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Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm on… Recognition, Appreciation, and Celebration

The Practical Leader

Celebration, to the extent that it contributes to the quality of work life, may help explain why both of these companies achieve extraordinary productivity when compared with their peers.” In fact, when recognition is specific and deliberately delivered, it is even more motivating than money.”

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Keeping Your People Engaged in Tough Times

Marshall Goldsmith

Heskett and W. Here's his take: Joe: Managers across the country are facing tough decisions as they try to manage their cost base against diminishing demand. In some cases, it interferes with quality and productivity. Earl Sasser, Jr. I asked him for his perspective on this question.

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How to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth

Skip Prichard

James Heskett and John Kotter found that organizations with strong corporate cultures realized over eleven years revenue growth of 682 percent, employment growth of 282 percent and stock price growth of 901 percent. A positive culture will improve the quality of your employees’ work, which further supports your reputation and brand image.

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Links for Digging Deeper Into “Leading a Peak Performance Culture”

The Practical Leader

You might want to view (or review) the session on your own or share it with your management team and/or improvement professionals concerned with leadership and culture development. Review of The Culture Cycle (James Heskett) and key frameworks from it. To keep interaction manageable, spots in this webinar are very limited.

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