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Category Archives: Leadership
New Report Offers Insights for Increasing Employee Engagement
Many business studies have shown a positive correlation between shareholder value and employee engagement. That’s the emotional and intellectual involvement an employee has in his or her workplace. As a result, most organizations consider employee engagement worth measuring, with results … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Global Engagement, Aon Hewitt, Asia Pacific, best company, best employer, Business, careers, communication, communications, Employee engagement, Employment, Human Resources, insights, Keys, Latin America, organization, Rate of return, Recognition, reputation, tips
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An Expert’s Tips for Improving Wellness Communication at Work
When not at work, Dan is training for a triathlon. Health fanatic? Not at all. “I just enjoy exercise and love physical competition,” he says. But Andrea’s time away is family time. She’s often in the car driving her kids … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Leadership
Tagged advice, Aon Hewitt, attitudinal segmentation, balance, Business, communication, Doncaster, electronic, employees, Employment, face-to-face, Health, Health care, healthy, Human Resources, leadership, media, motivation, personal best, print, social media, The Futures Company, tips, trend, wellness, workplace
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Weekend Inspiration: 11 Ways to Think Like a Leader
Through the years, philosophers, scholars and management consultants have attempted to describe the ingredients of good leadership. Is there a recipe you can follow? Or are you born a leader? The low expectations for leaders of all types — business, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, Benjamin Zander, big ideas, Business, Dwight D. Eisenhower, ideas, insights, inspiration, John Quincy Adams, Ketchum Leadership Communication Monitor, leadership, Marcus Buckingham, Marian Anderson, Rosalynn Carter, Simon Sinek, teamwork, TED, transformation, United States, Warren Bennis
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A Communications Resource and Eight Tips for Memorable Leadership
If you write, present or simply seek inspiration from thought leaders, you may be interested in a new resource from TED. The team behind “ideas worth spreading” has collected memorable quotes from its presenters in categories that include business, creativity, … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Storytelling
Tagged Abraham LIncoln, communications, creativity, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Facebook, ideas, insights, inspiration, leadership, Lincoln, Pulitzer Prize, storytelling, teamwork, TED, transformation, Twitter
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Can Internal Social Media Power Your Organization to Better Results?
Do you factor workplace access to social media into your career decisions? A number of young professionals do. Cisco’s second annual Connected World Technology Report surveyed college students and workers under 30 in 14 countries. Reflecting their status as digital … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Social Media
Tagged Apco Worldwide, audience, big idea, brand, Business, C-suite, career, communication, communications, employee, Facebook, ideas, insights, internal communcations, ISM, leadership, LinkedIn, research, social media, YouTube
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The Downton Abbey School of Change Readiness
The popular British series Downton Abbey has returned to PBS for its second season. It covers the years from 1916 to 1919, resuming two years after the Earl of Grantham’s (Hugh Bonneville) announcement that England is at war with Germany. … Continue reading
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Tagged ADKAR, Brendan Coyle, change communications, change management, change readiness, communications, David Robb, Downton Abbey, Earl of Grantham, Hugh Bonneville, ideas, leadership, Maria Doyle Kennedy, PBS, Phyllis Logan, problem solving, Prosci, The Change Management Learning Center, transformation, World War I
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Does Your Child’s Name Predict Leadership Success?
BabyCenter, a parenting website, just announced the most popular baby names of 2011. Almost immediately, I recalled a story released by LinkedIn earlier this year highlighting the most common names for CEOs. For fun, I thought I’d take a look … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Leadership
Tagged Babycenter, C-suite, career, CEO names, creativity, executive, ideas, insights, inspiration, leadership, LinkedIn, parents, popular names, professional, storytelling
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On Leadership and Innovation
“Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, creativity, innovation, insights, inspiration, leadership, Steve Jobs, teamwork, transformation
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