Category: Team & Culture
Can you do the job? Strengths
There are only three questions in a job interview, getting at strengths, motivation, and fit. See The Only Three Interview Questions, The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan or the companion…
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Will you love the job? Motivation.
There are only three questions in a job interview, getting at strengths, motivation, and fit. See The Only Three Job Interview Questions, The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan or the…
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Can we tolerate working with you? Fit.
There are only three questions in a job interview, getting at strengths, motivation, and fit. See The Only Three Job Interview Questions, The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan or the…
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QlikTech CEO Galvanizes Team, Delivers 50% Growth
QlikTech’s CEO Lars Bjork knows that sustaining extraordinary growth requires rejuvenating the team on a regular basis. That’s why each year for the last 12 years every single one of…
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Chiquita CEO Fernando Aguirre on Inspiring and Enabling Others
While you, as a leader, will certainly do this in your own inimitable way, you must Acquire, Develop, Encourage, Plan, and Transition talent over time. Let your mission inform the…
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Transition Management Requires Depth
There was moment in the waning moments of Saturday evening's NCAA Basketball semi-final between UConn and Kentucky when the Kentucky team ran out of gas. It was just a…
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The New Leader’s Playbook for Mergers and Acquisitions
While any leadership transition is challenging for some, the disruption surrounding an acquisition or merger (which is generally an acquisition by a different name) creates a challenges for everybody on…
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The Economic Impact of Integrity Hits
One of the definitions of integrity is "unity" - congruence between actions, words, and beliefs. Most would tell you that integrity is a good thing. Unfortunately, many of their actions…
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Creative Briefs Enable Creation
It's counter-intuitive, and neither a core onboarding skill, leadership skill, nor something you'd normally cover during executive training, but creative briefs are an extraordinarily effective way to free creative people…
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