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Beating the “GM Nod”

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Guest Blogger |
Leadership - Management |
Mon, 06/30/2014 - 20:59

Lawrence Polsky and Antoine Gerschel, Managing Partners, PeopleNRG.com

People resist change. Among 1,300 professionals who responded to our 2012 Global Study, 81% reported they say yes to changes but do nothing. A recent glaring example of this is what has become known as the “GE nod.”

GM recently fired 15 people for just nodding yes and doing nothing for years as the company failed to deal with a major safety problem. It took the company 11 years to recall vehicles equipped with a defective ignition switch. One reason: there was “no demonstrated sense of urgency, right to the very end,” according to an internal investigation by former U.S. Attorney Anton Valukas.

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What to do when you can't get funding for your start-up

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Guest Blogger |
Small Business - Finance |
Fri, 06/27/2014 - 21:14

Stacia Pierce, CEO, Ultimate Lifestyle Enterprises

There are many aspiring entrepreneurs looking for more revenue and resources, with no idea how to make it happen. I get letters every day that say, “I want to start my business—but I’m not making the money that I need to do so!” Some try borrowing from relatives and others look for investment capital opportunities. Although getting capital for your business is hard to come by these days, all hope is not lost. You can build your dream business on your own through self-funding.

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Five Steps to Developing Engaged Followers

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Guest Blogger |
Leadership |
Fri, 06/27/2014 - 01:18

Dr. Laurent M. Lapierre, Professor, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa

In the past, leadership theory and practice has traditionally favored the leader in discussions of how leadership can advance organizational effectiveness. But what about the follower and the part they have to play?

Followers are essential to any organization. Without followers you have no leaders and without proactively engaged followers there is little room for company growth. Proactive followers are not “yes people.” They support their leaders by questioning their assumptions and offering competing views on how to overcome important challenges. In the current climate, a lack of proactive followership may lead to company-wide failure.

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Become the Social CEO

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Peter Friedman |
Marketing |
Thu, 06/26/2014 - 14:15

Many brands today are engaging in transformative conversations with customers through social media. These conversations and the relationships that follow allow these brands to fundamentally change the way they do business, ensuring that as customer needs change they’re positioned to capture those changes, adapt, and thrive.

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If All Productivity Improvements Must Come from Technology, What Are Managers For?

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Guest Blogger |
Management |
Wed, 06/25/2014 - 20:02

Edward G. Brown, Founder, Cohen Brown Management Group

“The Employee of the Month Has a Battery”

Wall Street Journal, January 29, 2014

CEOs and investors are right to worry when they see productivity gains from the digital revolution tailing off. But many seem to have a quaint faith that salvation comes from one source only, the one they agree is exhausted right now: digital innovation.