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Leader development: what’s the return on your investment?

Leader development: what’s the return on your investment?

Here's the scene: a group of executives is in a conference room debating how to best develop their multi-generational workforce. Over the past two years, this mid-level market company has struggled to train and retain its top talent because its programs continue to...

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Grow your own: the benefits of promoting from within

Grow your own: the benefits of promoting from within

Today, more than ever, companies are working feverishly to hire and retain talented employees. There is not an industry immune to this challenge. Ultimately, retaining your top employees and growing your business can benefit significantly from focusing your efforts...

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The new rules of attracting top talent

The new rules of attracting top talent

It is no surprise that attracting top talent has become more of a strategic chess game than anything at all. With limitless recruitment tools available, organizations are often forced to turn up the heat and sometimes become radical, offering much more than they have...

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Remote Leadership: Connect, Communicate, and Cultivate

Remote Leadership: Connect, Communicate, and Cultivate

In my former leadership roles, I had the great opportunity to lead culturally diverse teams worldwide. Some of those teams were remote as each entity existed separately from our parent headquarters. Each was remote and self-sustaining, but remote by location -- not...

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Presence and the importance of engaged leadership

Presence and the importance of engaged leadership

Several years ago, I worked in an organization where the hashtag #LeadershipMatters was a top-down message communicated in everything we did. I certainly agreed and echoed the "Leadership Matters" message, but I added a dimension to the Leadership Matters hashtag:...

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Leading through change, disruption, and uncertainty

Leading through change, disruption, and uncertainty

A few years ago, I was part of an organization that was successfully striding toward accomplishing our strategic goals when unexpected external forces imposed a drastic direction change. Our strategic goals, operational efforts, and daily routines devolved into...

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The Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) – rest in peace!

The Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) – rest in peace!

Call it a personal peeve of mine, or maybe just me getting old, but when someone says the phrase, “They are on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP),” it is like nails on a chalkboard for me! Fortunately, I have never been on a PIP, but I have worked with many who have...

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