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Mentoring or Coaching: What’s Best for Your Company?

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by Lis Merrick and Steve O’Brian 

Mentoring and coaching strategies translate to better employee engagement and retention. But it pays to know the key differences between coaching and mentoring to implement an effective program.

One of the major effects of the recession was a lack of investment in developing business skills for younger, midlevel workers. Today we’re faced with a serious talent gap and, with the improving economy, greater difficulty in recruiting highly skilled employees to fill those positions.

As organizations realize the depth of their talent predicament, many are developing strategic talent pipelines, with eight out of 10 saying they are “taking the steps to grow the talent pool and ensure access to the rights skills that will help drive business results,” according to “The Talent Shortage Survey: Research Results,” a ManpowerGroup survey. Continue reading →

8 Ways to Conquer Your Leadership Blind Spots

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By Bruna Martinuzzi

To be a successful leader or entrepreneur, we need to become intimate not only with our strengths but also with our blind spots, those aspects of our personality that can derail us. John C. Maxwell defines a blind spot as “an area in the lives of people in which they continually do not see themselves or their situation realistically.”

All of us have blind spots. A Hay Group study shows that the senior leaders in an organization are more likely to overrate themselves and to develop blind spots that can hinder their effectiveness as leaders. Another study by Development Dimensions International Inc. found that 89 percent of front-line leaders have at least one blind spot in their leadership skills. Continue reading →

F&A Head of Shared Services, Solutions and Client Engagement

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Looking for Experience in:

 

  •   Running F&A departments (preferably as CFO / Controller) or F&A Shared Services Centers with P&L responsibility for those divisions.
  • Demonstrated ability and maturity to sell and build relationships with C-Level executives (Shared Services Executives, CFO,  CPO divisions)
  • Experience in recommending F&A consulting, solutions, transitions & transformation to CxO clients Continue reading →

5 Rules for Efficient, Effective Meetings

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by Kristine Kern

Despite their reputation as a huge time-suck, meetings are the laboratories of real, measurable teamwork. To reclaim productivity at your organization, try these strategies for making meetings meaningful again.

Meetings are a major pain point for many of my clients striving to achieve organizational health. The remedy, however, is not fewer meetings; it’s more regular and specific ones. Sounds fun, right? Let me explain. Continue reading →

Employees Who Feel Love Perform Better

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by Sigal Barsade and Olivia (Mandy) O’Neill

“Love” is a not word you often hear uttered in office hallways or conference rooms. And yet, it has a strong influence on workplace outcomes. The more love co-workers feel at work, the more engaged they are. (Note: Here we’re talking about “companionate love” which is far less intense than romantic love. Companionate love is based on warmth, affection, and connection rather than passion). It may not be surprising that those who perceive greater affection and caring from their colleagues perform better, but few managers focus on building an emotional culture. That’s a mistake. Continue reading →