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4 Ways Leaders Keep Hope Alive In Uncertain Times

Organizational Talent Consulting

Concerning leadership, hope is a positive state that contributes to leaders and followers pursuing, expecting, and achieving organizational goals. Numerous research studies have linked hope with many individual, team, and organizational benefits, including: Increased revenue and decreased operating costs. Hope is not optimism.

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How We Closed the Gap Between Men’s and Women’s Retention Rates

Harvard Business

As in many fast-paced companies today, consulting staff operate without formal job descriptions or handbooks. So relationships are where employees develop critical skills and leadership capabilities. As with many workplaces, BCG has traditionally operated according to male communication norms.

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How to Ask for a Promotion

Harvard Business

“Asking for a promotion makes you feel vulnerable,” says Sabina Nawaz , the global CEO coach , leadership keynote speaker, and writer. “This not only showcases your leadership capabilities; it will also relieve your boss to know that there is someone who can fill your shoes.” What the Experts Say.

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History of Organization Development (Part 1 of 6) ? ?Prehistoric OD.

Consulting and Organizational Management

(Guest post from John Scherer, Co-Director of Scherer Leadership International , and Billie Alban, President of Alban & Williams, Ltd. What are our operating assumptions and where did they come from? This is the first blog post in a six-part series about the history of OD.). Introduction to this Blog Series. Consulting.

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Business Spotlight: Stanford GBS grad launches Returnships

Management Consulted

For example, I have one returnee who has a background in advertising, but she really wants to get more into operations. In this segment, we are seeing a lot of companies who ask and have gotten hammered because they have such poor representation of women and they really want to embrace women in leadership roles.

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5 Mistakes Employees Make When Challenging the Status Quo

Harvard Business

But what happens when a brave employee decides to challenge organizational conformity and offer new ideas that she sincerely believes would improve operations, before the company has embraced the idea of rebel talent? You flunk the pitch meeting.