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The Qualities and Attributes of All-Star Organizations
A world-class, all-star organization is one that is simply the best. Our framework will help you identify what qualities and attributes these organizations possess that ensure that they set the standard for excellence in their industry. This understanding will help you identify what actions your organization needs to take today in order to become exceptional. Read more…
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The Qualities and Attributes of Top Talent (Rising Stars)
Ask two leaders, and get three opinions on the definition and attributes of top talent. Our framework will help your organization have a common language for defining top talent at organizational levels that goes beyond leadership traits. Making the qualities and attributes explicit and understood will facilitate dramatic improvements in hiring and promotion decisions as well as effectiveness in coaching conversations. Read more…
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The Top Talent Edge Management Development Framework
The best managers balance both tasks and people in order to achieve consistent results. Management is not a second-class leadership role but one that is essential and fundamental to an organization’s success. Our framework will help you better understand the qualities and attributes of top managers in order to improve the effectiveness of this critical role. Read more…
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The Top Talent Edge Executive Development Framework
It is common to perceive that executives simply have a broader scope and span of control, but the reality is that being at the top of an organization requires a completely new set of behaviors, which weren’t drawn on previously. Our framework will help you better understand the uniqueness of this role so that you can identify which behaviors you need to drop and which ones you need to adopt to enable your future success. Read more…
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Drawing In and Drawing Out the Best Performance of Your Top Talent
The formula for attracting and retaining rising stars is simple. Our five-step “talent gravity” approach will show you how to incorporate the right elements into your work environment and experience to draw in and draw out top talent. Read more…
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Building Executive Teams that Make Exceptional Decisions
An executive team is fundamentally different than any other team in the organization. Whereas teams throughout the organization get work done together, an executive team’s focus is to make decisions together. Our three-step executive team decision-making process will help your executive teams make the best decisions possible. Read more…
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Helping Your Stars Shine While Dealing with the Shadow
The same traits that propel rising stars forward in their careers and lives are also the same traits that can lead them to burnout and/or inadvertently irritate others. Learn how you can help your exceptionally talented performers avoid the “shadow of the rising star.” Read more…
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Addressing When Your Talent Crosses Ethical Lines
Helping individuals with character issues can be far more complex than typical performance challenges. With individuals who have a character issue, the requirement for “coachability” is even greater. Find out if you have a real or faux rising star in your midst. Read more…
