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Is Stress Killing Productivity? Here's How Leaders Improve Efficiency & Wellbeing

Organizational Talent Consulting

It can be productive, motivating you to innovate, or draining, leading to burnout. Manufacturing organizations like General Motors report spending more on healthcare than they do on raw materials for their products. I find scrolling through my journal very encouraging, and it also serves as a way for me to track my progress.

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Want a Data-Driven Organization? Start with Your Talent Strategy

Organizational Talent Consulting

But, unlocking the full potential of what is possible requires a talent strategy tightly aligned with your company's data analytics strategy. Executives with the right analytics infrastructure and the right talent in the right place have a significant competitive advantage. Architecting culture is an essential activity for leaders.

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How to Activate Team Creativity and Innovation

Organizational Talent Consulting

Why talent development matters As the world changes, people and businesses must change too. Talent management decisions can be viewed as a more subtle nuance to culture change because decisions are influenced by explicitly stated criteria and unstated value priorities. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 45 (2), 357-376.

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Holiday Human-Capital Culling Could Cost

Harmonious Workplaces

Everywhere you look online during the 2023 holiday season, you’ll see three things: A ridiculous amount of ads for products you don’t need or want… but might buy anyway. Delaying hiring or RIFs (reduction in force) means existing staff may be overburdened, which can lead to burnout, decreased productivity, and attrition in the new year.

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Embracing Selfless Love in the Workplace

Organizational Talent Consulting

Selfless love enhances organizational commitment, productivity, job performance, and emotional well-being. Organizational Talent Consulting. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 29 (7), 923-947. The Journal of Management Development, 23 (4), 321-338. The International Journal of Servant-Leadership, 12 (1), 337-370.

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What's Servant Leadership?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Studies reveal that a servant leadership style improves employee productivity and creativity. Employees are more likely to provide constructive criticism and engage in productive conflict without fear of exclusion or retaliation. Journal of Leadership Studies , 7(3), 18-40. Productivity, wages, and intrinsic motivations.

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Better Managers Isn't Enough for Higher Engagement

Markovitz Consulting

A recent article by Sam Walker in the Wall Street Journal argues that better managers are the key to delivering better results. And that in turn leads to lower turnover, higher productivity and better profits. Now, it’s not always easy to connect an organization’s product or service to something “meaningful.”