The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Symptoms include being managed by e-mail , meeting mismanagement , and many other signs of busyness addictions. Their service levels soar or sink according to the care, concern, and service they’re experiencing from their managers and the organization’s systems and processes. It’s an addiction.

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Great Results Team Building

JUNE 3, 2024

Leadership development training days aren’t optional; They are essential for great teams. Engaging and effective leadership development days are a critical necessity for sustaining your organizational success and growing your people. Effective leadership training days can deliver a return on investment of $4 for every $1 spent!

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HR Digest

MAY 15, 2024

Whether you’re a seasoned HR professional or a business leader seeking to optimize your training programs, this article will provide you with the insights and strategies necessary to elevate your organization’s learning and development initiatives as you learn how to conduct a training need analysis assessment correctly.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 5, 2012

The talent pool development and mentor training process aligns individual aspirations and competencies with the company’s current and future needs so that the interests of both can be served. This will happen through succession steps and continued training and development of the High Potential employees. What is it?

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 26, 2021

While change management is sometimes couched as being all about “winning hearts and minds,” the truth is more nuanced: change comes with a cost — and is not necessarily positive for all stakeholders. Use polarity management as an avenue to address resistance. Job insecurity. Misaligned reward systems. Fear of failure.

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Resistance Restructuring Survey Agility 274

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 28, 2020

It is unfortunately common for employees in organizations to climb up the ladder to their “level of incompetence,” a concept in management known as the Peter Principle. Put another way, as soon as we gain a set of skills—for example, managing others—we have the tendency to forget what it feels like not to have these skills.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

A S a McKinsey & Company article stated in late March 2020: “What leaders need during a crisis is not a predefined response plan but behaviors and mindsets that will prevent them from overreacting to yesterday’s developments and help them look ahead.”. Here is one example from a leader. Which might yours be?

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HR Digest

JUNE 27, 2022

Armed with this additional information, your business could decide to launch new initiatives to boost employee recognition , show that professional development is a top priority, and ensure that job satisfaction remains high. Focus Groups. Manager One-on-Ones. Performance Management.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

Utilize management interviews, employee surveys, and even customer feedback , but don’t stop there. Conduct focus groups where employees can delve deeper into their concerns and aspirations. Conduct regular surveys and focus groups to gauge employee sentiment and identify areas for improvement.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

I’ve been in enough focus groups across enough companies to tell you–when you promote the jerk, people assume it’s the jerk behavior that sealed the deal. But can you imagine the impact of investing strategically in their development to help them grow past it? Everyone’s Taking Notes.

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HR Digest

APRIL 12, 2023

However, despite the importance of employee engagement, many organizations struggle to develop effective engagement programs that truly resonate with their employees. In this article, we’ll explore key strategies and best practices for developing employee engagement programs that work.

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Mike Cardus

JUNE 28, 2013

We are working to develop present and future organizational capacity to grow and be change ready for the next 5 years. My interviews and focus groups with employees it was obvious they have too many levels and people are confused. So we created a whole new level of management. Develop and lead a Talent Pool Assessment.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 30, 2023

Managers often hire consultants to help them solve major organizational problems. The consultant will interview key leaders and staff, run focus groups, and gather input from a variety of sources. Managers are hearing them for the first time. This often starts with surveys and third-party interviews or focus groups.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 31, 2023

What managers are struggling with It’s hard to believe we’re already halfway through the year! At CMI we've been digging into the content that’s been speaking most to the CMI community over the past six months – and there are definitely some themes that stand out: resilience, personal development and inclusion, in particular.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 6, 2018

The fact is, they still share many of the same traits as their older counterparts (First-Wave Millennials)—raised to feel special, high achieving, tech-savvy, but Second-Wavers (born 1995 – 2004) have some distinct differences that are making managers sit up and take notice. Professional Development This is a big one.

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Leadership Learning-by-Doing Brand Career 222

Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

Utilize management interviews, employee surveys, and even customer feedback , but don’t stop there. Conduct focus groups where employees from both sides can share their concerns and aspirations. Develops collaborative behaviors through facilitated exercises and challenges, fostering trust and open communication.

