People Management
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Holding employees accountable: where most leaders fail
Accountability is key to achieving business results, and yet many business leaders fail to hold employees accountable. Here’s how to get it right.
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People Management
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What makes a good consultant? 156 surveyed CEOs reveal the answers
We conducted a survey of 156 CEOs, presidents, and chairpeople as part of our What CEOs Really Want From Consultants Report. Here are four findings.
Company Culture
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The secret weapon top CEOs use to solve business problems
Business problem solving is par for the course when you’re a CEO. Discover the discipline top CEOs use to solve their biggest challenges.
People Management
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Why HR shouldn’t freeze career paths
Career paths are a long-term investment in human capital. They engage and motivate your employees. Here’s what happens when they’re frozen.
People Management
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Aligning employees to business strategy
Aligning employees to business strategy is a critical component of talent optimization. Are your employees aligned? Read our blog to find out.
People Management
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Not a good fit termination: Steps to follow
Occasionally, employees don’t fit your culture. Here, some leadership experts share their perspectives and advice on how to deal with these employees.
People Management
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How to identify engaged employees: Key habits and characteristics to look for
Employee engagement is a critical component of talent optimization. Are your employees showing these six signs of highly engaged employees?
People Management
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Cutting edge human resources: trends in talent optimization
Talent optimization is the future of work. Science, technology, analytics, and research will all help you leverage your people. Check out these resources.
People Management
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First time manager tips: how to survive the role
Congratulations! You’ve earned a manager title. Your role is about to get a whole lot different. Here’s a quick survival guide.
People Management
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How great leaders inspire followership
There is an interesting leadership conundrum that’s common in business settings: informal leaders often have many loyal followers while formal leaders may have few—maybe none! Why? Because leadership isn’t something that can be simply bestowed upon someone by an organization. It’s something that is earned. “The language used for effective followership is ‘exemplary followership,’ coined…
Hiring
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20 management skills for talent optimizers
As a talent optimizer, you need to master diverse leadership and management skills. You might be naturally adept at some of the following skills—but developing competency in others will force you to stretch beyond your comfort level to close gaps. While it won’t be easy, doing that important work will set you up to be…
People Management
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What is talent optimization?
Take a good hard look at your company. Is it performing at its absolute best? If you’re like most leaders, you struggle to overcome common business challenges like turnover, employee disengagement, a changing market, bad hires (the list goes on and on). In spite of your best efforts and your best intentions, you can’t quite…
People Management
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How to motivate frontline employees
Just because you ask cashiers to collect email addresses from customers doesn’t mean they will. They might not cross-sell products like you ask them to either, or even embody your brand promise of customer service. Motivating your frontline employees— i.e. cashiers and customer service reps—to support your business goals can be a struggle. You might consider…
People Management
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Best books for leaders to kick-start 2019
Luke Thomas is the head of growth at getAbstract, which finds and rates the top business books, articles, and video talks then summarizes them into 10-minute abstracts. Today, the company is the world’s leading provider of compressed knowledge for organizations of all sizes. A new year has begun and many of you are working hard at…
People Management
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A conversation about people management with Jeff Haden
Author and LinkedIn thought leader Jeff Haden talks about people management, millennial managers, and even “chug points.”