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In 1974, Mel Brooks directed the blockbuster comedy, Young Frankenstein. In the movie, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein learns he has inherited his infamous grandfather’s estate in Transylvania, along with his manuals and lab notes. After initially resisting any connection to his grandfather, Frederick becomes fascinated by the idea of creating his own monster after he discovers […]
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Tim Cole, Founder & CEO, The Compass Alliance “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sail.” ~ William Arthur Ward An intriguing factor continues to challenge many organizations and indications are strong that the crisis will not subside in the near term. That challenge – the continued disenfranchisement
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Linda Adams, Abby Curnow-Chavez, Audrey Epstein and Rebecca Teasdale For executives, directors, and anyone who leads a team, we have good news and bad news. The good news is that no matter how dysfunctional your team is today, there is hope. Any team can become an extraordinary team. And the bad news? If your team
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Keith, CEO of a Fortune 500 financial organization, called with an intriguing project—one I’ve never been asked to repeat elsewhere, but one with fascinating results. The Project The CEO wanted to know how much I could discover about a person’s leadership style from their writing. “I don’t know; I’ve never had occasion to test my
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Trevor Throness, Author, The Power Of People Skills: How to Eliminate 90% of Your HR Problems and Dramatically Increase Team and Company Morale and Performance My adolescent/young adult years were spent working in farming and construction. I can’t say that I ever noticed any reticence by bosses in these industries to confront underperformance. Quite the opposite in fact. Immediate,
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Doug Sharp, President, Americas Corporate Solutions, JLL Three Ways to Improve Employee Engagement and Productivity Do your employees feel inspired to show up and give their best, or are they sending an S.O.S.? Mounting evidence demonstrates the real financial impact that employee engagement has on companies. Gallup research indicates that highly engaged business units experienced
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We most often use the term “one hit wonder” to describe music performers who have had a single success. Sometimes these one-hit wonders produced novelty songs such as Jeannie C. Riley’s 1968 number-one hit “Harper Valley PTA.” In spite of the song gracing the charts in the 60s, hardly anyone today would admit to thinking
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Dean Niewolny, CEO, Halftime Institute Helping Your People Finish Well The first few waves of Baby Boomers have left the building, and they have taken their decades of experience, their strong relationships and their cool heads with them. Soon, the GenXers will head for whatever is next for them as well. How will this outflow of
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Ruth Saunders, Author, Marketing in the Boardroom: Winning the Hearts and Minds of the Board Introduction An unfortunate but familiar scenario frequently plays out. A team comes up with a breakthrough idea that could not only drive short term growth but also ensure long-term financial stability. But once in the boardroom it all falls apart, with
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There are many factors that go into the gender pay gap and the lack of gender diversity in senior leadership teams of most major organizations. While there are many cultural, historical and structural reasons for this, the idea of limiting beliefs is one that Michelle Thomas, the Global Leader of Inclusion and Diversity at MARS,
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