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      Category: Training & Development

      04Sep
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      Leaders, Are You Adding Too Much Value?
      By Bill Catlettein Coaching, Leadership, Meeting Goals, Training & Development

      Leaders, Are You Adding Too Much Value?

      memphis • 9.4.20 In his excellent book, “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There”, author and executive coach extraordinaire, Marshall Goldsmith presents a list of twenty performance disruptors that,…

      10Aug
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      Unjobbed
      By Bill Catlettein Coaching, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Recruiting, Training & Development

      Unjobbed

      Bill Catlette   8/7/20 • memphis Bored, Scared, Angry  In 2+ decades as a coach and advisor to business leaders, the very worst workplace situations I’ve encountered have almost always…

      23Jul
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      Two Tips For Better Messaging
      By Bill Catlettein Coaching, Communication, Leadership, Training & Development

      Two Tips For Better Messaging

      by Bill Catlette • 7/23/20 • Memphis Check For Understanding Too often, as busy leaders, we get a little out over our skis in communicating with our teammates, and sometimes…

      09Sep
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      4 Questions That Will Improve the Uptake From Learning & Development Activities
      By Bill Catlettein Training & Development

      4 Questions That Will Improve the Uptake From Learning & Development Activities

      Learning and development professionals tell us that $billions are spent each year in the U.S. on professional development. Having worked in that arena for better than two decades, I agree…

      25Feb
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      Leadership Development Exigencies, Circa 2019
      By Bill Catlettein Leadership, Training & Development

      Leadership Development Exigencies, Circa 2019

      Our work with leaders in the healthcare, hospitality, and financial services sectors often begins with some derivative of the statement, “I can’t get enough managers (all levels) hired, trained, and…

      10Jul
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      That Leadership Bench Won't Grow Itself
      By Bill Catlettein Leadership, Training & Development

      That Leadership Bench Won't Grow Itself

      Better than half of newly appointed, first-time business leaders fail in their first two years, resulting in their removal from position, either voluntary or otherwise. I hesitate to wonder how…

      08Mar
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      Career Advice from 6 Prominent Female Executives
      By Bill Catlettein Employee Engagement, Training & Development

      Career Advice from 6 Prominent Female Executives

      Today, in celebration of International Women’s Day, we’re going to do one thing that guys like us should do more often… Shut up and listen. To wit, here’s a link…

      03Mar
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      Good Leaders Look Beneath the Surface
      By Richard Haddenin Employee Engagement, Leadership, Retention, Training & Development

      Good Leaders Look Beneath the Surface

      One of the most remarkable people I ever worked with was a bank teller named Donna, at a bank branch I managed early in my career. Donna was a customer…

      27Feb
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      When it comes to Training, Visibility Matters
      By Richard Haddenin Employee Engagement, Leadership, Training & Development

      When it comes to Training, Visibility Matters

      I was conducting leadership training for a large public utility, in a rural training facility about 100 miles from the company’s headquarters. The Vice President who had brought me in…

      24Feb
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      Why Stars Sometimes Fail as Leaders
      By Richard Haddenin Employee Engagement, Leadership, Training & Development

      Why Stars Sometimes Fail as Leaders

      A bright and promising software engineer, we’ll call him Jay, had made a real mark on his company, developing and innovating some of the most important products and processes in…

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