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People, Power & Profits!
For your pre-work to the upcoming training, please download articles which are not otherwise freely available on the web:.
NB!! At the training you will receive a copy of all articles in form of a “Book of Articles” thus – for sake of the environment – please consider how much printing you need to do in beforehand.
“Welcome to Leadership” – Pre-Work – the list of all preparation to be made for the training
How Managers Drive Results and Employee Engagement at the Same Time
First Let’s Fire all the Managers
If You Are Not Helping People, You’re Not Management Material
Measuring the Return on Character
Navigating the Transition from Friend to Boss
What If Companies Managed People as Carefully as They Manage Money?
4 Reasons Managers Should Spend More Time on Coaching
How Leaders Can Push Employees Without Stressing Them Out
What to Do About Mediocrity on Your Team
The Management Side of Leadership
Becoming ‘Chief Product Manager’ of People and Performance
– Your Tactics to Practising World Class Leadership
For your pre-work to the upcoming training, please download articles which are not otherwise freely available on the web:.
NB!! At the training you will receive a copy of all articles in form of a “Book of Articles” thus – for sake of the environment – please consider how much printing you need to do in beforehand.
“The Management Side of Leadership” – Pre-work – the list of all preparation to be made for the training
Design Your Employee Experience as Thoughtfully as You Design Your Customer Experience
Stop Lying to Job Candidates About the Role
The 20 Most Common Things That Come Up During Reference Checks
6 Ways to Screen Job Candidates for Strategic Thinking
7 Practical Ways to Reduce Bias in Your Hiring Process
Why You Should Interview People Who Turn Down a Job with Your Company
Starting a New Job? Take Control of Your Onboarding
Tough Love Performance Reviews, in 10 Minutes
Every Manager Needs to Practice Two Types of Coaching
Younger and Older Executives Need Different Things from Coaching
Most Managers Don’t Know How to Coach People. But They Can Learn
4 Signs an Executive Isn’t Ready for Coaching
How to Talk to Your Boss When You’re Underperforming
How to Manage a Toxic Employee
How to Collaborate with People You Don’t Like
The Behaviors that Define A-Players
How to Manage Your Star Employee
The Best Companies Don’t Have More Stars — They Cluster Them Together
How to Retain and Engage Your B Players
How to Manage a Team of B Players
What to Do About Mediocrity on Your Team
The 3 Types of C Players and What to Do About Them
How to Talk to an Employee Who Isn’t Meeting Their Goals
Research: How One Bad Employee Can Corrupt a Whole Team
Managers Aren’t Doing Enough to Train Employees for the Future
Making Learning a Part of Everyday Work
Why Leadership Development Isn’t Developing Leaders
You Don’t Need a Promotion to Grow at Work
13 Signs That Someone Is About to Quit, According to Research
When the Competition Is Trying to Poach Your Top Employee
What to Say and Do When Your Employee Has Another Job Offer
Setting the Record Straight: Using an Outside Offer to Get a Raise
A Step-by-Step Guide to Firing Someone
A More Humane Approach to Firing People
Why Great Employees Leave “Great Cultures”
Case Study: Can You Fix a Toxic Culture Without Firing People?
Meaningful Work Beats Over-the-Top Perks Every Time
The Four Secretes To Employee Engagement
Why the Millions We Spend on Employee Engagement Buy Us So Little
Great Companies Obsess Over Productivity, Not Efficiency
9 Productivity Tips from People Who Write About Productivity
How to Prioritize Your Work When Your Manager Doesn’t
Why New Personal Productivity Efforts Don’t StickBefore You Set
Before You Set New Goals, Think About What You’re Going to Stop Doing
How to Design an Agenda for an Effective Meeting
Research-Based Strategies for Overcoming Procrastination
4 Strategies for Overcome Distraction
For Delegation to Work, It Has to Come with Coaching
How Being a Workaholic Differs from Working Long Hours — and Why That Matters for Your Health
Leading Leaders
Being Chief Leading Officer of People and Culture!
– Creating Meaning, Hope and Performancein Your Organisation
For your pre-work to the upcoming training, please download articles which are not otherwise freely available on the web:.
NB!! At the training you will receive a copy of all articles in form of a “Book of Articles” thus – for sake of the environment – please consider how much printing you need to do in beforehand.
“Leading Leaders” – Pre-Work – the list of all preparation to be made for the training.
