Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

When you own and operate a business you need to have certain procedures for an efficient and seamless function. Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. An inefficient operation results in unproductive activities which often miss the point and worse yet, result in wasted time and wasted resources.

Succession 50

Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

I conducted independent performance reviews of many. I served on boards of directors, search committees, awards panels, review boards and task forces for many. Non-profit organizations operating more business-like. Sharing talents and skills. Innovating programs, strategies and methodologies. Helping others.

Strategic Planning 50

Strategic Planning Planning Ethics Learning-by-Doing 50

ExactHire - Leadership

MAY 12, 2017

You Must Treat Hyper Performers Differently. As an individual charged with human resources, talent management and/or business operations in your organization, you understand the necessity to value, engage and respect all employees…both from a legal and company culture-enriching standpoint. 2 – Conduct stay interviews.

Tips 59

Tips Human Resources Motivation Long-term 59

CO2

AUGUST 1, 2010

“Just Ask” leadership Business schools don’t teach courses on question asking, so leaders typically don’t study and analyze questions the way they would a quarterly report or a performance review. The devaluing of questions can be attributed, in large part, to our educational system. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

Management 79

Management Executive Coaching Leadership Strategic Planning 79

Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

It is still common for most managers to refer to people skills as “soft skills,” because they aren’t specifically about the business of the organization. The perception is that getting along with people is nice, but “nice-to-have” — secondary to the operation of the business. One key area of leadership skill involves coaching.

Skills 104

Skills Construction Goleman Emotional Intelligence 104

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

Over the last decade, HR at IBM took a number of steps to help drive operational improvement: Delivered the new skills IBM needed at the front lines. In growth markets like Kenya and Malaysia, people needed to develop marketing and innovation skills. HR reinvented the way it trained and developed talent.

Globalization 15

Globalization Human Resources Diversity Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

Given the enormous cultural diversity within many countries' own borders, taking a more deliberate approach to sourcing and developing talent across socioeconomic class, religion, academic field, and other backgrounds could be highly productive in driving product and service innovation.

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage Leadership Telecommunications Talent Management 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

CEOs should actively manage five specific tensions in today’s complex global business environment: Disruptive innovation versus leveraging the company’s core strengths. implement frequent, rapid, project-specific evaluations instead of annual performance reviews).

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2017

This becomes more likely as the organization takes on strategic risk — through innovation, mergers and acquisitions, or because its environment is becoming more volatile. Their operating environment changes in a way they don’t recognize, or they take on a project that they believe is within their capability but isn’t.

Company 8

Company CEO Finance System 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Leaders who operate from a platform of good manners and civility know that: Everyone likes to feel acknowledged and important I started my work life in the mailroom of a bank. It is my contention, though, that civility has just about everything to do with creating workplaces in which people can do their best work and businesses can thrive.

Blog 79

Blog Politics Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 79

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Our research into over 20,000 workers of all skill levels across U.S. industries, and a review of hundreds of academic studies on the psychology of human performance, shows that most leaders and organizations tend to focus on just one type of performance. Every high performer needs both.

Organization 12

Organization Tactics Call Center Metrics 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

Worse, most managers operate under four misconceptions regarding career advancement. Confidence that you'll get the feedback you need from your boss in your annual performance review. First, most annual reviews focus on performance in your current job, not what you need to do to advance.

Positioning 15

Positioning Career Execution Project 15

The Practical Leader

AUGUST 27, 2012

Now there’s hard evidence for “soft” skills ! ” For weary leaders feeling beat up by engagement surveys, performance reviews, 360 and other feedback tools highlighting their deficiencies and suffering change fatigue, this book couldn’t come at a better time.

Review 45

Review How To Succession Leadership 45

The Practical Leader

AUGUST 27, 2012

Now there’s hard evidence for “soft” skills ! ” For weary leaders feeling beat up by engagement surveys, performance reviews, 360 and other feedback tools highlighting their deficiencies and suffering change fatigue, this book couldn’t come at a better time.

Review 45

Review How To Succession Leadership 45

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Yet there’s compelling evidence that bureaucracy creates a significant drag on productivity and organizational resilience and innovation. Operating decisions are almost entirely decentralized. A myriad of studies have documented the time lost to low-value management processes, from budgeting to the performance review.

Cost 8

Cost Bureaucracy GDP Management 8

HR Digest

OCTOBER 26, 2023

It’s because, in the workplace, communication skills season the atmosphere for every single person who works there. Yet, there are often breakdowns in the communication chain due to language barriers, discriminatory or depreciative talk, partial information provisions, poor communication skills, communication of non-essential details, etc.

Tips 59

Tips Active Listening Skills Diversity 59

You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 29, 2009

There are many advantages to democratic workplaces, not the least of which are that they appear to be magnets for skilled, talented and diverse pools of people. Let’s face it; some will even consider the addition of a suggestion box to be a progressive step toward being able to say they operate on a democratic basis.

System 43

System Blog Diversity Operations 43