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About Next!: Next! is a column that’s not afraid to go against the grain and challenge common business practices. Irving Buchen, Ph.D, shares his insights and teachings on “self-coaching,” and its capacity not only to change, but also to cure.
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The Job Interview Contest: Unbalanced, Uneven, Unfair and Ultimately Unproductive: Adversarial relationships dominate the interview process. In short, the company holds most of the cards. And yet the situation remains lopsided; and given the competition for good jobs coupled with a sluggish economy and job market, desperation may again trump integrity. read more
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Training Prep and Training Success: Three Receptivity Determinations: Success is always shared: between speakers and audiences, between what is presented and what is received, between what action is urged and what is accepted. Above all, success is the reward for doing your homework and of careful and informed preparation. It is not an easy task. There are a number of preliminary worries—below are five. read more
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"You're Fired!" Termination Policy Components, Dynamics and Application: We have hanging over us termination policies which are frequently dated, punitive, careless, and unexamined. But how is the policy conceived and created? What are its essential components? What are the dynamics and who are the principal players? read more
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About Lessons From Peter Drucker: Drucker is known as “The Father of Modern Management” because his concepts revolutionized the way we manage. Adopters frequently cannot believe that simple ideas can be so powerful or can have such a significant positive impact. Here’s proof. Learn how applying Drucker’s management theories can enhance your organization’s success.
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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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About C/me ™: Adding value is the result of doing the right things at the right times for the right reasons. C/me raises questions from an unconventional perspective and challenges the approach to the day to day decisions in business.
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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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No, Thank You: Very often, the best we can strive for is to avoid getting something we don’t need or shouldn’t have. A few more “no, thank you’s” in our world may well lead to happier and more successful people and companies. read more
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About "The Drucker Perspective":
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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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About A Question Of Ethics: This column is designed to be a forum to discuss ethical issues that arise in daily business interactions. Explored are possible solutions to assist in making ethical business practices part of how we operate as professionals.
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Plugging the Leaks in Social Media: Corporate security breaches and employee conduct in cyberspace are of increasing concern as the use of social media permeates our society. read more
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Challenging the Boss on Principle: Most of us would agree that good ethics is good for business and bad ethics is bad for business. However, this basic concept begs the question, read more
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About HR Toolkit: Idea of the Week: HR Toolkit is a collection of ideas, strategies and practical applications pertaining to human resources, training, learning, employee development, social media, and much, much 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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Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods: Twitterville is primarily a business book. It is filled with examples of how people in all sizes and kinds of business are using Twitter to thrive read more
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About HR Esq: The employment-related legal issues U.S. employers face can be mind-boggling. This column provides you with insight and guidance to help navigate the mine-fields of the US labor and employment laws. You’ll find that employers have rights, as well as obligations, and will learn to avoid some of the legal pitfalls that can also thwart company growth and stymie production.
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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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About The Culture Club:
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Good Human Resources During Bad Times: If organizations are living things, then the human beings who work there are the cells of the body. If the health of the body (i.e. the culture) is read more
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Let’s Ship All the Jobs to China!: I had an interesting conversation at a recent IQPC Talent Management Summit in Las Vegas. While having dinner with a vice president of human read more
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How Culture Affects Onboarding: Eighty percent of all new employees decide within the first six months if they are going to stay with their current employers or begin looking for “new opportunities.” Whether this figure is the result of research or not (or simply overblown), it does point out the importance of quickly incorporating new hires into the workplace. read more
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About ExecMojo: Learn from the columnists of ExecMojo successful talent management and employer branding strategies that target your employee’s needs today and in the future and leverage your organization in the competitive marketplace.
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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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