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Team without a vision

Lead with Vision: 6 Tips to Inspire

April 15, 2013by Melissa Lanier 2 Comments

“Leadership is about going somewhere.  If you and your people don’t know where you are going, your leadership doesn’t matter.” – Ken Blanchard, Leading at a Higher Level Where is your team […]

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Leadership, The Leadership Challenge
Lower Attrition Risk

Retaining Employees: 4 Ways to Stop the Churn

March 27, 2013by Melissa Lanier Leave a comment

Do you hire great people only to see them walk out the door? Attrition is not only demoralizing, it is expensive. Research suggests that direct replacement costs are as high […]

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Employee Engagement
Change Leadership

Change Leaders: Activity Doesn’t Equal Progress

March 8, 2013by Melissa Lanier Leave a comment

We can’t keep up with the pace of change, let alone get ahead of it. At the same time, the stakes—financial, social, environmental, political—are rising.– Accelerate ~ John Kotter Leaders know that change […]

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Change Management, Leadership, The Leadership Challenge
Change at JCP

The Pain of Change at JC Penny

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JC Penny is painfully and publicly in the middle of an organizational transformation and culture shift.  Headlines in the news and social media are every turnaround CEO’s nightmare: JCPenney Is […]

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Culture, Organizational Culture
Recognition

Want Engaged Employees? Focus on Recognition

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Recognition matters!  Survey after survey conducted in the last twenty years has shown the connection between recognition and business results.  Even though most managers know they should recognize the people […]

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Melissa Lanier

Melissa Lanier is a Certified Master-in-Training of The Leadership Challenge® and The Director of Global Talent Management at an S&P Small Cap 600 company. With expertise in leadership development, employee engagement, change leadership, and organizational culture, her corporate career has included positions with Deloitte, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, and Insight Enterprises.

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