ORGANIZATIONAL behavior

ORGANIZATIONAL behavior

 
Leadership in Healthcare Dye, Carson F. Health Administration Press , 2000 Health Care, Leadership

Successful leadership is defined in many different ways. Whether an individual is a natural-born leader or learns the skills to become a good leader, having a value system and adhering to it is an integral contributor...

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Making a Difference by Being Yourself Huszczo, Gregory E. Davies-Black Publishing , 2009 Personal Growth, Relationships

For most of us, our sense of well-being is closely tied to whether or not we have a sense of purpose and of making a difference. Employees who feel they are simply part of a bureaucracy and unable to contribute to the...

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The Purpose Linked Organization Love, Alaina | Cugnon, Marc McGraw-Hill , 2009 Business Strategy, Leadership, Teams

The key to high performance in the workplace goes beyond traditional “hard skills” — passion is an essential element of productivity. Employees who are able to identify a “passion and purpose” in their lives experience...

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Extract Value from Consultants Perchthold, Gordon | Sutton, Jenny Greenleaf Book Group Press , 2010 Business Strategy, Productivity

It has happened at too many corporations, both large and small: a new system or process is under consideration and management hires a consulting firm to tackle the new project. The consultants work for months, use...

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The Truth About Leadership Kouzes, James M. | Posner, Barry Z. Jossey-Bass , 2010 Leadership

Although the context of leadership has changed significantly in recent years due to factors like globalization and new technologies, the content of leadership has remained constant. In The Truth About...

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Managing Mintzberg, Henry Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2009 Major Works, Management

Identifying what managers do is easy; making sense of the huge assortment of duties and requirements is the difficulty. According to management guru Henry Mintzberg, author of Managing, management must...

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The Art of Followership Riggio, Ronald E. | Chaleff, Ira | Lipman-Blumen, Jean Jossey-Bass , 2008 Leadership

Little by little, scholars and business practitioners have begun to recognize the significance of followers in organizations. Inspired by a groundbreaking conference held in 2006 called “Rethinking Followership,”...

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10 Steps to Successful Customer Service Kamin, Maxine ASTD Press , 2010 Customer Focus

Customer service is based on a trusting relationship between customer and business. Clients come to customer service representatives with a need. Great service staff will be able to deal with these needs no matter how...

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A Seat at the Table Miller, Marc Greenleaf Book Press , 2009 Business Strategy, Customer Focus

The word salesperson can have ugly connotations; it often reminds customers of disengaged product-pushers who sell without passion or purpose. If a salesperson can transcend that image, however, and help his customers...

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Repositioning Trout, Jack | Rivkin, Steve McGraw-Hill , 2010 Business Strategy, Change Management, Marketing

In today’s fast-moving economy, successful companies often have to change course in order to keep up with the shifting demands of the market – essentially, they have to “reposition” themselves in the mind of the...

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