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2017 | Skills Gap Solutions

Closing the Skills Gap: Lessons From North Carolina To Maine

When finding solutions for critical talent shortages, the state you’re in matters a lot. And I don’t mean your state of mind. Giving recent keynote talks in Maine and North Carolina on “How to Close the Skills Gap” gave me a chance to interview top executives in both...
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2017 | Leadership Development, Skills Gap Solutions

Is Your Talent Strategy Setting You Up To Fail?

Jim Collins, author of How the Mighty Fall, did an important study of why great organizations fail. He examined 11 corporations that at one time were considered top performers, but had subsequently fallen badly. The sample included Motorola, Merck, HP and Circuit...
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2017 | Leadership Development

Four Questions Every Great Leader Must Answer

Lots of people have titles or roles that suggest they’re a leader. But it’s amazing how many executives simply behave as administrators or care takers in the job they’ve taken on. In the process, they often do more harm than good, increasing employee turnover,...
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2017 | MultiGenerational Workforce

How to Build a Millennial-Friendly Culture: Lessons From the Leading Edge

Are you struggling to recruit and retain a millennial workforce? I’ve recently completed a study of a manufacturing company that successfully built a culture to attract and retain younger workers. Here are four highlights from my new case on building your next...
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2017 | Managing Organizational Change

Stack the Odds in Your Favor: 3 Keys to Managing Organizational Change

Are you trying to transform a university so it better prepares students for a changing workplace? Or do you want to reduce the impact of critical skill shortages? In either case, you need to effectively implement major changes in your organization. But change guru...
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2017 | Lost Knowledge

Are You Sitting on a Lost Knowledge Time Bomb?

CEOs of industrial distribution companies have no clue where they’re going to get the next generation of sales people with enough knowledge about the complex products clients need to keep their factories in running. CIOs in California state government are worried...
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Closing the Skills Gap: Lessons From North Carolina To Maine

Is Your Talent Strategy Setting You Up To Fail?

Four Questions Every Great Leader Must Answer

How to Build a Millennial-Friendly Culture: Lessons From the Leading Edge

Stack the Odds in Your Favor: 3 Keys to Managing Organizational Change

Are You Sitting on a Lost Knowledge Time Bomb?

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