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3 Critical Components of a Shared Mental Model

Lead Change Blog

Agreement is needed on goals and how to achieve them. As our situation in the C-Suite continues, the manager of the top performing sales team offered to me on a coffee break how he planned to reward his team when they hit 330% of their sales goal for this quarter. This was the “Ah-Ha” moment.

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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

The new work contract – where employees take responsibility for their own careers and corporations provide them with career-enhancing but impermanent opportunities – can be as difficult for organizations to manage as it is for individuals. We must manage our human assets with the same rigor we devote to our financial assets.

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The Boomers are Leaving! – How to Create and Implement a Knowledge.

Strategy Driven

How to Create and Implement a Knowledge Transfer Program, part 1 Posted by Ken Ball and Gina Gotsill on November 10, 2010 · 2 Comments The clock is ticking: next year, in 2011, the oldest of the 76 million Baby Boomers turn 65. Manager can avoid this by taking some steps now to prepare for the day when key workers leave.

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The Boomers are Leaving! – How to Create and Implement a Knowledge.

Strategy Driven

How to Create and Implement a Knowledge Transfer Program, part 2 Posted by Ken Ball and Gina Gotsill on November 17, 2010 · 2 Comments Now that you’ve looked at your workforce (in The Boomers are Leaving! Manager can avoid this by taking some steps now to prepare for the day when key workers leave.

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How to Navigate a Digital Transformation

Harvard Business Review

Manufacturers invest most of their capital into physical assets, while high-tech firms invest in R&D to create new intellectual capital. These assets are typically overlooked, undervalued, and under-managed. But all assets are not created equal, especially as the technological landscape changes.

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How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line

Harvard Business Review

The government agricultural agency teamed up with NGOs to work with ranchers on sustainable agriculture practices, which focused on no deforestation, more cattle per hectare, reforestation, managing water, biodiversity, soil conservation, reducing waste, and helping to improve the welfare of workers and animals.

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Most Organizations Still Fear Social Media

Harvard Business Review

Most organizations, however, still view social media as a threat to productivity, intellectual capital, security, privacy, management authority, or regulatory compliance. They actively plan how to use it with well-defined purposes. In just a few years, social media has come to dominate many of our personal communications.

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