Form – Start-Stop-Continue Doing (Word-doc)
Leadership Questionaire 1 & 2 (Word-doc)
Value of Leadership (Word-doc)
Succession Planning (Word-doc)
Leadership Capital Index (Word-doc)
Stop Playing the Victim with Your Time
Great Companies Obsess Over Productivity, Not Efficiency
9 Productivity Tips from People Who Write About Productivity
How to Prioritize Your Work When Your Manager Doesn’t
Why New Personal Productivity Efforts Don’t Stick
Before You Set New Goals, Think About What You’re Going to Stop Doing
How to Design an Agenda for an Effective Meeting
Research-Based Strategies for Overcoming Procrastination
4 Strategies for Overcoming Distraction
For Delegation to Work, It Has to Come with Coaching
How Being a Workaholic Differs from Working Long Hours — and Why That Matters for Your Health
Nine Practices to Help You Say No
5 Things to Do When You Feel Overwhelmed by Your Workload
The 5 Elements of a Strong Leadership Pipeline
How to Tell Your Boss to Stop Doing Your Job
Leading at the Right Level I: The Phenomenon of Leadership and Decision Compression
Under-Management Is the Flip Side of Micromanagement — and It’s a Problem Too
The Core Incompetencies of the Corporation
The Surprising Economics of a ‘People Business
What If Companies Managed People as Carefully as They Manage Money
Putting a Price on People Problems at Work
The Key to Lasting Behavioral Change: Think Goal, Not Tactic
Organizations Can’t Change If Leaders Can’t Change with Them
What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It
Could Your Personality Derail Your Career?
4 Ways to Get Honest, Critical Feedback from Your Employees
The Trickle-Down Effect of Good (and Bad) Leadership
3 Ways Senior Leaders Create a Toxic Culture
Why Do So Many Managers Forget They’re Human Beings?
9 Leadership Behaviors That Drive Customer Loyalty
The Key to Happy Customers? Happy Employees
Engaging Your Employees Is Good, but Don’t Stop There
Meaningful Work Beats Over-the-Top Perks Every Time
You Don’t Find Your Purpose — You Build It
5 Questions to Help Your Employees Find Their Inner Purpose
Leadership Takes Self-Control. Here’s What We Know About It
The Best Companies Know How to Balance Strategy and Purpose
Companies Don’t Always Need a Purpose Beyond Profit
Make Your Values Mean Something
High-Performing Teams Need Psychological Safety. Here’s How to Create It
The Best Teams Hold Themselves Accountable
Help Your Team Agree on How They’ll Collaborate
Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other
Assessment: How Well Does Your Team Function?
Talent Matters Even More than People Think
Managers Aren’t Doing Enough to Train Employees for the Future
Making Learning a Part of Everyday Work
Why Organizations Don’t Learn (Optional)
Delivering an Effective Performance Review
Tough Love Performance Reviews, in 10 Minutes
Why You Should Stop Setting Easy Goals
4 Reasons Talented Employees Don’t Reach Their Potential
4 Reasons Good Employees Loose Their Motivation
A 6-Part Structure for Giving Clear and Actionable Feedback
How to Give Feedback People Can Actually Use
Every Manager Needs to Practice Two Types of Coaching
Younger and Older Executives Need Different Things from Coaching
4 Reasons Managers Should Spend More Time on Coaching
Most Managers Don’t Know How to Coach People. But They Can Learn
Your Coaching Is Only as Good as Your Follow-Up Skills
4 Signs an Executive Isn’t Ready for Coaching
How to Manage a Toxic Employee
The Behaviors that Define A-Players
How to Manage Your Star Employee
The Best Companies Don’t Have More Stars — They Cluster Them Together
A Players” or “A Positions”?: The Strategic Logic of Workforce Management (optional)
How to Manage a Team of B Players
How to Retain and Engage Your B Players
What to Do About Mediocrity on Your Team
The 3 Types of C Players and What to Do About Them
How to Talk to an Employee Who Isn’t Meeting Their Goals
Research: How One Bad Employee Can Corrupt a Whole Team
To Come Up with Better Ideas, Practice Paying Attention
The Best Leaders Are Constant Learners
The Seven Skills You Need to Thrive in the C-Suite
The Best Leaders Are Great Teachers
4 Ways to Improve Your Strategic Thinking Skills
How to Do Strategic Planning Like a Futurist
What Science Says About Identifying High-Potential Employees
Why Leadership Development Isn’t Developing Leaders
There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One
Create a Growth Culture, Not a Performance-Obsessed One!
If You’re Going to Change Your Culture, Do It Quickly
The Wrong Ways to Strengthen Culture
Why Do We Undervalue Competent Management?
Your Organization Wastes Time. Here’s How to Fix It.
What we learned about bureaucracy
How to Tell Your Team That Organizational Change Is Coming
Research: To Get People to Embrace Change, Emphasize What Will Stay the Same
Smart Leaders Focus on Execution First and Strategy Second
How Aligned Is Your Organization?
Executives Fail to Execute Strategy Because They’re Too Internally Focused