Chip Anthony heads up a sizable industrial activity in Chattanooga (Tennessee). We visited his production site together and I was amazed by the fact that Chip reached out to many people calling them by their names, shaking hands, asking how they were and saying “thank you!”
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I get very often the questions how to assess employee’s potential. Managers want to know that in view of their team member’s potential. But I think it is a very good question to ask also ourselves – about our own potential …. and in order to understand more about ourselves.
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Many companies assess employee performance based on the WHAT and the HOW. What has been achieved is based on the annual objectives. the How dimension is usually based on a leadership framework that outlines the expected leadership behavior. The WOW HOW series provides examples of great leadership. It is important to outline these examples because they very often go unnoticed. We see the great What achievements: the product launches, the turnaround projects, the business development initiatives, etc. But great leadership behavior is very often less visible.
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What is the experience base and why is it an important factor of your career management? I would like to use the analogy of the Egyptian pyramids. If you have a broad base, then the pyramid is high. With the career progression it is similar. If we have a broad base, then we can go far in our career. But it is not only a question about how broad it is, it is probably also a question about how robust, how solid this experience base is. In this article we will explore both aspects.
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How to enhance trust in your organization. Interview with Prof. Dr. Tom Sommerlatte from the Trust Management Institute.
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The baby elephant story contains a message for us! Break free from self-imposed mental barriers! Read here about the adventure of baby elephant’s capitation and how it got back to its mother. You will learn why elephants don’t escape when they have a rope around their necks. This is an invitation for us to think about situations that we could manage differently, if we would free up from certain mental models that are no longer relevant from us.
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