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Attracting and
Retaining the
Best Talent
The human
capital within
an
organization’s
culture is the
dynamic that
generates a
company’s
success or
failure. It is
not the size of
the building,
how great the
product, or even
the best
equipment or
processes that
determines
organizational
success. The
component that
propels and
sustains a
successful
organization is
its diverse team
of talented
employees.
People make or
break an
organization.
With the human
element’s level
of importance to
organizational
achievement, the
purpose of this
article is to
evaluate and
synthesize how
an organization
may become a
magnet for
employee talent
and what it is
that managers
must do to
retain it…
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Best
Practices for
Leading Change
The rate of
change is
rampant for
today’s
organizational
leader.
Customers decide
they no longer
need an order
that has already
been
manufactured.
Employees may or
may not show up
for work.
Materials that
are needed to
craft today’s
products are
suddenly not
available. The
boss
communicates
that the
priorities that
were determined
earlier in the
week are no
longer
applicable.
These examples
of widespread
change are not
necessarily
different from
those in the
past, they
simply are
occurring at a
more rapid pace
due to advances
in technology,
competition in
the market, and
knowledge.
Change is here
to stay…
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Corporate
Coaching
Coaching is a
term that is
often
misunderstood in
the business
world. "Few
chief executives
will talk about
it." The fear is
that if an
executive
endorses
coaching they
are perceived to
be a weak leader
or have a weak
organization.
The term is
often referred
to in
conjunction with
performance
issues,
development
needs, or
behaviors that
need to be fixed
and should not
be discussed or
addressed
openly. In
reality,
leadership
coaching is a
tool that is
quite different
than performance
counseling. The
basic purpose of
coaching is to
convey a valued
person from
where he or she
is to where…
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Entrepreneurial
Leadership
The interest in
entrepreneurship
has been an area
of leadership
that has been
researched and
theorized and to
date is still in
a formative
stage as to what
defines an
entrepreneur.
Theorists vary
in their
philosophy of
what constitutes
or creates
entrepreneurial
leadership.
Research has
proposed that
entrepreneurs
may be more
intuitive,
possess unique
psychological
needs, motivated
by a need to
achieve more
than others or
are prone to
taking on high
risk challenges.
Whether the
theory is
motivational,
environmental,
or innate
qualities the
argument is:
What traits and
behaviors do
entrepreneurial
leaders have
that cause them
to launch new
organizations,
services or
products...
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Leadership at
the Top
An
organization’s
top management
team (TMT) is
the central
component of the
organization’s
strategy,
culture and
level of
performance.
Rather than a
high powered CEO
having the most
impact on an
organization,
research
indicates that
the greatest
impact on how
the organization
operates is
within the
“dominant
coalition”. The
evidence
suggests that
the TMT sets the
example and tone
of the
organizational
culture, which
impacts the
organization’s
performance. The
power “to
control the
direction and
performance of
the firm
probably makes
the TMT the most
important and
influential team
in the firm”.
With the TMT’s
responsibility
for originating
and executing
the
organization’s
strategies,
making effective
decisions and
inspiring the
organization to
act upon these
decisions are
two key
functions within
the TMT…
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Leadership
Models for
Culture
Integration
Mergers and
acquisitions are
on the rise. “In
2006 their value
reached a
record-breaking
four trillion
worldwide. More
than
three-fourths of
mergers fail to
achieve their
anticipated
results. With
the acceleration
of newly formed
organizations
not meeting
expectations it
is of upmost
importance to
uncover how
organizations
may possibly
control and
pre-empt
organizational
failure from
occurring…
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integration...
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Leadership
Vision
Organizations
need effective
leadership in
order to pursue
their strategic
vision and to
stay competitive
in today’s
global market.
This leadership
theory is not
new. Leadership
is a topic that
has been studied
for many years
with a special
emphasis over
the last fifty
years to
understand what
it is that makes
a leader
successful
compared to
ordinary or
average
leadership
performance…
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Merging
Cultures
A merger occurs
when two or more
separate
companies make
the decision to
start sharing
resources and
organizational
objectives. When
organizations
merge a newly
formed culture
emerges. This
brand new
culture is hoped
to be a culture
that is
valuable, good
and in alignment
with the purpose
for integrating
organizations.
Good cultures
are portrayed as
cultures that
operate by
“norms
beneficial to
the company, to
customers, and
to mankind”.
Good cultures
that practice
beneficial norms
are composed of
employees that
display
attitudes and
behaviors that
are applicable
to accomplishing
organizational
goals and
objectives…
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cultures and
integrating
organizations...
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Organizational
Ethics
On February 7,
2005 the results
of a survey
sponsored by
twenty-four U.S
companies
indicated that
more than half
of American
workers question
the basic
morality of
their
organizations'
senior
leadership
(Chief Learning
Officer, 2005).
This statement
reflects the
deep concern
associates have
about the
character and
intentions of
the leaders they
work for. One
third of
7,718American
workers that
were surveyed
believe they
have reached a
dead end street
at their jobs
based on the
lack of ethics
within their
organization.
This apathy and
contempt of the
organization is
a very serious
situation that
has a direct
impact on
primary and
secondary
stakeholders
within the
business. At the
current rate of
workers that
feel "taken
advantage of" or
mislead, the
result to an
organization…
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Recruiting and
Hiring
The need for a
specific hiring
system is
critical to the
leadership
development and
growth of any
organization.
Numerous studies
and surveys have
indicated that
companies
struggle with
the ability to
hire and retain
outstanding
people. Five
thousand CEOs of
The Executive
Committee (TEC)
stated in 2001
that their most
pressing issue
was recruiting
and hiring.
Hiring has never
been easy. Even
in 207 B.C.,
approximately
two thousand
years ago,
archaeological
records show
attempts at
trying to create
a hiring process
through detailed
job descriptions
for civil
servants. Why is
it that today
organizations
still struggle
with an
effective hiring
model? To create
an effective
hiring system or
model it
requires…
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