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3 Options to Develop New Managers

LSA Global

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. There are several effective options to develop new managers. If not, you might want to create one.

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4 Ways Leaders Keep Hope Alive In Uncertain Times

Organizational Talent Consulting

At this time, I am meeting the goals that I have set for myself. Handbook of hope theory, measures, & applications. There are lots of ways around any problem that I am facing now. Right now, I see myself as being pretty successful. I can think of many ways to reach my current goals. 4 Ways leaders build hope in the workplace.

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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. For example, instead of telling someone who is quiet that they need to speak up in meetings, we may highlight their ability to extract insights out of analysis and suggest they think about what insights to share at the next meeting.

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7 Ways People Quit Their Jobs

Harvard Business

Those currently entering the workforce are expected to engage in even more job hopping than prior generations, suggesting that employers may want to move beyond the simple notice policy in the company handbook and learn to encourage employees to resign in constructive ways.

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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. And when I say smaller, I don’t mean dinky. I think it’s going to vary widely by company. That will cover the basics.

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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. Nuance disappears as we swap one language for another, which is why a talented translator is so much more valuable than a computer doing the same work. And meetings?

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5 Mistakes Employees Make When Challenging the Status Quo

Harvard Business

It’s time for companies to embrace their rebel talent as a way to foster innovation, employee engagement, and change from within. Over the last three years, we’ve validated our suggestions in meetings with thousands of employees in large corporations, non-profits, academic institutions, and government departments at every level.