Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

Yet, without the right culture, organizations cannot succeed short term, nor can they endure. After reading his book Culture Spark , I reached out to talk about his work and his research. “If If you do not keep pace with—or better yet, exceed—your competition in terms of your work culture, you are going to plateau or fall behind.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 21, 2021

Peter Economy is a bestselling business book author with more than 100 books to his credit. We previously spoke to Peter about his book, Wait, I’m the Boss?!? Long story short, some toxic people are a lot easier to identify than others. In the book, I call this person the Malicious One. What do you do?

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Baby steps work just as well as long as you keep to a reasonable timeframe. Whatever you consider the “monkey on your back,” just know that you’re better off in the long run by letting it go and taking some new risks…and don’t even think about looking back! Are you going after the book of business that’s right for you?

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 1, 2016

That night, I presented the marketing strategy that catapulted a regional brand to national leadership in Canada. After buckets of red ink and much soul searching, our young management team came to terms with the fact that Nabob could not survive as a ‘generalist’ against multi-nationals twenty times its size.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 6, 2020

Peter Economy’s book, Wait, I’m the Boss?!? , If you don’t know him, Peter is a bestselling business book author and ghostwriter with more than 100 books to his credit. s “Leadership Guy” because of his many articles on that platform. s “Leadership Guy” because of his many articles on that platform. 4) Support.

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Surviving Leadership

AUGUST 21, 2017

Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 (heretofore known as The Great Comet because that name is just WAY too long) was nominated for 12 Tony Awards (3 more than the big winner Dear Evan Hansen ). And now the show is closing less than a year after it opened because they have no “name” lead and advance sales plummeted.

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

My mission is to help successful leaders achieve positive, long-term, measurable change in behavior: for themselves, their people and their teams. I believe that many leadership coaches are paid for the wrong reasons. Neither of these is a good metric for achieving a positive, long-term change in behavior.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

It is also a function of managers to ensure that employees are happy and motivated so that they contribute positively on a long term basis to the organization. Accommodate Short-Term Needs: You may need to be flexible in order to make temporary accommodations to help the employee through a time of need.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

For example, we might call a long-term customer on the day his annual report is due, and take it personally when he doesn’t have the bandwidth to give us feedback on our new product offering, or we might take rejection personally when a new sales call tells us it’s not a good time, not knowing that he’s late for his anniversary dinner.

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ExactHire - Leadership

JANUARY 17, 2018

However, Angela Duckworth makes the argument that “grit” counts for more than most people tend to believe in her book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. In this blog, I’ll share how concepts from Duckworth’s book can be applied to fostering grit and tenacity in your life and in your organization.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 23, 2013

The project began when I met with Bruce Jones, CEO of Clarkson, and Mary Washington, EVP of Human Resources. True long-term change requires discipline over time and process management. One great misassumption in leadership is: “If they understand, they will do.” Marshall@MarshallGoldsmith.com.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For long-term relationship-building, be sure that your values and those of your clients mesh. Follow some basic ground rules to best focus the time and resources you have: Know what you need. Any professional should have antennae open for business every time you answer the phone, e-mail, or walk out the door.

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

take a team of developers to tour an abattoir, take the human resource team to a museum exhibit on ancient Egypt, or take legal on an outing to a flower show. The benefit of this kind of team activity, is the opening of one’s mind, and shared creative stimulus, which fosters innovation. 4) Knowledge Sharing -.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2015

Given consistent research indicating CEOs’ disappointment with Human Resources, the call for change on the cover of last month’s issue of HBR ( It’s Time to Blow Up HR and Build Something New. For the past twenty years, 30% to 40% of companies have communicated this and we see no rush to openness among the remainder.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Several years ago, in a long New Yorker essay called "The Talent Myth," Malcolm Gladwell launched a withering attack on just this sort of star system. He took aim at a high-profile target, a book by three McKinsey & Company consultants called The War for Talent. Forget such terms as 'ex-employees' and 'former colleagues.'

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Berra was famous for his “Yogi-isms,” but this one contained an essential truth: inchoate strategies and ineffectual leadership generally go hand in hand. and long-term outcomes—will a handful of executives be ready candidates to replace the CEO after a planned exit five years in the future? Talent and the New World of Hiring.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 12, 2011

These are the visionaries who advise management in refining the organizational purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics and contributions toward the company’s long-term growth. Value-added leadership is a healthy way of professional life that puts collaborations first. Value-added leadership requires a senior team commitment.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. It had been a long day at the company’s Birmingham, England, headquarters, and in the early evening the two were going over the evaluations of each of Lance’s direct reports.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Our human resources department takes care of that. Many factors contribute toward long-term success, which is a road filled with ups and downs. Keep communications open and continual. Abilities to think, reason, take risks and feel gut human instincts must all be nurtured. Book value is not guaranteed.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 23, 2016

Chris doesn’t realize it but she’s just placed her fledgling business at a long-term disadvantage. That’s not an employee problem; it is the symptom of a widespread systemic leadership problem. There is a human resources person or HR department. The term “human resources” speaks volumes.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

While keeping at-risk employees healthy is critical, the shorter-term workplace-wellness ROI lies with the chronically ill, who suffer from costly conditions like advanced diabetes, heart conditions, and cancer. Incentives have a place, but they can’t single handedly drive long-term lifestyle change.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

For instance, we often ask mentees to read a book and return within a month to discuss it. A young gun (let’s call him Sam) wanted to join the partner’s team, which was helping a client with a difficult human resources problem. Such misunderstandings are costly, in terms of time and tranquility.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 7, 2015

Absentee leadership. Office doors, once open, are closed. Long payables. ‘End of the month’ is long term. ‘End of the day’ is short term. So here is your 50 Shades of Corporate Decay ‘watch’ list : 1. Lack of vision. High employee turnover. Mounting inventory.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

Important clues are emerging from a unique consortium of human resource executives and other leaders. Beyond traditional hierarchies and contracts, networks and social and external collaborations will make leadership more horizontal, shared, and collective. Human-automation collaboration.

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