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Team Workshop Team Building Mission Statement 162

HR Digest

APRIL 20, 2023

The current competitive marketplace has made it a necessity for organizations to discover steps in managing attrition rates. Employee Retention Strategies to Decrease Staff Turnover Rates Employers need to focus on fostering a positive work environment as a step in managing attrition.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Key findings include: Senior leaders of successful agile transformations “quadrupled the time spent on strategy (from 10% to 40%) and reduced the time spent on operations management by more than half (from 60% to 25%).” Meetings need be focus less on operating details and more on strategic issues. ” Further Reading.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We did a series of focus groups, interviews, and surveys within a division of a large company to help Chris, the division manager, determine why their culture wasn’t performing at the level he wanted. So, Chris did a strength-based 360 assessment and built a detailed personal development plan to elevate his leadership.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Like the weather, many leaders talk about agility and innovation, but few managers do much about it. Unlike the weather, there’s a great deal managers can do about building agile and innovative cultures. Stages three and four lean heavily on disciplined management systems and processes. It’s a big competitive edge.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2023

In this article, we’ll take a look at how to develop a richer understanding of your customer base. A deep comprehension of your target audience forms the basis for crafting effective marketing strategies, developing appealing products and services, and fostering long-lasting relationships with your clients.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Guest post from Cornelia Gamlem and Barbara Mitchell: Ask any manager and they’ll agree that people issues are some of the most important ones they face in their day-to-day routine. Manage it through your culture and your actions and hire staff who will fit it. Employee development. Corporate culture. Strategic staffing.

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Mike Cardus

MAY 24, 2011

Below is an actual Executive Coaching and Managerial Leadership Training + Development process I facilitated. Situation: Currently there is an authoritarian style of management creating a decrease in morale, satisfaction with work and innovation amongst employees. The methods and processes worked! Resolution.

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HR Digest

APRIL 13, 2023

Managing employee benefits and compensation is an essential function for any organization that wants to attract, retain, and motivate top talent. In this article, we explore the importance of managing employee compensation and benefits and offer some tips on how organizations can promote pay equity effectively.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 18, 2023

Try surveying your current customers or conducting focus groups. For instance, if you’re running an event management company, ensure to account for the needs of varying audience members. But don’t just focus on imitating your competitors – use that information to find new opportunities and develop something unique.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 20, 2020

You’re also committed to MBWA (or in today’s pandemic-constrained world, Management By Clicking Around- MBCA). There’s too much friction to overcome: time away from their normal work, not knowing how their manager will respond, or not even realizing they have an idea to share. You have an open door.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 9, 2014

Management they told me morale was a big problem, and they had results from an employee survey that supported their beliefs. Management and employee teams agreed to wait to work on morale BUT they still wanted to see improvement in their employee survey. In the initial meeting with the Sr. I wasn’t interested in working on morale.

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Center for Creative Leadership

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Managing a multicultural team can be a rewarding experience, giving leaders the opportunity to work closely with employees from diverse backgrounds and offering the chance for personal and professional growth. Learn our best practices for managing virtual teams and meetings.). Management should talk to employees ?

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Alas, attitudes towards retraining are far from uniform, and indeed those who are most vulnerable often have the least aptitude for developing the new skills they need to successfully transition to a new career. ” Views from the frontline. This resulted in confidence in the new ways of working being undermined. Smarter learning.

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Technology Competitive Advantage Training Report 107

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 22, 2023

From analyzing the regulatory environment and building the right team to deciding which risks to take and managing and mitigating these risks by devising effective strategies, an entrepreneur is responsible for playing many roles all at once. However, the most important duty associated with entrepreneurship is leadership.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

We led focus groups, created advisory and steering teams, and engaged our executives in workshops and feedback sessions. As we continue to bring our culture to life in our operating model and our HR practices, we continue to use surveys, crowdsourcing, focus groups and other tools to ensure our people are heard.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Some leaders feel that running organizational surveys and giving that aggregated data to managers will somehow get them to improve engagement. The data on employee engagement is overwhelming and very clear; the biggest factor — by far — is the immediate manager. That’s well documented, and most leaders strongly agree.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 18, 2022

An HR professional, professionally trained coach, or trusted mentor can help you interpret the results and build a strengths-based personal development plan. Many professionals are hired for their technical abilities, promoted for their management abilities, and then derailed, passed over, or even fired for their lack of people skills.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 30, 2020

To fix organizational problems or make major changes, managers often hire consultants to analyze what’s happening and provide improvement recommendations. The consulting firm usually interviews people, runs focus groups, and gathers input from a variety of sources. Good managers often empower.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Managers need to be trained on the importance of balancing business needs with safety and to take frontline employees concerns seriously. At this point in the process, HR should analyze the data and information for trends and share important findings with senior management along with recommendations. And 37 people would still be alive.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

” These are a bit extreme, but we’ve heard variations of these thoughts over the years in focus groups to survey a Client’s organizational culture. One morning, I asked a group of very quiet participants a series of questions about their organization’s climate and leadership effectiveness.

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Energy Crisis Leadership Absenteeism 52

The Practical Leader

MAY 29, 2019

” That’s a key conclusion of a major study by Harvard Business School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work and the Boston Consulting Group’s Henderson Institute. Find ways to manage chronic uncertainty. “Workers are more adaptive and optimistic about the future than their leaders recognize.”

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