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So You Think You’re a Great Listener?
Good listening: it’s one of the most frequently taught leadership skills, and yet the chief complaint many employees have about their bosses is that they just don’t listen. We all think we’re listening to what people are saying to us and that we understand the...
Organizational Integration: Why Your Company Needs It Now
Is your company struggling with clashing cultures? Do you have divisions that don’t see eye to eye on the best way to do business? If you’ve been ignoring -- or possibly even encouraging -- this kind of competition, it’s time to reconsider your approach....
Are You a Magnet for Top Talent? Mary Pratt Interviews GE & Tanfeeth
Please see this great article on talent branding from Mary Pratt. I am humbled to be mentioned.
Colleague Discount for Global HR Leaders Academy!
I am privileged to be the Lead faculty member of the Global HR Leaders Academy, in partnership with the Conference Board. The workshop is an intensive development experience with a small cohort of experienced mid- to senior-level HR colleagues that will deepen your...
On-Boarding and New Talent Integration
Of particular challenge to any organization is effective on boarding and integration of mid career outside talent into their organization and particularly culture. Research has shown that successful talent in one organization often can’t make the transition to the...
Leadership Excellence
Talent Management by Linda D. Sharkey and Paul Eccher THE PROBLEM WITH TALENT MANAGEMENT (TM) today is that companies are clamoring to find, develop, and retain top talent but lack a holistic approach for doing so. While talent is a prevailing concern of CEOs and the...
Strategic OD Article
This is an excerpt from: Strategic Organization Developments Managing Change for Success Edited by Therese F. Yaeger, Benedictine University and Peter F. Sorensen, Jr. Benedictine University A volume in Contemporary Trends in Organization Development and Change Series...
Leveraging HR
Leveraging HR: How to Develop Leaders in “Real Time” -Linda Sharkey What We Know We have known for many years(through a variety of research projects, such as those conducted by James Kouzes and Barry Posner, the Center for Creative Leadership, and Chris Argyris) that...
Leadership Assessment
Talent management is one of the greatest challenges and critical business priorities facing companies today Setting the Stage The “war for talent” is an often heard mantra of today’s CEOs. This issue was identified as early as 1997 when McKinsey conducted War for...
People Talent
PEOPLE TALENT Build Your Talent Take steps to gain advantage. by Linda D. Sharkey TODAY’S CHALLENGING times require companies to cut costs and conserve resources. Many leaders are cutting back, reducing services, and eliminating “dead wood”. While some of this is...
