From e-mail monitoring and Website blocking to phone tapping and GPS tracking, employers increasingly combine technology with policy to manage productivity and minimize litigation, security, and other risks.
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Leaders are good strategists and planners. Again, what I’ve found in working with successful men and women in business is that they’re very, very good planners. They have taken the time to learn or been taught how to do strategic thinking.
Mark Vickers of i4cp has a question for today’s organizations: Given all the resources poured into leadership development, why aren’t they doing a better job at it? In a recent i4p study, three quarters of respondents said that developing leaders is highly important, but less than a quarter of respo
The results of an American Management Association/i4cp study on leadership competencies.
Is reading dead? Some experts predict that streaming video and talking computers will soon replace the written word. And studies appear to back them up: the percentage of Americans who read literary works, 57% in 1982, dropped to 47% in 2002, with...
Have you ever wondered about the origin of the word "mayday," the international distress call used by ships and aircraft? In the preface to her new book Mayday!
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Should your organization grow its leadership from within, or acquire it from without? Each tactic has its advantages and disadvantages, according to Robert Barner, author of Bench Strength. Here, Barner explains the factors organizations should...