Leadership 360-Degree Feedback Execution 116

Strategy Driven

JUNE 16, 2017

Make time for focus groups. A simple way to ensure that your new product, its packaging, and various marketing materials will appeal to your target audience is to hold focus groups.

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Productivity Products Focus Group Audience 52

HR Digest

APRIL 13, 2023

This can involve conducting surveys and focus groups to gather feedback from employees about their benefit preferences, as well as monitoring trends in the industry to identify emerging benefit offerings and ensure that pay equity is prioritized.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 28, 2015

I ask this question every time I go into a focus group. Start here with these 7 strategic questions, that won’t get you fired. 7 Strategic Questions Your Team Should Be Able to Answer. Why do we do what we do– note “to make money” is not the only answer. Dig deeper.​. Start here. Talk amongst yourselves.

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