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Leaders as Teachers

The Benefit of Consistency for Organizations

Is your 360º Feedback System Valid?

Leading for Creativity

Grooming Next-Generation Leaders

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Featured Articles

Leaders as Teachers
By Rudy Karsan – CEO, Kenexa

Among the many roles that a leader plays, one of the most crucial is the possession and effective imparting of knowledge—in other words, teaching. Now, whether this is referred to as coaching, guiding, or mentoring, the basic premise is that the leader is imparting the sum of his or her knowledge and experience in order to steer people in the right direction.
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The Benefit of Consistency for Organizations©
By Jeffrey M. Saltzman – New York Practice Leader, Kenexa

Part I of a two-part article by Jeffrey M. Saltzman that examines the benefits of consistency in organizations and how to create and sustain it.

The need for consistency is pervasive. People are looking for consistency in their personal lives; organizations are looking for consistency as they deal with other organizations. Customers are looking for consistency as they interact and purchase either products or services. The attainment of consistency is a very powerful organizational tool—a tool that can greatly increase organizational performance…
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Is Your 360° Feedback System Valid?
By David W. Bracken – Executive Consultant, Kenexa

Whether a 360° Feedback process is used solely for developmental purposes, decision making or (most typically) something in between, organizational resources are dedicated to the process and outcome and, more important, employees are almost always affected one way or another. Thus, it is critical that the process generates valid, reliable information.
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Kenexa Creativity Series

Leading for Creativity
By Anne E. Herman – Research Consultant, and Jeffrey A. Jolton – Director of Global Consulting, Kenexa

In the fourth of a series of articles exploring creativity in organizations, Anne Herman and Jeffrey Jolton explain the power of good leadership practices on creativity.
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Worth Reading
Grooming Next-Generation Leaders
By Martha Lagace

Finding and nurturing future leadership talent is a primary concern for most organizations. How can they identify top people, train them, and—here's the catch—retain them? And do so in the face of ever-increasing global challenges? Professors W. Earl Sasser and Das Narayandas, who teach leadership development in one of Harvard Business School's Executive Education programs, discuss the fine points of leadership development.
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Bookmark

Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work

Read a review of this book by David W. Bracken – Executive Consultant, Kenexa


Featured
Case Study

United Rentals

Tools of the Trade: Engagement Surveys Hammer Home Employee Perceptions and Attitudes; Solution Taps Into Employee Engagement Across Distributed Network of Branches/Rental




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