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How to Solve Your Talent Challenge (Creatively)

Organizational Talent Consulting

Recently economists have connected what is now labeled Quiet Quitting to a fall in US labor productivity output. Driving creativity within an organization's culture is increasingly vital for leaders. Like me, you may have first learned about this company from their marketing campaign: "We don't make a lot of the products you buy.

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Hay Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Below them is a team of five global managing directors, each owning a different sector: mature markets, fast-growing markets, productized services, people-delivered services, and expertise & knowledge management. Robert Rock – Milton Rock’s son and co-author of the Compensation Handbook and Mergers & Acquisitions Handbook.

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Ten Principles for an Employee Bill of Rights

Rick Conlow

Most companies have statements of ethics or teamwork in their employee handbooks. They increase poor morale, productivity, innovation, and customer service. 7 Keys to Unleash Employee Productivity, Motivation, and Engagement. European countries do a better job. Unions are on the decline. 7 Reasons that Define the Problem.

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Top 11 Must-Read Project Management Books

Epicflow

Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management by Scott Berkun Making Things Happen is a practical handbook for project managers written in an easy-to-read and witty manner. The “productive laziness” is built on the Pareto principle that states that in many cases, 80% of the consequences come from 20% of the causes.

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The 6 Fundamental Skills Every Leader Should Practice

Harvard Business

Over the past year we have been writing the HBR Leader’s Handbook — a primer for aspiring leaders who want to take their careers to the next level. .” Obviously, this is good advice if you want to become a world-class performer — but it’s also good advice if you want to become a top-notch leader.

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Fidelity, compression and culture

Seth Godin Blog

And the lessons we learn from this cornerstone of modern culture apply to organizations, meetings, tech, politics and almost everything we do together. In fact, the script is exactly what the playwright intended, but the director and the actors embellish the script in each production and performance. That’s part of their job.

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Happy Workplaces Can Also Be Candid Workplaces

Harvard Business

Recently the Communications Workers of America – the union that represents T-Mobile employees — contested a T-Mobile Employee Handbook clause on maintaining a positive work environment. ” Certainly a culture that involves back-stabbing is not a good option; however, front-stabbing may not be much better.