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Reinvent Opportunity, Restore Satisfaction

Women on Business

Guest post by LaMae Allen deJongh, managing director for US Human Capital and Diversity for Accenture (learn more about LaMae at the end of this post). LaMae Allen deJongh, Managing Director for US Human Capital and Diversity for Accenture. Experience tells us that when employees are unhappy they look for new jobs. About the Author.

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Identification and Overidentification in Organizations

Management Craft

I found an interesting article in the Journal of Management called, Identification in Organizations: An Examination of Four Fundamental Questions by Blake Ashforth, Spencer Harrison, and Kevin Corley. Would your organization and work group benefit from several strong and productive identifications occurring at once?

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20 Essential Terms that You Need to Know to Transform Your Business

N2Growth Blog

It influences the way work is organized, executed and informs the ways in which quality measured. Empowerment – Employee empowerment occurs when management shares information and a certain degree of autonomy and responsibility for decision-making, allowing employees to take initiative and make decisions to solve problems.

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How Leaders Can Let Go Without Losing Control

Harvard Business Review

Over centuries, the military has developed an approach to managing “ the fog of war.” The formal definition of doctrine is important: “Fundamental principles by which the military forces guide their actions in support of objectives. Without doctrine, it’s impossible for managers to let go without losing control.

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Women on Boards: Another Year, Another Disappointment

Harvard Business Review

And we have also seen a vast amount of enterprise and energy brought to bear at the individual level through education and networking organizations, many of which are designed for and focus solely on women. of the gender composition on boards)—to increase women’s representation on boards.