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Drive Company Performance
Efficiency has become a matter of survival for organizations. This Executive Edge dips into what exceptional companies do to improve their ROA (return on assets) and how to define and execute a good strategic plan. It also covers how to increase efficiency with value alliances, and finally, how to cope with the complexity that comes […]
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Discover Your Next Great Product
Today’s companies are part of a faced-paced competitive environment, which means looking for the next great product or service must always be on the agenda. A great product idea begins as a flash of inspiration. This issue of Executive Edge looks at generating an idea, designing it within a carefully tended culture of innovation, unleashing […]
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How to Develop a Strategic Plan
In any organization, it is helpful to envision a desired future, which can then be translated into broadly defined goals or objectives for employees, teams and managers. To be successful, leaders must be strategic in how their resources, including talent, can be utilized to best advantage. In this issue of Executive Edge, we look at […]
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Courage Is the Ability to Take on Fear
An important takeaway from this Edge is that you can’t plan to be courageous, but you can choose it. Courage can be learned. People with courage can summon it from within to act in situations of stress, conflict, or ambiguity. Courage can make the difference between talk and action. Courage has nothing to do with […]
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It’s Time to Find Your Inner Courage
Fear gets in the way of our loftier goals by undermining our spontaneity, our ability to try new things and our motivation to challenge ourselves. But in order to fulfill our professional potential –– and to gain the satisfaction of getting there –– we must summon the courage to battle our fears. This Executive Edge […]
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Build a Core of Resilience
Individuals, teams and companies are all susceptible to failing in some way at some point. Developing resilience provides the ability to withstand adversity and ways to bounce back. This Executive Edge considers failure and examines how to develop personal resilience, team resilience, cultural resilience through workplace civility, and behaviors that contribute to making people more […]
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Put Your Heart Into How You Lead
Ideally, leadership balances the needs of people and the needs of the business. It often means that leaders must shift more of their attention to others and less on themselves. This outward focus requires that you use not only your head but also your heart. In this Executive Edge we learn that tuning into the […]
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Ways to Enhance Organizational Effectiveness
Effective management depends a lot on how resources are used. This Executive Edge explores ways that companies can maximize their resources, namely people, equipment, materials and supplies to achieve efficiency and effectiveness. Topics include optimizing workflow, focusing on results, simplifying, organizing, and developing individual contributors. For managers, it is key to find ways to enhance […]
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Capitalize on Team Dynamics
Much of a team’s success relies on the ability of its members to work together and be committed to a common purpose, yet be diverse enough to bring complementary skills into the mix. In this issue of Executive Edge, the focus is on team dynamics, such as: relationships, skills, problem solving and characteristics that are […]
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Building Healthy Relationships at Work
It’s pretty obvious that if you can build rapport with the people you work with, you are more likely to be happier at work. What may not be obvious is how those relationships evolve and what steps can be taken to cultivate them. This Executive Edge looks into different levels of working relationships, the importance […]
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Master the Discipline of Listening
As important as it is to speak well in order to motivate, it is also important to listen well in order to learn. It is easy to cultivate a habit of interrupting people in conversation or finishing their sentences, but it may derail someone who is trying to introduce new facts or a better idea. […]
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Managing a Workforce in the Digital Era
As companies continue to adapt to new technologies, workforces will continue to diversify. Leadership will require consideration of varying needs of different ages, as well as ethnicities and genders. This Executive Edge offers insight into creating loyalty in the digital era, managing the tension between control and freedom, crafting employee relationships that meet their needs, […]
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