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Why Character Matters in Leadership

Organizational Talent Consulting

Evidence from workplace studies on the benefits of character suggests that leaders with high character scores outperform others on company performance metrics. Leadership behaviors guide actions, but a leader's character determines how and if the leader acts. Great leadership is a combination of competence, character, and commitment.

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Why Your Employees Aren't Committed to Your Company Strategy

Organizational Talent Consulting

Unfortunately, many organizations keep strategic plans a secret and don't involve leaders outside the executive leadership team. 5 Key strategic thinking leadership competencies A leader's ability to question and make connections between ideas and evaluate options improves strategic thinking.

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Friday Fusion: October 2nd, 2020

Tsavo Neal

Case studies and thought-leadership are the perfect way to show them that you’re the one who can help them achieved that desired future. Case studies tell stories of how you’ve helped businesses like theirs. Thought-leadership (articles, essays, white papers, research, courses, etc) demonstrate your expertise.

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The Right Way to Check Someone’s References

Harvard Business

You think you’ve found the right candidate to fill your open position and now it’s time to check references. Checking references is often seen as one small piece of the hiring protocol—the final motion to go through before you extend a formal offer to a candidate. Should you ask each person the same questions?

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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

Dancing here refers to engaging, supporting, and communicating with employees in multiple ways. Consider GM as a case study. Kouzes and Posner, authors of The Leadership Challenge, found that over 80% of managers value honesty as a key characteristic in their leaders. They operate in a bubble and do not attend the party.

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

The most threatening competitor leadership teams face is themself." In the following video, Dr. Chermack provides an overview of the process using a small business case study. link] Performance Accelerator 3: Strategic Leadership. Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality” — William Bennis.

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Free Yourself and Business from Market Myopia

Organizational Talent Consulting

Studies show that 85% of executive leadership teams spend less than one hour a month discussing strategy, and up to 95% of employees are unaware of or do not understand their organization's strategy. Here are three leadership practices to free yourself and your organization from market myopia. Why being strategic makes matters.