The people part of business operations.
Leaders aim to make their mark on business operations, imprint their philosophies on their staff, leave their legacy on the organization. They hope the team will remember their leadership as unique, profitable, and pleasant. Understandable goals. But all too often, new leaders start out with similar clichés and concepts—lines that set their staff members up […]
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David Zimmerman, CEO, LC Technology International A recent headline about the exposure of voter records by a contractor working with the Republican National Committee (RNC) turned heads due to the size of the breach (nearly 200 million potential voters) and how such information was stored in an unsecured cloud account. The records could be browsed without
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Chris Schafer & Brent Carter, Authors, Intrepid Professionals: How Principles from the Military Mindset Build Extraordinary Leaders, Teams, and Businesses In a world where adaptation to chaos is a consistent requirement, leaders need an intrepid mindset – a mode of seeing, thinking, and acting that is hyper-vigilant. There are few challenging areas that need intrepid mindsets
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Hector Castillo, Founder & CEO, Noysi “I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy, but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.” – Plato. Music permeates my earliest memories and has always been the unique lense through which I view the world. From the age of
Research at the Harvard Business School has shown that Emotional Intelligence (EQ) – the ability to manage our own emotions and connect to the emotions of others – counts for twice as much as IQ and technical skills combined in determining who will be successful in their career and in life. This is true if
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Larry Sternberg and Kim Turnage, Authors, Managing To Make A Difference: How To Engage, Retain & Develop Talent For Maximum Performance For very good reasons, numerous organizations have implemented a competency model as an important component of their executive development program. That sort of investment in people improves retention and engagement, and it increases a person’s capacity
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Justin Gwin, Risk Advisory Services Manager, Kaufman Rossin Many recent high-profile scandals, such as those at Toshiba, Volkswagen, FIFA, and Wells Fargo, have shown the adverse effect of having a poor corporate culture. Toshiba’s $1.2 billion profit inflation scandal, which occurred over seven years and came to light last summer, was called “the most damaging event for
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Aviv Shahar, President, Aviv Consulting What if I told you that 60% of all strategic breakthroughs are lost? Conservative estimates suggest that people in upper management spend as much as 50% of their day in meetings, and nationally there are upwards of 25 million meetings every day in the U.S. But for all the action items,
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Paul A. Dillon, Owner, Dillon Consulting Services LLC This is not a typical business article. I’m not really going to tell you directly that you should be doing the “right thing” in business because it is good for customer relationships, or good for business in the global marketplace, in general—or, even that it will keep
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CEOs typically have their minds made up about most things—social issues, business decisions, social issues. Just ask them. Very few individuals will eagerly invite you to persuade them to take on a new perspective. So if you’re going to get someone to change their behavior, actions, or opinion, you need to do it purposeful. Then
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