Monthly Archives: January 2012

Culture Drives Performance Excellence

Culture, like the air you breathe, is difficult to get your arms around lever of high performance and workplace engagement. Other commonly recognized performance excellence levers appear easy to move in comparison. Got bad managers? Fire the worst; then train—and … Continue reading

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How HR and L&D Be an Effective Business Partner

How Can HR and L&D Be an Effective Business Partner? The simple answer is by linking your HR and L&D work directly to business success. Here’s how… Continue reading

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How Important are Employee Mindsets?

Employee “mindsets” are of critical importance and need to be measured. Business owners and leaders agonized over questions like: Do I have the right people to get us to the next level? How can I get everyone to personally understand … Continue reading

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What is True Leadership? By Dr. Fred (DocFred) Simkovsky

What is true leadership? You can give the same old tired definitions: The Easy Answer: leadership is getting people to do things they have never thought of doing, do not believe are possible or that they do not want to … Continue reading

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