Greetings!
Keeping
your people motivated, your teams productive and your company performing at
its peak are constant challenges for all executives – now more than ever.
This month we bring you insights from some of those leaders who know how to
do it best including Southwest’s Herb Kelleher, Semco’s Ricardo Semler and
best-selling author and consultant Patrick Lencioni.
We hope you find
the content useful and enjoyable. As always, please let us know if you
have any thoughts or feedback. We hope you enjoy and, as always,
feel free to send us any comments or suggestions.
Chris Stanley, Editor HSM Inspiring Ideas
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Tips from the Top
What does it take to make your business a
high performer in today’s challenging economic environment? Here Dr.
Paul Schoemaker, Wharton Professor and Founder & Executive Chairman of
Decision Strategies International, takes a look at six best practices
that companies should follow during this global turmoil.
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Million Dollar
Tales Semco SA - Ricardo Semler
Like many chief executives,
Ricardo Semler used to wonder what would happen to his company if he were
hit by a truck. One night in February 2005, he found out — while driving 85
miles per hour on a highway in Brazil. [Read +] |
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After
Office
As demonstrated by Jim Collins,
making great people decisions is a foundational condition for building
lasting greatness. But as acclaimed author and one of the world’s most
influential headhunters, Claudio Fernandez Araoz here explains, we are
frequently ill-prepared to make these decisions. To find out why, together
with his recommendations for improving our people decisions, click
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 VIDEO He’s passionate, he’s
charismatic and his achievements at the helm of Southwest Airlines little
short of astonishing. Watch Herb Kelleher describe some of the
benefits of Southwest’s humanistic and people focused culture. [watch video] |
| VIDEO We all know trust in teams
is a fundamental for their success. But what does trust really imply?
Here Patrick Lencioni, best-selling author, consultant and expert on
building winning teams, discusses the importance of trust and the
difference between predictive trust and vulnerability based trust within a
company. [watch video] |
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| RECOMMENDED READING |
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Leadership Code: Five Rules to Lead By
By: Dave Ulrich, Norm Smallwood, Kate
Sweetman
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“Practical ideas, insights, and activities designed to grow great
leaders at all levels in organizations "
Financial
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Save the Date for a very special online webinar with team building expert and World Business Forum speaker Patrick Lencioni to be held on Friday May 29th, 2009 at 1PM Eastern / 10AM Pacific Time. Be on the lookout for more details on the 
