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GUTTMAN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, INC.
Even
high-performing teams have occasional recidivistic tendencies.
Scott Edmonds offers a candid snapshot about how he and his
senior team dealt with a lapse in performance. Howard Guttman
offers a pep-up for sluggish high-performing teams, and GDS's
Martin Becker shares the learning from turning around an
underperforming HR function. It's a 5-minute read, so scroll
down to begin!
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LEADER'S CORNER: CEO SCOTT EDMONDS ON RECALIBRATING
CHICO'S TOP TEAM |
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Women's clothing chain Chico's FAS, Inc. has had
nine consecutive years of double-digit same-store sales,
unprecedented in the retail industry. A single-brand company
with a market cap of $100 million in 1993, it now has three
brands and is worth approximately $5 billion. It has been
among the top nine companies in the S&P 7000 for the last
10 years. Scott Edmonds became president of Chico's in 2001
and CEO in 2003. He recently spoke to GDSI about the
company's attempt to get back on the path to high
performance.
When did you start the journey to
building a high- performing management team?
Back
in August 2004, our executive team was typical of many
management teams-infighting, underground activity,
misalignment, functional rivalry, you name it. That's when we
began the process. |
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PEP UP YOUR HIGH-PERFORMING
TEAM |
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Don't expect perpetual perfection from a high- performing
team. The real world is full of twists and turns that can
cause a fall from grace: a new team leader, churn in team
membership, restructuring, a strategic shift, an economic
downturn-you name it. Every team, no matter how evolved,
backslides occasionally. |
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FROM A CONSULTANT'S
NOTEBOOK |
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Martin C. Becker, GDS consultant and expert in human
resource system design, discusses the turnaround of an
underperforming HR function.
Presenting
Situation: An international nonprofit association serving
80,000 financial professionals was rapidly expanding. Did HR
have the right stuff? |
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NEW BOOK ALERT!
Howard Guttman's second book
is in the works. Great Business Teams: Cracking the Code
for Standout Performance has been scheduled for
publication by John Wiley & Sons in Spring 2008. If you
haven't read his first, When Goliaths Clash, it's
available on Amazon.com.
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IT'S OFFICIAL . . .
GDS has moved to its
new office space. Please note our new address and phone
number:
Guttman Development Strategies, Inc.
400
Valley Road
Suite 103
Mount Arlington, NJ 07856
Tel:
973-770-7177
Fax: 973-770-7277
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