Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 6, 2018

The fact is, they still share many of the same traits as their older counterparts (First-Wave Millennials)—raised to feel special, high achieving, tech-savvy, but Second-Wavers (born 1995 – 2004) have some distinct differences that are making managers sit up and take notice. Consulting form PwC has a unique approach to this issue.

Leadership 222

Leadership Learning-by-Doing Brand Career 222

Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In contrast, managers who haven’t learned this secret focus on the numbers and frantically swivel their team’s focus back and forth between twenty-seven different measurements – most of which don’t directly affect results. Sarah’s focus on the number ramped up pressure and stress. Sarah didn’t have to say a word.

Metrics 266

Metrics Balanced Scorecard Stress Long-term 266

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 9, 2013

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

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Leadership Development Skills Development Leadership 154

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Guest post from Cornelia Gamlem and Barbara Mitchell: Ask any manager and they’ll agree that people issues are some of the most important ones they face in their day-to-day routine. Elements that define your culture is leadership style, communication, the work environment – formal or informal – and how mistakes are handled.

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Succession Benchmarking Performance Review Handbook 137

The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

I once asked a manager how many people work for his company. As someone in a focus group quipped, “The most dangerous place in this organization is at the exit door around quitting time. The main reason they gave for this big difference was frustration with management practices. ” Leadership is emotional.

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Absenteeism Leadership Participative Workshop 40

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among the many techniques Briceño teaches, the book also offers four tips for helping your team continuously advance their skills, even when it feels like there’s no time to problem solve: Why most managers often misuse praise—and what you should do instead to help your team improve. a focus on what you have mastered to "we don’t know."

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How To Learning-by-Doing Books System 119

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 Focus Group Crisis Definition 132

The Practical Leader

MAY 29, 2019

” That’s a key conclusion of a major study by Harvard Business School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work and the Boston Consulting Group’s Henderson Institute. Find ways to manage chronic uncertainty. “Workers are more adaptive and optimistic about the future than their leaders recognize.”

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Agility Organization Henderson Focus Group 55

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The work of managers and employees has increased in complexity due to globalization, a faster work and life pace, and instability in the world’s economy. Managers, when asked, tell you that employee engagement is a must for the survival of their company. Competent Manager. Competent Manager. By Michael Cardus.

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Metrics Objective System Resources 161

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

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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Company Environment Policies Metrics 98

The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The HR VP outlined a process to feed back the survey results to management and frontline teams across the organization in the coming months. They seemed to be Theory X leaders (employees will take advantage, need to be “snoopervised,” and managed like kids with rules, policies, and punishment). They see it loud and clear.

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Policies Morale Report Survey 59

Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

From management courses to leadership seminars, there is no shortage of opportunities to further your learning, gain new skills or master the ones you already have. When people feel engaged and find purpose in their learning, they’re more likely to want to continue to be a part of the team and buy into the organization’s goals.

Metrics 52

Metrics Training Benchmarking ROI 52

LDRLB

APRIL 13, 2020

Or how about this one: “Undisputed marketplace leadership.” And how are we defining leadership? Well, in a lot of cases it’s not actually the goal of any leader to have a terrible mission statement; it’s the process that they used to write one. ” Undisputed, okay, how are we defining the marketplace?

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Mission Statement Motivation Long-term Customer Loyalty 120

Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

It’s HR’s Job: While HR certainly plays a significant role in the development and management of policies that can help or hurt culture, it’s the responsibility of everyone inside the organization to create and maintain a thriving culture. As time passes, the trend is for companies to decrease their attention and awareness of their goals.

How To 108

How To Middle Management Reputation Short-term 108

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? What kind of leadership experience helped you reach the very top of the corporate ladder? You are now in command of a workforce of over 48,000 employees.

Human Capital 52

Human Capital Human Resources Diversity Education 52

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Internal benchmarking of existing talents based upon determined potential; skilled-knowledge, complexity-management; value of the work. Using this benchmark to determine based upon above what skills and competencies are needed to be successful in identified future management positions. A proposal for the consulting will be sent.

Mentor 114

Mentor Training Process Development 114

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 12, 2012

While preparing for a focus group meeting it came to me NOISE. A method that uses solution-focused language and is able to build upon the teams existing knowledge and goals. Once you are done sorting and clustering into common groups, the team will look for broad categories for each small cluster. Opportunities.

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Strategic Planning SWOT Analysis Planning 158

LDRLB

APRIL 13, 2020

Or how about this one: “Undisputed marketplace leadership.” And how are we defining leadership? Well, in a lot of cases it’s not actually the goal of any leader to have a terrible mission statement; it’s the process that they used to write one. ” Undisputed, okay, how are we defining the marketplace?

