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Servant Leaders Achieve Extraordinary Results

Rick Conlow

Adam Grant, management researcher and professor at the Wharton School of Business, shows in his book Give and Take that servant leaders are more productive and more highly regarded by employees. In addition, research by Hoch, Bommer, Dulebohn & Wu (2016) showed an additional 12% gain in outcomes beyond other studies.

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You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture

Harmonious Workplaces

Pizza parties (with dietary alternatives), happy hours, and office games like ping pong or video games can foster team bonding and employee engagement (Müceldili & Erdil, 2016). These lunch breaks reduce stress, allow people to feel more productive, and boost mental clarity plus happiness. A., & Latham, G.

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Why Character Matters in Leadership

Organizational Talent Consulting

Leadership character is shown to align the leader-follower relationship, increasing both leader and follower productivity, effectiveness, and creativity. If you are unsure where to begin, research-based books and articles like those mentioned and cited in this post can be great resources. What kind of leaders should they be?

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6 Organizational Culture Change Strategies

Organizational Talent Consulting

Culture Change Strategy #3: How leaders allocate resources and control costs Follow the money. Additionally, resources include physical assets such as equipment and tools, as well as human resources. What gets resourced gets reinforced. The Journal of Product Innovation Management, 30 (4), 763-781. Bausch, A., &

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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Importance of Creating a Shared Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

A healthy culture promotes productive conflict, team member participation, and team engagement. A framework for the role of the human resource in managing culture in mergers and acquisitions. Human Resource Management, 50(6), 859-877. A framework for the human resources role in managing culture in mergers and acquisitions.

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Business Book Review: Beyond the E-Myth

Management Consulted

Today, we continue our series of book reviews with a look at Beyond the E-Myth, the latest in a long line of great books by Michael Gerber (a marketing genius who has built a world-wide web of products and services to help small businesses grow). Beyond the E-Myth releases December 7, 2016, so make sure to grab your copy!

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Performance Improvement and the Evolution of Consulting

Effective Managers

According to the latest research from 2016, as much as 78% of the global management consulting spend is within the boundaries of North America and Europe. The workforce will be more engaged, more productive, and the outcomes will be greatly improved. Despite that, the whole industry is still very large.