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The conventional wisdom is that you hire for culture fit. The thinking is that you want to find candidates who will be the best fit with the culture of the organization. These candidates are likely to be better […]
We’ve all heard it. Nobody likes their job or the company they work for. Well maybe it’s not quite that dramatic but it is true that a Gallup poll indicates that disengagement is at a whopping 70%. Not […]
Conventional wisdom says that people don’t leave companies, they leave bad bosses. Yet our research — and growing evidence from other leadership studies — finds that employees leave both good and bad bosses at almost comparable rates. In our […]
Thank goodness leaders and managers are becoming increasingly aware of the critical importance of paying attention not only to organizational performance (operational efficiencies, financial performance, etc.) but also organizational health (how teams agree to function to get great work done together). […]
Fact: 46% of new employees will fail within their first 18 months on the job. This startling figure (revealed by a study by Leadership IQ) is enough to put you off that exciting career move, or even step […]
Succession planning is, or at least should be, a vital part of any organization’s long-term strategy. With the understanding that this will be unique to the reflection of your own organization, succession plans should be customized to the needs […]
I’m sure you’ve had the experience of sitting and listening to a new vision or strategy from the CEO. Sometimes these are a hit, and you can’t wait to jump on the bus, but in some cases you […]
It’s been said employees do not leave companies, they leave leaders, supervisors and managers. A respected author, Fortune 500 CEO and Poet James Autry said that behind every termination there is a failure in leadership. All leaders should […]
I’ve managed a number of teams over the years. Some I built from scratch; some I inherited and then changed over time. While each team had its unique characteristics, they had two main similarities, which influenced – I […]
Change management is a term that gets used fairly loosely when companies hope to implement change. It can seem fairly straightforward. The company wants to move from x to z. How do the leaders make it happen? Well, […]