Sticky solutions to your everyday business challenges
Question: We implemented 360 Performance Reviews this year. Frankly, I was hurt by some of the feedback. As a senior executive of our firm, I know that it is important for me to temper my reaction and be a model for others. What advice do you have for getting past the sting?
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A closer look at companies executing leadership excellence
Open a bottle of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Liquid Soap, and you’ll be taking part of a story that dates back over 150 years. It’s a story that began with a family of soapmakers in the Jewish community of Heilbronn, Germany. The story includes the holocaust, an escape from a Chicago mental institution, an attempted crucifixion on a bridge in 1945, Woodstock, and, well, it’s a complex epic that has passed through five generations of the Bronner family.
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Welcome to the seventeenth issue of CEE News!
The gifts are unwrapped. The corks popped. The ball fell. The holiday celebrations are behind us, and once again we face a fresh new year.
Those who will make 2017 a true success are not focused on their New Year’s resolutions – about what they will start doing or stop doing. Instead, they are focused on their why. They’ve taken the time to connect the dots of who they are with what they do. And that is very powerful motivator.
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Sticky solutions to your everyday business challenges
Question: I’m feeling guilty about leaving the job I’ve had for the past two years. I made a lot of progress on the projects I’ve been working on, but my relationship with management has been strained. I know it’s time to move on, yet I keep postponing my decision to make the change. Can you give me any advice about how to move on without the guilt?
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A closer look at companies executing leadership excellence
For over 100 years, Hyde Park, Massachusetts, played a role in America’s thriving manufacturing economy. Today, many behemoth industrial buildings like the 50,000 sq. ft. Westinghouse Sturtevant headquarters have been converted into trendy loft homes for urbane Bostonians.
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Welcome to the sixteenth issue of CEE News!
It’s a busy time of year for us and I’m sure it is for you too. So I’m going to skip the editorial of what you’ll find in this month’s edition of CEE News, and take a moment to say thank you. Thank you to loyal subscribers like you who continue to read and respond to our work.
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Sticky solutions to your everyday business challenges
Question: I am a project manager at an architectural firm in Cleveland. It’s a mid-sized firm (about 80 employees), and I’ve been here since April of this year. The employees and managers get along well. I work on a team with a great group of guys about my age. It’s a very busy environment, but friendly and relaxed. Our holiday office party is coming up in a few weeks. I’ve never been to one before, and am wondering if there is anything I should know about protocol at these events.
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A closer look at companies executing leadership excellence
“Best People, Best Culture, Best Training.” That’s what many employees say about Bain & Company, the Boston-based management consulting firm, founded in 1973. With consistent top national rankings on websites like Glassdoor and Vault we were curious to learn more about what employees loved about Bain & Company’s culture. Here are three employee responses from a 2015 internal survey on culture:
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