Ordinary just won’t succeed anymore. Organizations will increasingly depend on cutting-edge solutions to never-before-seen problems and clever ideas for those recurring headaches that have always plagued us. Research indicates that a handful of star performers create the vast majority of valuable ideas for their organizations. These top thinkers, who also deliver stellar results, define theRead more
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When leaders master the art of talent assessment and commit to coaching those who need their help, those in their organizations develop fierce loyalty, exhibit infectious enthusiasm for the work they do, and want to spend their careers growing along with their organizations. When your best talent doesn’t receive attention, retention, productivity, and morale suffer.Read more
“Step to the Rear,” from the 1967 Broadway production How Now, Dow Jones, announces that “here’s where we separate the notes from the noise, the men from the boys, the rose from the poison ivy.” In this rousing musical, the characters center their lives around the stock market and saving the US economy. Helping organizationsRead more
Want to improve profits and grow your business? Give yourself the talent advantage! Hire well, promote the most deserving, and invest in your people. When you do, people in your organization will develop fierce loyalty, exhibit infectious enthusiasm for the work they do, and want to spend their careers growing along with their organizations. WhenRead more
In your chain of command, you may have “Baby Boomers,” “Gen Xers,” some members of “Generation Y,” and probably some from “Why Nots?” or whatever names have made their way into the books since I started writing this article. Authors fill these books with advice about how you must manage and lead the people inRead more
