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3 Options to Develop New Managers

LSA Global

There are several effective options to develop new managers. But, Manager Performance is Not Meeting Expectations According to McKinsey and the Corporate Executive Board, executives are not happy with the performance of their frontline managers and new managers are not being set up to succeed. Here are three to consider.

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Virtual Coaching is Inevitable but is it Effective?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Here are a few of the attributes you should consider when hiring a virtual coach: Virtual Coach Attribute #1: Qualification A good virtual coach is a trained and qualified coach. Manage and provide support on how to use the technology and interact effectively. The Center for Creative Leadership handbook of leadership development (pp.

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Hay Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

A global firm with a very interesting history, they’re known for motivating, developing and training their clients’ staff as well as the for research they carry out on the companies they work with. Hay and Associates, Management Consultants.” Dale Purves died in 1966, and Milton Rock became the new Managing Director.

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

Harvard Business

Management consulting is a challenging environment in which to cultivate apprenticeship, because staff regularly jump from project to project and manager to manager. As in many fast-paced companies today, consulting staff operate without formal job descriptions or handbooks. ” Using Strengths-Based Development.

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The High Price of Overly Prescriptive HR Policies

Harvard Business

Her manager denied her request, saying, “If we did it for you, we’d have to do it for others.” If your employee handbook or HR policy manual is large and prescriptive, consider the following: Don’t play “gotcha” — make positive assumptions about employees.

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The Fundamentals of Leadership Still Haven’t Changed

Harvard Business

Recently the Chief HR Officer for a healthcare firm asked us to identify the best new framework for leadership that she could use to train and develop a cadre of high potentials. This tried and true perspective on leadership was reinforced for us during the past year as we researched and wrote the HBR Leader’s Handbook.

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Business Spotlight: Stanford GBS grad launches Returnships

Management Consulted

Linda’s company, Talent Reconnect, offers returnships that are aimed mostly at women who have graduated from top business schools but who had 2 to 5 years of post-MBA experience before opting out. What kind of training or supervision or mentorship would the women receive? And when I say smaller, I don’t mean dinky.