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Is Your Organization Considering an Investment in Executive Coaching?
Article by Laura Poisson Maximizing the performance of a leadership team through executive coaching can yield significant returns for an organization. According to a recent global survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Association Resource Centre, the mean Return on the Investment in coaching was 7 times the initial investment. It…
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Feedback: An Organizational and Individual Perspective
Feedback: An Organizational and Individual Perspective Part One by Geralyn Burke Gray, Annie Stevens, and Lisa Zankman Feedback – An Organizational View Why is it that so many companies struggle with fostering and providing ongoing feedback? It seems that we have many forces trying to make sure that…
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Engaging Employees After A Layoff
There are few things more difficult to do than terminating someone’s employment. Employees who are treated with dignity and respect in this process, and receive the support they need, will progress in their job search with greater ease and reflect more positively on their experiences with their former employer. Remaining…
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Benefits of Creating Your Career Network
Eleanor Roosevelt recognized the power of finding mentors and credited her mentors for helping her make history. She believed you have nothing to lose and everything to gain by seeking the advice of someone you respect and endeavoring to establish relationships with the best mentor for your needs at any…
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5 Practical Ways to Protect Your Investment and Position Your Leader for Success
Ramping up new leaders quickly is the best way to ensure early wins and the likelihood of success. Onboarding starts before they walk in the door. Human Resource leaders, managers and mentors play a key role in helping new employees accelerate and enrich their time to productivity and transition smoothly…
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How HR Can Help Employees Flourish In Their Jobs
A major reason that employees may be feeling overwhelmed or disconnected at work is that they are not in roles where they can best flourish. One of the most important functions of human resources professionals is helping their organizations to ensure they have the right talent in the right place and…
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Guidelines for Giving Feedback
An effective way to get as much productivity as possible from employees is to provide timely, helpful feedback. However, giving feedback is one of the most poorly executed management duties. Most managers have never received any training in giving feedback and are especially reluctant to deliver negative feedback. But, many…
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The 7 New Ways to Mentor
Short-term. Multiple. Reverse. Two-Way. Informal. Virtual. Companywide. Mentoring has been revitalized and now comes in seven different forms to serve various purposes. Following are the seven ways mentoring is being used today: Short-term: Mentoring relationships can be very short-term – an hour or a day – or last weeks or…
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