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The Secret to Transformation Success: Let Go!

Lior Arussy, CEO, Strativity Organizations and executives crave predictability and consistency. Bearing the burden of accountability to stockholders and stakeholders, CEOs seek complete visibility to their companies’ operation, performance, and results. This obsession with consistency and predictability is what often keeps organizations from adapting more quickly to the changing environments in the market and to evolving […]

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Five Ways to Encourage Discretionary Effort

Management

Years ago, I worked for a boss who would have told you how much he admired, encouraged, and inspired discretionary effort. And he would have been wrong on all counts. However, he would have also told you that he went to great lengths to hire highly motivated people who would ensure his success as a

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Why Can’t Organizations Attract and Retain Talent?

Management

Nancy O’Keefe, Author, Fighting The Talent Battle: How To Update Your Arsenal and Win the War Finding great employees is a top problem organizations struggle with today. It is getting more and more difficult to attract, motivate and retain employees with the skills that are needed in a fast-changing business and technological world. Business leaders should

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Having Difficult Conversations Isn't Easy

4 Mistakes CEO’s Make in Difficult Conversations

Leadership, Management

One of the most important things a CEO must do is have skillful difficult conversations – holding people accountable, rolling out change people don’t like, pushing back with the board, and for those of you with teenagers, telling them “no” to something they really, REALLY, want. I’ve trained and coached many CEO’s, and these are

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The People Edge — Creative, Innovative, Diverse Teams

Management

Susan Solovic, Author, The One Percent Edge: Small Changes That Guarantee Relevance and Build Sustainable Success “Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere as long as the policy you’ve decided upon is being carried out.” —Ronald Reagan Many people believe Ronald Reagan was a great president. Whether you

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Business Lessons Learned from Preparing for the World Marathon Challenge

Leadership, Self Governance

Jonathan Terrell, Founder & President, KCIC On February 5, 2018, I became one of a small number of people from around the globe to complete the World Marathon Challenge — seven marathons, in seven days, on all seven continents. It was a grueling experience, but I was successful because I applied several lessons I’ve learned since

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3 Strategies to Connect as a Leader

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Small Business, Strategy

Clark, my client, stopped by our office unexpected: “I have good news and bad news. The good news first. . . . A couple of partners and I just bought a small telecom—a spinoff of the division I managed before we all got laid off.” “Sounds like great news,” I said. “Maybe. If we can

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Seven Secrets for Developing Evergreen Customers

Management, Sales

In botany, we learned that an evergreen plant has leaves that stay green throughout the year. Unlike deciduous plants, which lose their foliage during the winter or dry season, the foliage of evergreen plants remains constant. Like their botanical counterparts, successful companies take an evergreen approach to their client relationships, too. Conventional wisdom, which is

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Who Will Change the World: How CEOs can effectively work with employees in globalized markets?

Leadership

Mostafa Sayyadi, Author, Transformational Leadership: How To Prosper as a Leader In Today’s Hypercompetitive Environment “A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.” — Nelson Mandela The business environment is constantly changing as organizations

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5 Ways You Can Stop Workplace Harassment Before It Begins

Management

David Hassell, Co-founder & CEO, 15Five With new sexual harassment scandals being uncovered almost every day, it seems an uncomfortable workplace has become the norm. A 2016 study by the US Equal Opportunity Commission found that between 25% to 85% of American women reported having experienced sexual harassment in the workplace. If there’s an even more

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