Roger Ingbretsen
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Strategic Alignment – The Missing Link In Most Organizations
In my role as an executive leadership coach I continually find a severe lack of strategic alignment within organizations, both non-profit and for profit. This continues to be a mystery because strategic alignment is the key essential action required to achieve peak performance in any organization, leadership staff, business unit, team or individual contributor/employee. This important and... (posted by Roger 2 years 5 days ago.)
In my role as an executive leadership coach I continually find a severe lack of strategic alignment within organizations, both non-profit and for profit. This continues to be a mystery because strategic alignment is the key essential action required to achieve peak performance in any organization, leadership staff, business unit, team or individual contributor/employee. This important and... (posted by Roger 2 years 5 days ago.)
What Employers Really Look For When Hiring A College Graduate
Even though we are in a recession; the war for talent still exists. Now more than ever employers are looking even more closely for individuals who can "contribute to the organizations bottom line." Very simply, employers are looking for candidates who have the right degree and skill-sets necessary for success in the position they are trying to fill. This may appear to be an obvious statement;... (posted by Roger 3 years 98 days ago.)
Even though we are in a recession; the war for talent still exists. Now more than ever employers are looking even more closely for individuals who can "contribute to the organizations bottom line." Very simply, employers are looking for candidates who have the right degree and skill-sets necessary for success in the position they are trying to fill. This may appear to be an obvious statement;... (posted by Roger 3 years 98 days ago.)
Improving and Implementing New Business Processes
Most organizational operations are made up of a series of processes. Important processes include marketing, sales, order fulfillment, new product design and introduction, financial, information technology, customer support, human services, operations planning and production. The overall organizational business processes provide an excellent opportunity for creating greater efficiencies. In fact, the... (posted by Roger 3 years 190 days ago.)
Most organizational operations are made up of a series of processes. Important processes include marketing, sales, order fulfillment, new product design and introduction, financial, information technology, customer support, human services, operations planning and production. The overall organizational business processes provide an excellent opportunity for creating greater efficiencies. In fact, the... (posted by Roger 3 years 190 days ago.)
How to Select Your Organizations Next Leaders
Individuals selected for leadership positions, development and coaching should possess at least most of the characteristics of high potentials. Words such as adaptable, candid, innovative, capable, communicator, passionate, risk-taker, and visionary should be associated with the potential candidate. The individual should be able to demonstrate the ability to manage the paradoxes of leadership such as; long... (posted by Roger 3 years 190 days ago.)
Individuals selected for leadership positions, development and coaching should possess at least most of the characteristics of high potentials. Words such as adaptable, candid, innovative, capable, communicator, passionate, risk-taker, and visionary should be associated with the potential candidate. The individual should be able to demonstrate the ability to manage the paradoxes of leadership such as; long... (posted by Roger 3 years 190 days ago.)
Top Ten Secrets of Dealing with Conflict
An organization, community or family can be defined as: "A system of interdependent actions, which must be coordinated among diverse individuals, whose beliefs, feelings, emotions and level of knowledge and information differ, to accomplish a task." If you accept this definition, it then becomes clear that unless you are a hermit, dealing with people is a fact of life. Blending... (posted by Roger 3 years 203 days ago.)
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An organization, community or family can be defined as: "A system of interdependent actions, which must be coordinated among diverse individuals, whose beliefs, feelings, emotions and level of knowledge and information differ, to accomplish a task." If you accept this definition, it then becomes clear that unless you are a hermit, dealing with people is a fact of life. Blending... (posted by Roger 3 years 203 days ago.)
Problem Employee? Attack the Behavior Not the Person
As a leadership coach one of the constant irritants cited by my clients is that of the "problem employee." If an employee with a "bad attitude" is sending your blood pressure into the unsafe zone, apply the following techniques. First and foremost, understand that trying to fix the attitude will do no good. Virtually all of my research points to the fact that the 80/20 rule is played out in most... (posted by Roger 3 years 203 days ago.)
As a leadership coach one of the constant irritants cited by my clients is that of the "problem employee." If an employee with a "bad attitude" is sending your blood pressure into the unsafe zone, apply the following techniques. First and foremost, understand that trying to fix the attitude will do no good. Virtually all of my research points to the fact that the 80/20 rule is played out in most... (posted by Roger 3 years 203 days ago.)
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