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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

Rita High School, where I learned to develop group and individualized training toward specific goals — namely, competing in band competitions or performing in concerts. Rita and manage others at Blockbuster and combine them to develop and implement training for salespeople, operations staff, cashiers, and line managers.

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

Scenario exploration of external perspectives and forces with the potential to dramatically change your business. Scenario development of multiple potential stories about what the future might look like. Implementation typically involves experimentation, analyzing the existing strategies, and creative experiential learning exercises.

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Workplace Diversity: 4 Ways to Lead Respectfully

Rick Conlow

This added depth of perception and ingenuity in organizations improves customer service and productivity. ” Respectful leaders understand that to effectively influence others, they must first manage their own perceptions. In addition, go here for our RealTime Learning & Training leadership and personal development website.

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Small Steps or Big Steps: What’s the Right Way to Begin Improvement?

Markovitz Consulting

In the same way, I believe that you have to develop the organizational muscles required for continuous improvement through small steps. Trying to improve productivity in a process by 25% on first try is (generally) a recipe for failure and frustration—notwithstanding Byrne’s success with that approach.

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Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?

Harvard Business

For example, Christopher Kilmartin and his colleagues reduced men’s perception that other men accept sexism by using interventions that verbally critiqued sexist ideologies with role-playing and written exercises. (A A control group completed an assertiveness skills exercise.) ” There are several ways to do this.

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A 4-Step Process to Help Senior Teams Prioritize Decisions

Harvard Business

Consider the experience of one of the world’s largest footwear manufacturers, whose leaders engaged in an exercise that others can use to revamp the way they make decisions. In its fast-changing industry, big challenges loomed on many fronts. Disagreement emerged about which decisions fell within the specified time frame.

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Leaders Focus Too Much on Changing Policies, and Not Enough on Changing Minds

Harvard Business

More recently, we worked with the senior team of a large consumer product company which had been severely disrupted by smaller, more agile online competitors selling their services directly to consumers. One of the most successful began with a simple exercise aimed at helping the leaders to define their three highest priorities.