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Giving Away Your Gifts

Persuasive Powerhouse

The thankyou doesn’t cost the company anything and consider the benefits in productivity and loyalty! Another reason why managers need to make the effort; what organization couldn’t benefit from having people work harder because they feel appreciated? When I have been thanked in the past I am so ready to work harder.

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Is Your Heart the Boss of You? | Aspire-CS

Persuasive Powerhouse

The manager let that person go due to business reasons. I was challenged to take a higher, more difficult path to achieving longer-lasting loyalty and deeper relationships with those who followed me closest. My other point was that a person works in a place for a long time whole heartedly.

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Ten little “ings” that improve your leadership

Persuasive Powerhouse

Leaders will know they are being inspiring not because they follow a specific list of behaviours, but because their actions compel those under their care to follow their lead, if not garnering their loyalty when things get tough. Sharon Eden : November 21, 2010 at 11:27 am Great post Mary Jo… I would add rejoicing and celebrating.

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Navigating the Transition from Friend to Boss

Harvard Business Review

Research from Gallup has shown that people who have best friends at work are more engaged, and that their organizations show higher profitability and customer loyalty than those in which close friendships between colleagues are less common. Leadership transitions Managing people' In short, they have bigger problems to tackle.

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People Are the Puck

Harvard Business Review

Whether developing a new venture, managing an internal corporate innovation initiative, or working to develop globally successful product and service designs (my profession), nothing is more important than understanding what people need and desire in context of what the competition is providing.