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Mission Statement Motivation Long-term Customer Loyalty 78

Next Level Blog

JULY 23, 2010

Thats Not Leadership. 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. I have the feeling that the disaster in the Gulf will be fodder for leadership case studies for years to come.

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Executive Coaching Open-book Blog Report 167

Tony Mayo

MARCH 10, 2010

I hope your salespeople and customer service reps are gleaning more from customer interactions than orders–and are sharing that intelligence with management. A focus group is not a survey. There are many ways to do this. You may also have a blog open to comments. Action makes the difference. Begin and end on time.

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Mayo Execution Executive Coaching How To 158

Strategy Driven

JULY 28, 2019

Conduct focus groups, one on one’s, and surveys to get a strong grip on the current state of your business culture. Harris is Associate Vice-President and Country Manager for Allergan PLC in Brazil. It’s often the reason behind why people choose to stay with your company over jumping ship to a competitor. About the Author.

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Agility P&L Intangible Assets Team 62

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. And yet black women’s advancement into leadership roles has remained stagnant , even as the number of them in professional and managerial roles has increased. How did (or didn’t) managers play a role? What made their ascent possible?

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Management Tacit Knowledge Diversity Leadership Pipeline 13

Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 24, 2021

We’ve both heard these words and so has nearly every manager we’ve ever worked with. The first type is a decision about goals. can take many forms, but it’s always about your group’s goal, destination, or outcome. What competencies should we focus on? Typically, this would be the manager or someone she appoints.

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Consensus Efficiency Training Policies 619

The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Many leadership teams seem to think that talking about agility will magically transform their organizations. A department, division, or organization’s culture ripples out from its leadership team. Organizational behavior reflects leadership team behavior. Leadership Team Planning ( click for typical agenda).

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Agility Team Leadership Storytelling 110

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2013

In 1973, Peter Drucker stated in his book Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices, "Management is not culture-free, that is, part of the world of nature. Yet, here we are in 2013 with organizational leadership models that continue to deny the social nature of organizations and wallow in inertia. It is a social function.

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CIO Leadership Drucker Telecommunications 9

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. Why these programs work.

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Development Participative Conference Innovation 12

HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

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. In fact, we are more than 90% of the way to our 2025 emissions reduction goal. How are you planning to manage these challenges? We approach new and existing processes at C.H.

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Supply Chain Human Resources Diversity Transportation 109

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. Network members readily participated in focus groups and collaborated with Gilbert’s group to develop new programs and store designs.

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Gilbert Participative Cooper Network Economy 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

They modify their appearance, body language, and communication style — all components of executive presence (EP), that intangible element that defines leadership material. ” When Latinos repress who they are in order to rise into management, incoming or up-and-coming Latino talent is motivated to look elsewhere for employment.

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EPS Banking Diversity Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

This more flexible teamwork (in contrast to stable teams) is on the rise in many industries because the work – be it patient care, product development, customized software, or strategic decision-making – increasingly presents complicated interdependencies that have to be managed on the fly. The leader’s task is to model these behaviors.

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Team Uncertainty Health Care Teamwork 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

In our view, Brian’s work is an excellent demonstration of strategic leadership. But Brian’s accomplishment challenges conventional definitions of strategic leadership. Also, all of his work was done outside the boundaries of strategic management practices within the organization.

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Strategy Power Idea Generation Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Worse yet, they’ll sometimes hire different vendors to address different issues – lifestyle coaches, employee assistance counselors, case and disease management vendors, nurse lines, occupational health and safety experts, workers’ compensation specialists, disability managers, organizational development consultants, you name it.

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Planning Incentives ROI Long-term 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2013

Rather than discussing the taste of the food, I asked about his desired legacy and the Big Picture goals of the organization. ’ I commissioned focus groups. To test the premise, I staged a focus group dinner meeting at a prominent inner-city church, eliciting ideas and insights. Its CEO (John Y.

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Franchising Budgeting Pryor Consultative 60

Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2014

Conduct focus groups. Interpret the results to management in terms that are easy to understand and support. Provide management with information that justifies their confidence. Maintain community files. Organize an ongoing feedback system. Plan how to best reach each public… which avenues will be the most expedient.

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Franchising Marketing Strategy Strategic Planning 69

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 12, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Mentor Mission Statement Tips Learning-by-Doing 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Here’s how we managed that transition at SAS. Our goal was to uncover the right mix of messages and channels to better align and create increasingly refined customer segments. First, we had to clean the data and get it into manageable and usable data stores. Insight Center. Measuring Marketing Insights.

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Company Content Information Software 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Soon after arriving at PBS, I called the digital team into a conference room and announced we were ripping up everyone’s annual performance goals and adding a new metric. Executive leadership has your back. The product manager? Properly managed, it’s a healthy tension. Iterate fast. Be entrepreneurial.

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Team Metrics KPI Rogers 13