Category: Leadership
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Five Implications from Accenture’s Elimination of Performance Reviews
Pierre Naterme, Accenture’s CEO, revealed key insights for leaders seeking to maximize employee innovation and energy in his interview with Lillian Cunningham from the Washington Post. While propelling his organization to be more agile and customer-centric, Naterme is thoroughly impressed with Accenture’s new generation of talent. He seeks to motivate their team members to go…
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Rule of Five
If you are communicating more than five priorities to your staff, you may not be communicating as effectively as you’d like. Our suggestion – apply the Rule of Five – a maximum of five priorities for any given year. [a re-post from 2006] Five priorities: too few? Professional baseball/ basketball/ football players surprisingly don’t complain…
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11 Personal Choices Transformed Lincoln’s Adversaries into Allies
Eleven personal choices set Lincoln’s leadership apart and brought him support even from his foes. Here they are with adoption suggestions to increase your effectiveness, influence, and goodwill. Lincoln chose to: 1 – Serve What’s Greater Criticized personally for everything from his appearance to his views, Lincoln still appointed those he felt could contribute despite…
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Incentives – Proceed with Caution
Pay-for-performance approaches, once exclusively the domain of sales departments, are becoming more widespread. The intent is to give employees a stake in the company’s success, with the hope of improving individual performance. These incentive systems can be effective but they can also produce the opposite effect. Naive organizations see these systems as a quick-fix even for complex…
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Organizational Culture 101
Every organization has one. Without conscious thought, organizations informally build up over time a pattern defining its typical or preferred operating state. No two organizations are the same – even divisions within a larger organization have distinct cultural elements. Like the grain within a piece of wood – culture gives beauty, texture, strength, and uniqueness…