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Are You Asking Too Much From Your Competency Model?

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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“Go Little, or Go Home!” Give up your gut and start leveraging “little data” for hiring

Michael Simpson, CEO of Pairin At 25 years old, six months into my first time of leading a company, my mentor asked me why I was so stressed. I said, “We are doing a good job of understanding our customers and competition, and we’re providing good service. If I didn’t have staff problems, I would have

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The Care and Feeding of Exceptional Performers - The CEO Magazine

The Care and Feeding of Exceptional Performers

Ordinary just won’t work anymore. Organizations will increasingly depend on cutting-edge solutions to never-before-seen problems and clever ideas for those recurring headaches that have always plagued us. Research indicates that a handful of star performers create the vast majority of valuable ideas for their organizations.   Resellers are fucking trash. I miss being able to

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