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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. With a background in public relations, marketing, and internal communications, HR had become an accidental specialty – I was a jack-of-all-trades and master of none.

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Developing Future Leaders – It’s Imperative Not to Wait!

Great Leadership By Dan

In his book, Built to Last , Jim Collins describes the very successful succession planning process that GE’s CEO, Reginald Jones, took to find a new CEO. Challenges for Mid-Market Companies. At the same time, many mid-market companies often wait until it is too late to successfully identify and develop their next CEO.

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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

He is poised to become the leader in this segment of a multi-billion dollar market. Global supply chains can cut across many “cultures”: national, industry, technology, market segment, and more. This was the situation facing Collins Consulting , a Chicago area provider of contingent staffing services.

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Be Your Own Talent Scout

Harvard Business Review

Every month, I have dinner with two of the top people in any field — finance, marketing, I.T., general management, human resources, supply chain, you name it — that I have heard about through our recruiters or by word of mouth. So I began a practice I've kept up to this day.

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Jim Hunter – Servant Leadership Interview Series

Modern Servant Leader

You can also consider a business that awakens a massive industry then dominates the market shares globally at the same time, busting misconceptions about the way the food service industry must treat employees. $16 In southeast Michigan – arguably the toughest labor market in the world. UAW wasn’t too happy about that.

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Jim Hunter – Servant Leadership Interview Series

Modern Servant Leader

You can also consider a business that awakens a massive industry then dominates the market shares globally at the same time, busting misconceptions about the way the food service industry must treat employees. $16 In southeast Michigan – arguably the toughest labor market in the world. UAW wasn’t too happy about that.