Month: October 2015
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Gen Xers: Is "Rudeness" Hurting Your Personal Brand?
“Douche bag.” “Asshole.” “Hey, welcome back….group’s been looking for you.” “Yeah, I lost my phone.” “Fuck off.” “Or maybe I took a hammer to it.” “….We fly tomorrow night.” “Without me….I quit the group, Rob.” “….Stop fucking around. Shit, shower, shave, and let’s go.” – CIA agents Quinn and Rob discussing a mission, Homeland,Season 4, Episode 12 There are three main generations in the workforce today: The “overstudied” Baby Boomers (b.…
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Why It’s Not A Good Idea To Manipulate People
Branding is often equated with manipulation. Unfortunately, some people can indeed take advantage of its tactics to succeed at work, and in the process step on the very people they are supposed to lead. They are encouraged to do so because metrics of CEO performance have little or nothing to do with genuinely treating people…
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Do Most Top Executives Have Good People Skills?
Because metrics of CEO performance have little or nothing to do with genuinely treating people well, most organizations inadvertently encourage their leaders to step on the very people they are supposed to lead. Think about it. When the term “CEO” (or any term associated with a top executive) is uttered, most of us think of…
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Why Gen X Can’t Succeed At Work
“Douche bag.”“Asshole.”“Hey, welcome back….group’s been looking for you.”“Yeah, I lost my phone.”“Fuck off.”“Or maybe I took a hammer to it.”“….We fly tomorrow night.”“Without me….I quit the group, Rob.”“….Stop fucking around. Shit, shower, shave, and let’s go.” – CIA agents Quinn and Rob discussing a mission, Homeland, Season 4, Episode 12 There are three main generations in the workforce today: The “overstudied” Baby Boomers (b. 1946-1964);…
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Integrated Management In Government: The Critical Role of Branding
Integrated Brand-Based Management In Government: The Critical Role of Branding from Dannielle Blumenthal, Ph.D. – By Dannielle Blumenthal, Ph.D.
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A Simpler Way To Manage People
A few years ago I had an interview for a supervisory job at an agency that shall remain nameless. “What would you do with a workforce that is largely unmotivated?” the interviewer asked me. “How would you get them going again?” On that day I must have been unmotivated, too. “I don’t know,” I said.…
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Rating The Supervisors
It’s that time of year again. Time to do your annual self-rating and submit it to your boss, after which time you have a performance discussion, and after that you get a report card that you have to sign. Personally I find the whole process utterly painful. Somewhat inefficient. Incomplete. Even degrading. The real performance…
Management Excellence 