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The individual or the organization: Identifying the root of employee underperformance

CLO Magazine

If yes, share your priorities and working style so they can better manage up. Sometimes colleagues share inaccurate information that encourages outdated behaviors or different approaches than what’s appropriate for the role. This means improving the quality of information shared about the behaviors that define success.

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Grow multicultural leaders with coaching, not just business English

CLO Magazine

Conflicting working styles across diverse teams. And in his supervisory role, in which he provides direction to more junior employees (the “less powerful”), he displays a hierarchical mode of behavior that can come across as overly authoritative and even condescending, according to recent performance review feedback.

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DAN PONTEFRACT – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

Dan is author of “ Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization ” and is currently at work on the follow-up book. He is Chief Envisioner of TELUS Transformation Office; a future-of-work consulting group that helps organizations enhance corporate culture, leadership, learning, work styles & collaboration practices.

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Dan Pontefract – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

Dan is author of “ Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization ” and is currently at work on the follow-up book. He is Chief Envisioner of TELUS Transformation Office; a future-of-work consulting group that helps organizations enhance corporate culture, leadership, learning, work styles & collaboration practices.

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Use Employee Health As a Performance Engine

CLO Magazine

Employees are behavioral beings, and each person contributes to the success of the enterprise. To help enable business success, healthy behaviors must flow from the bottom up and the top down. Therefore, business leaders should strive to ensure connection and engagement at every level. In 2010, Towers Watson & Co.

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Sexual Harassment Prevention Starts With Leadership

CLO Magazine

Ihsanullah said a small shift in behavior among senior leaders will ripple through the organization in a positive way. Learning leaders should have discussions with the leadership team about what inclusive behavior looks like and how the organization can put it into action.

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How to Retrain for a Second Career

CLO Magazine

The first step in retraining for a new role involves helping employees distinguish learned behaviors from natural preferences — innate mental processes that drive how people perceive information and make decisions. Conscious behavioral choices are influenced by psychological type as well as environmental demands.