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Work Performance and the Perils of Comparison

N2Growth Blog

But, managers, don’t despair! If you have someone else to answer to, as most managers do, you may not be able to control how you and your team are measured from above. To close, comparison can be a perilous path to take when working to motivate. There are some things that you can do to avoid falling into this trap.

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Leading in the Age of Non-Stop VUCA

Next Level Blog

Uncertainty Uncertain environments are typically ones where there arent a lot of historical precedents to draw on for comparison and guidance. To counteract that dynamic, the third step in the framework is to identify discrete, manageable chunks of action that could make a positive difference.

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F1 Racing and the Insurance and Finance Industry: A Comparison of Trends and Challenges

N2Growth Blog

One of these is managing two high-performing drivers competing against each other while attempting to move the team toward winning the Constructors’ Championship. Effective leadership is crucial in managing and optimizing a team’s performance with multiple high-performing individuals.

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The 9 Biggest Mistakes When Presenting to Executives

Let's Grow Leaders

Spice up your data with a strategic story , metaphors, or illuminating statisitcs with powerful comparisons. I’ve been doing a lot of work recently helping managers hone their skills in this arena. Career & Learning Communication communicating to executives giving presentations to executives managing up'

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Managing performers and potentials – 3 steps

Lead on Purpose

In a time when the workforce is increasingly transient, your ability to identify high-performing and high-potential employees—and that of your managers—is critical. To that end, there are strategies that any manager can apply to develop high-potentials and high-performers effectively. Set Your Line Managers Up for Success.

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Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader | In the CEO.

In the CEO Afterlife

Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader. Three weeks after the explosion, Hayward called the spill “relatively tiny” in comparison with the size of the ocean – 6 weeks later he said he’d like his life back, and 6 weeks after that, BP’s shell-shocked Board finally put him out of his misery. Main menu Home.

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Asking for a Raise

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Career Development [link] Lead Change Group member Leigh Steere of Manage People Better was quoted in an interesting article published in the Poughkeepsie Journal September 24 titled Tips to help you ask for a raise. Leigh’s comments are on page 2 about making comparisons between your actual work [.]