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Foxes And Hedgehogs: Which One Are You?

Lead Change Blog

In 2001, I accepted my first official leadership position as a human resources director with one audacious goal – to be and do all the things to serve all the people. Leadership development became my one big thing.

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Preview Thursday: No Ego by Cy Wakeman

Lead Change Blog

For the first time, I would be leading a team, which got me a free ticket to the Human Resources boot camp for managers. Now, if they had really needed me—to talk through a critical decision for serving the business or to help them develop or hone skills— the time investment would have had a satisfying payoff.

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6 Defining Values of a Leadership Culture

N2Growth Blog

Why should the 8-year old, first generation, 88-person software development company in San Diego expect to have the same desired culture as the 48-year old, 3rd generation, 268-person manufacturing company in Rochester, NY? The first data point revealed that most employee engagement surveys were un-customizable. LEADERSHIP ALIGNMENT.

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Will Aetna CEO Transform Healthcare (and CEO Leadership While He’s at it)?

Michael Lee Stallard

Two experiences Bertolini had helped him develop greater empathy for people experiencing life-threatening healthcare problems. In 2001, Bertolini’s son was diagnosed with incurable lymphoma. Bertolini asked human resources to look into it. Mark Bertolini is a wonderful illustration of this point.

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Alliance Leadership

LDRLB

I came across an interesting comment recently: “Firms need to think more strategically about developing not just managers or global managers, but alliance managers, as they will run the companies of the future” (Isabella & Spekman, 2001, p.240). So how does an organization develop an “alliance leader”? Isabella, L.A. &

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The Paradox of Commitment

LDRLB

Hall et al (2001) describe the paradox of commitment where “people are most able to develop internal commitments and attachments when they have the free choice to leave and choose to stay. Tim Vanderpyl is a Certified Human Resource Professional (CHRP) with Canada’s largest catholic healthcare organization. & Yan, A.

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Accelerate Your Growth through Agile HR Practices

HR Digest

Change is the only constant and agile HR appears to be the next evolutionary stage of human resources in an organization. Originally designed for software development, Agile has gained traction in various business functions, including HR, due to its adaptive and iterative approach to work. can all adopt these agile practices.

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