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Drucker's 3 Rules of Staffing your Organization: Ask any management expert how to run an organization well and you’ll get many answers --- probably not identical. Drucker had only one answer: “Make the right people decisions.” read more
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The Most Peculiar Leadership Model: For a long time, management guru Peter Drucker failed to acknowledge the importance of one major concept of management: leadership. He realized that the basic elements of all business were but two: marketing and innovation, and eventually realized good leadership was essentially a "marketing job." read more
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You Must Know Your Strengths: Drucker wrote that most people think they know their own strengths, but that they are almost invariably wrong. This is because there will always be faults in any individual, even the most effective and successful. If you focus only on avoiding faults to the extent that you ignore your strengths and their development, you will be making a major mistake. read more
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The Moving Line: As we have come to know over time, things don’t fit in convenient boxes and don’t tend to stay in the boxes we mentally house them in. That which was once deviant because it was new and unfamiliar may in fact now be acceptable, or at least accepted. And acceptance has nothing to do with the ability to police. Commensurately, our responses to what was considered deviant likely needs to evolve. read more
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Mr. Smith Goes to Wall Street: For years, we in management have been talking about Gen X, Gen Y, Millennials, etc. We have read countless articles and blogs on how different they are from the prior generations we have managed. We know those under 35 have lived a much different existence than the over-40s and have a different view of themselves, the world, and what work means. Greg Smith pointed this out in a fairly productive way in his NY Times op-ed.. read more
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What's Wrong With Being Wrong?: Why are you so afraid of being wrong? The posturing in our companies to be right, or at least not in proximity of wrong is ubiquitous. It is a sad state of affairs for many. Being wrong can be so right in so many situations. read more
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Focus on Opportunity: Becoming opportunity focused requires work and thinking. It requires more than slogans. It requires practices that can be practiced. read more
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In Search of “Perfection”: DO Sweat The Small Stuff: We are entering a new era of intense competition with countries that strive for excellence. Indeed, they demand it! To be truly successful, one has to strive to get a little closer to excellence. Hopefully, passion for the work being done drives our need for perfection. read more
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GM vs. Drucker: Management Science vs. Management Practice: Why is getting the "what" right so critical today? In the global information age, managers are inundated with a nonstop flow of real-time information. This information flow brings about change at a breakneck speed unlike anything businesses have experienced before. read more
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The Nine Things that Recruiters Do that Irritate Me—A Recruiter: It's easy for someone on the other side of the table to say what they dislike about this industry, but have you ever done so? I have. read more
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The Value of Honesty in a Down Economy: “I met with a recruiter several weeks ago. I thought it went well; but looking back at the meeting, I got pumped for leads but never actually heard back from them.” read more
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Do You “Use” User Groups or Do They “Use” You?: User groups tend to be a group of individuals that specialize in a particular area that meet once a month to listen to a subject matter expert speak. Most times, these groups are sponsored by recruiting firms. read more
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If Peter Drucker Rated Leadership in the 2008 Presidential Election: If Peter Drucker—the inventor of management and the chronicler of great leaders—was still alive, he probably would not have been read more
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The Phone Call that Sparked a Discipline: As the author of Inside Drucker’s Brain, the most common question I get asked is: “Who is Peter Drucker, and how did he get started?” I welcome that query, because even those who know Drucker may not know what set him on the path to become the inventor of modern management. read more
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Why Is It That Training Never Gets a Seat at the Table?: Lately, I’ve been going to a lot of events. I just hit my 3 rd in two weeks. At each event there are breakout sessions and roundtables to read more
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16 Tips for Being Professional as you Say NO to the Chaos Around You: The goal is not to minimize distractions but to manage them for positive results. Here are real-life proven techniques that get people talking about read more
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Walk the Walk: The #1 Rule for Real Leaders: Leadership is the art of transforming how people think, feel and act. Though some experts make it seem complicated, it really has only two elements: read more
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Workplace Romances – When Love Is In the Air: What are the legal concerns that should be kept in mind when addressing workplace relationships? read more
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HR as a Knowledge Center: Knowledge and information is HR’s commodity. With one of HR’s responsibilities being compliance with the myriad U.S. employment laws that apply to your company, knowledge of those laws, and the actions your company needs to take to be in compliance and avoid law suites, is HR’s stock in trade. read more
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Sick Leave Gone Haywire: I know we’re all busy, but HR managers really need to train their managers on human resources basics. Take this sick-leave situation which demonstrates the type of scenarios I’ve had to deal with regularly—a real comedy of errors when they are all strung together. read more
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How Are the Project Needs Determined?: Steps to Achieve Business Alignment If needs are not defined clearly and early in the process, a flawed project can result, creating inefficiencies read more
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Intangibles: Measuring the Hard to Measure and the Hard to Value: This entry will delve deeper into intangibles with specific emphasis on the measurement, analysis and value of this hard-to-value data. read more
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Capturing Cost of Human Resources Programs: Easier Said Than Done: Many of the ROI articles in this column have focused on the benefits of a particular human resources project or program. After all, developing the read more
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Talent Strategies in an Economic Crisis: We are facing some really tremendous economic challenges this year. No matter which industry or cycle of business you're in, we’re all read more
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The Most Dangerous Job in Corporate America: CMO: Most successful CMOs hold accountability for the numbers and also lead product development, promotion and advertising, retention/loyalty and sales. These CMOs know the numbers, why they are the way they are and who is responsible for pulling that particular lever in the business. Based on that, they drive action in targeted areas when we needed to build on momentum or close gaps. read more
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Monogamy, Polygamy or Just Engaged?: The search for talent is complex and requires the skill of a mature professional who understands both business and the people who have the critical read more
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