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Culture Counts

Leading Blog

I was struck not only by their disciplined approach but also by their freedom to discover, develop and design within broad operating parameters—conditions I did not typically associate with large, for-profit corporations. He is the author of numerous publications in the field of leadership, organizational behavior and management.

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What Are The Shared Values In Your Organization?

The Idolbuster

True values are what drive actual behavior, and they can be positive or negative. I find the McKinsey 7S framework particularly relevant model for organizational behavior. The company had become large enough that the ad-hoc decision making was no longer effective, and product development was impeded by political infighting.

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Meet My Next Group of Coaches!

Marshall Goldsmith

Peter Bregman – Wall Street Journal bestselling author 1 8 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction , personal productivity expert. Jasmin Thomson – Head of Leadership Development at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, organizational and effectiveness consultant, facilitator, and coach, PhD organizational behavior.

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October Leadership Development Carnival: Autumn Fun Edition

Persuasive Powerhouse

Tanveer Naseer helps leaders’ to protect their blind side with tips on how to ease someone back into the team after an absence in Helping Employees Regain Their Productivity After A Prolonged Absence. Simmons - Positive Organizational Behavior : October 3, 2010 at 4:47 pm [.] Lessons from Gilbert and Sullivan.

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Top 30 Leadership Blogs 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I did notice two missing blogs: Positive Organizational Behavior at [link]. I'm not sure Godin's work classifies as leadership…though I do read it every day, it's more for marketing tips and deep thoughts. And LeaderLab at [link]. link] Dan McCarthy Mike – Thanks, I'm honored!

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MBAs Should Take Competency Tests

Harvard Business Review

The situation is somewhat like the one American industrial companies faced in the 1970s and '80s when product quality slipped but was covered up by marketing and moving up-market. Adding to the problem is the perverse, mutually reinforcing dynamic of students seeking high grades and professors wanting better teaching evaluations.

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Your Strategy Should Be a Hypothesis You Constantly Adjust

Harvard Business Review

One of us (Paul) is a strategy scholar and economist; the other (Amy) studies organizational behavior and operations management. This, he says, undoubtedly contributed to VW’s ignoring evidence that the claim that the diesel technology could comply with environmental regulations was too good to be true.