Mike Cardus

JANUARY 9, 2013

An earlier post listed the 7 Principles of Leadership Development in no specific order of importance : Necessary Skilled-Knowledge. Strategy for Leadership Development. Exploring lessons learned and how an organization and I developed a leadership development process for high potential employees. Education for Leadership.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The findings emerged from a number of focus groups involving both managers and non-managers from a wide range of different sectors. This led to a pronounced sense of exhaustion among managers and non-managers alike as working hours typically rose. Negative experiences.

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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. A targeted culture-change plan defines desired behaviors, implements training, and establishes feedback mechanisms.

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Team Workshop How To Mission Statement 190

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Working with a team of 5 Executive Directors from a company that employs ~2000 people we identified a gap in the Managerial Leadership Training , Mentoring and coaching of employees prior to being promoted to a Manager Level within the company. Overtime increased by 30% in 3 years. The DTC Operator Algorithm.

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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 from both sides can share their concerns and aspirations. A targeted culture-change plan defines desired behaviors, implements training, and establishes feedback mechanisms.

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Team Workshop Team Building Mission Statement 162

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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HR Digest

APRIL 20, 2023

Moreover, attracting and training new employees is time-consuming and expensive, making it crucial for employers to find innovative ways to decrease staff turnover rates and keep their workforce engaged and motivated. The current competitive marketplace has made it a necessity for organizations to discover steps in managing attrition rates.

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Attrition Innovation Strategy Training 59

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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Management Team Building Human Resources Metrics 126

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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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. . ” Views from the frontline.

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Technology Competitive Advantage Report Training 107

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

To start with, companies need to develop a clear sense of purpose in all that they do. Image Credit – Pexels What Is a Strong Company Culture? How Do We Create It? A strong company culture cannot be built in a day—it’s established and pursued over time.

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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. Hire for attitude and train for skill. Employee development.

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Succession Benchmarking Performance Review Handbook 137

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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Morale System Project Team Building 147

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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Case Study 360-Degree Feedback Execution TRIZ 116

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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Team Leadership Mission Statement Drucker 98

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.

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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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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 Absenteeism Leadership 52

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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Emotional Intelligence How To Career Skills 80

Mike Cardus

JULY 11, 2011

Organizational Development Work. Developing a leadership training program and increased trust in the competence of leadership. Working with an organization that employs over 2000 employees that was in need of a Managerial Leadership Training Program for their Director Level Staff. michael cardus is create-learning.

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Team Building TRIZ Succession Team 94

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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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Working with companies and developing strategic plans everyone seems to feel that the default method is a SWOT analysis strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats. While preparing for a focus group meeting it came to me NOISE. As the group reaches agreement on the broad categories re-write these in the proper NOISE areas.

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Strategic Planning SWOT Analysis Planning 158

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

This is why my team and I have developed a comprehensive listening strategy to understand where our employees are in their lives and work journeys. As a result, we continue to develop global initiatives within our company designed to reduce stigma and increase access to mental health resources for all employees.

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Human Capital Human Resources Diversity Education 52

Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

With the ever-changing dynamics of the workforce, the stewardship of organizational culture is just as important as strategy, talent, product development, or customer service. He helps companies build strong sustained revenue growth through by developing energizing office cultures. 6 Culture Myths. Would you briefly touch on them?

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How To Middle Management Reputation Short-term 110

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The work of managers and employees has increased in complexity due to globalization, a faster work and life pace, and instability in the world’s economy. Managers, when asked, tell you that employee engagement is a must for the survival of their company. Competent Manager. Competent Manager. By Michael Cardus.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Establishing Forums to Build a Quality Oriented Culture Total Quality Management (TQM) says that quality is everybody’s job. Establish quality circles or improvement/quality focus groups and rotate people to give everyone a chance to participate. Check it out if you haven’t already

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Quality TQM Directory Belief Systems 119

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Tuesday, November 02nd, 2010 Posted by: mike Met some friends for a focus group at a local coffee place. Make the counter space one so that I cannot place my dishes on the counter Alright…you get the point; Creating problem statements are important and if you want to change peoples behavior you have to develop solution statements.

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Process Team Building Focus Group Learning-by-Doing 149

QAspire

JANUARY 9, 2011

Dissatisfied customers, unhappy team members, disengaged middle management and difficulties in scaling the business. They create focus groups on process improvements, document the lessons, relentlessly train teams and incorporate preventive measures in their processes. Improvement may not always be expensive.

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Learning Organization Organization Senge Blog 159

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

It’s essential for you to outsource tasks such as these to people such as Digital Goliath Marketing who are able to manage your work efficiently, leaving you with less stress and hassle to have to do it yourself. Some of the outsource administration you could consider are: Surveying, polling, and focus group tests.

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Outsourcing Human Resources Learning Curve Marketing 61

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. To increase diversity at senior executive levels, more must be known about one group in particular: women of color in midlevel leadership, who successfully developed and progressed beyond individual contributor and first-line management.

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Management Tacit Knowledge Diversity Leadership Pipeline 13

Next Level Blog

JULY 23, 2010

The Lloyds team was on board the rig about a month before it blew and conducted a safety survey and a number of focus groups with Transocean crew members over the course of several days. Heres the passage from the article that really hit home with me. If you're concerned about reprisal, get another job! Posted by: Mike Henry Sr.

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Executive Coaching Open-book Blog Report 166

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

Change management can be a test for any organization. Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. Change management certainly tested us. During a time of transition, it’s easy to focus on the work. What values drove them? What did we do?

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Management IPO Diversity Long-term 10

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

Instead of a monolithic one-way interaction, business is now being conducted through constant and meaningful two-way conversations between organizations and constituents – at every stage of organizational development. And it’s a good thing, too. Still skeptical? Then take a look at the hard numbers.

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Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

By combining data-driven assessments, targeted engagement of high prescribers, EHR-based interventions, and pharmacist support in care management, Geisinger has dramatically reduced opioid prescribing. In addition to developing programs on pain-management for our broad clinician population, we targeted a focused group of high prescribers.

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System Health Care Review Focus Group 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

You can make customers provide more rigorous authentication before they make a transaction, or have managers limit distribution of sensitive plans. How do we protect intellectual property and other sensitive business information while also encouraging collaboration in product development processes?

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Supply Chain Risk Management Hedge Banking 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Marketing or customer service departments owned customer satisfaction, relied on traditional staff-directed tools (such as training programs) to improve it, and gauged their success through old-style satisfaction surveys. After each survey wave, store managers review the data for their store. That's how it's done at Apple stores.

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Tactics Customer Loyalty Survey Loyalty 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2018

Walter Thompson is currently developing its own signature scent, and Nelson Plant Food , too, uses scent branding to enhance the aroma of its product used by landscapers in upscale neighborhoods — fertilizer — with a floral scent. Ad agency J. Translate your statement into a scent.

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