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Bad Boss or Good Boss: Who Do Your Work For?

Rick Conlow

Despite the research on effective leadership there are too many bad bosses. They are an epidemic killing off employee productivity, loyalty, creativity and company profit. Yes, it does seem that some managers do well in spite of the pitiful leadership practices. Offers little training or coaching. Shares credit for wins.

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Can Consulting Make a Positive Social Impact?

Tom Spencer

Social entrepreneurship combines the problem solving, product design, and strategic implementation associated with traditional entrepreneurial and consulting roles with large scale societal impact. In addition to the normal skill sessions, students in the management level also attend seminars to improve their leadership skills.

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Government Contracts Pricing Strategy – Ten Dynamic and Synergistic Pricing Practices

Granite Leadership Strategies

The proposal price is important enough to get much of the attention of most company leadership teams. A collaborative Government contracts pricing team has the strong encouragement of company and proposal team leadership as well as solid practices, particularly to get going earlier in the process than most of their competitors.

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The Art of Communication is the Language of Leadership

Rick Conlow

The quote “ The art of communication is the language of leadership” is often attributed to James Humes. This quote punctuates the critical nature of communication to effective and successful leadership. This helps build trust, strengthen relationships, and facilitates more meaningful and productive communication.

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Happy customers are closer than they appear

1 to 1

We provide onsite free training for our technicians. We also have finance classes and sales seminars to help people stay as sharp as they can on their skills. It’s part of what we ask our store leadership to do. Our leadership looks at it every week and Mr. Hendrick looks at it once a month.

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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. The latter phrase refers to a field of well-trained people with expertise in guiding successful organizational development. This is the first blog post in a six-part series about the history of OD.).

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Keeping It Professional When You Work in a Family Business

Harvard Business

You’ll get invaluable training, improve your business judgment, and build your confidence. ” Early on, they also attended a weeklong seminar at Harvard University that focused on leadership transitions. He credits Bayard’s no-nonsense leadership and advice with helping to inspire him. ”