Nine Keys to Leading the Workforce of the Future

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Frances Hesselbein

My passionate belief has been, and is today, that leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do. Yet it is what leaders donot what leaders arethat others see and judge. So what can a leader do? Define a clear vision that has its foundation in the organizations valu... More »

The Cost of Bullies in the Workplace

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LaShanda L. Blissett

Knowing that executives are concerned about productivity and cost savings is crucial for any performance improvement practitioner who might conduct analysis and discover workplace bullying is a root cause of performance problems within an organization. The term bullying... More »

The Naked Consultant

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Patrick Lencioni

In the late 1990s, I helped start a management consulting firm called The Table Group. which provides a variety of services to a wide range of clients in just about every respectable industry imaginable. From the beginning we adopted a simple informal approach to servin... More »

Rebuild Trust to Renew Confidence, Commitment, and Energy

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Dennis Reina

Jim Donaldson, CEO of XYZ Company, a multi-divisional corporation, struggled with his predicament. As a result of the economy, his company was going to have to restructure to consolidate departments, layoff staff, and redefine jobs. His employees were concerned, anxious... More »