Month: May 2015

3 Metrics With the Biggest Impact on Long-Term Success

May 6, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Dan Campbell for Talent Management magazine. To read the complete article, check out all the resources, and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officer magazines…

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Robbie Kellman Baxter: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

May 5, 2015

Robbie Kellman Baxter created the popular business term “Membership Economy.” She is the founder of Peninsula Strategies LLC, a strategy consulting firm. The Peninsula Strategies website is www.peninsulastrategies.com. Her clients have included large organizations like Netflix, SurveyMonkey and Yahoo!, as…

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The rest of the story….

May 5, 2015

Most people don’t know that back in 1912 Hellman’s mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of…

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Power to the new people analytics

May 5, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Bruce Fecheyr-Lippens, Bill Schaninger, and Karen Tanner for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They explain how and why techniques used to mine consumer and industry data may…

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Twilight of the gurus

May 4, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from the Schumpeter column featured in The Economist. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration credit: Brett Ryder * * * The management-pundit industry is a…

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How to Show Employees You’re Willing to Hear Them Out

May 4, 2015

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * Managers are often more accustomed to speaking than listening, but…

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Follow Empathy to Great Leadership

May 4, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Monica P. Hawkins for Talent Management magazine. She explains how and why just one of emotional intelligence’s components can contribute to leadership skills that extend beyond borders and across cultures. To…

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Gillian Zoe Segal: An interview by Bob Morris

May 3, 2015

Gillian Zoe Segal is the author of Getting There: A Book of Mentors and New York Characters. She received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan and a law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.…

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Connection Culture: A book review by Bob Morris

May 3, 2015

Connection Culture: The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity, Empathy, and Understanding at Work Michael Lee Stallard with Jason Pankau and Katharine Stallard Association for Talent Development (April 2015) Here are “the elements of workplace cultures that help people and organizations…

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The four global forces breaking all the trends

May 2, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Richard Dobbs, James Manyika, and Jonathan Woetzel for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. It is an excerpt from their book, No Ordinary Disruption: The Four Global Forces…

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