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Managing Company Culture Anthropologically

Leading Blog

Despite its perceived importance, for the most part, companies have a miserable track record when it comes to managing their people. Companies consistently get culture wrong because they go about assessing it, and attempting to manage it from the top-down, not the bottom-up. But what does this mean?

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Doubting Existing Management: Private Equity’s Talent Conundrum

N2Growth Blog

The journey from meticulous deal-making to managing assets proficiently has put an unprecedented emphasis on acquiring and retaining the right talent. The Talent Deficit Spectrum Diving deeper, the data reveals that 48% of fund managers in private equity firms and operating partners find their organizations understaffed.

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Managing the Strong, Arrogant, Obnoxious Type

Let's Grow Leaders

And that the next leader who manages this guy will have more courage. Have him do it himself, or there are some inexpensive ways to administer a more confidential customized survey (not formally endorsing, but stumbled upon and thought it was cool.). “After all, this guy’s clearly high-potential.”

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LGL Labor Day: Be A Better Boss Challenge

Let's Grow Leaders

65% would choose a bad leader over a raise (McQuaid, Bad Boss Survey). Even strong manager/employee relationships can be made stronger by taking the time to connect. Even strong manager/employee relationships can be made stronger by taking the time to connect. A few statistics from recent research.

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How Businesses are Managing the New Reality of Work: A Paycor Survey

Download the guide to see all the survey results and where your organization might stand comparatively. This guide offers a pretty good idea of how business leaders are feeling, what keeps them up at night, and what approaches they’re taking to solve problems.

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Talent Management and Preparing Leaders Correctly with Piet Hein Merckens

N2Growth Blog

That is a tough statistic to try to wrap your mind around, and I was interested in Piet’s opinion on how did we get to this point and how there could be some solutions to solve this talent management gap. While skills and talent management is clearly an issue, this survey shows that CEOs understand the importance of execution. .

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Lead, Don’t Manage, Knowledge Workers

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from James Hlavacek: To improve innovation and growth, knowledge workers must be led, not managed. has over 40 years of global experience as a businessman, strategy consultant, and management educator. James Hlavacek, Ph.D., He has written five books including his latest Fat Cats Don’t Hunt.

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Paycor HR Leaders Survey: The State of American Business in 2021

Paycor surveyed more than 2,000 HR and Finance leaders about the state of American businesses. Finance leaders are more confident in their ability to manage change. Download Paycor’s latest survey to find out. Here are some examples of what we found: HR is more bullish on both the short- and long-term.

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HR Benchmark Report: How to Recruit, Coach & Develop Teams

Paycor surveyed more than 1,000 HR and finance leaders of medium & small businesses and found that only 31% said the teams they’ve built are, in fact, effective. How a quality learning management system can help engage employees. No one likes to feel alone - which is why the secret to employee engagement is building successful teams.

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Paycor CFO Survey: The State of American Business in 2021

Paycor surveyed more than 2,000 Finance and HR leaders about the state of American businesses. Finance leaders are more confident in their ability to manage change. Download Paycor’s latest survey to find out. Here are some examples of what we found: 86% are concerned about mental health, but very few have a plan.

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2020 Database Strategies and Contact Acquisition Survey Report

47% of marketers said they have a database management strategy in place, but there is room for significant improvement. As buyer expectations to receive this type of relevant engagement continues to heighten, database management strategies are of high importance.