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WHAT'S NEW?
Howard M. Guttman
SPEAKER'S
CORNER
"Managing Team Conflict for
High
Performance"
AMA
Webinar led by Howard
Guttman
December 10, 2009
To
access the archived Webinar,
visit www.guttmandev.com after
January 1, 2010.
"Great Business Teams at
Mars, Inc."
January 7,
2010
6-8 p.m.
Tri-State SHRM
Mt.
Laurel, NJ
"Putting 'Performance'
Into High-Performance
Teams"
February 22, 2010
The Hydraulic Institute
Marco Island, FL
RECENT ARTICLE ROUND-
UP
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Leadership
Excellence
"Paradox of
Risk"
Leadership
Excellence
"Leading
Meetings
101"
New Publication Date for
White
Paper . . .
"Organizational Development:
Accelerating
to High Performance Through
Multi-Tier
Alignments" will now be
published in
January. The paper will be
available in both
hard copy and on
www.guttmandev.com.
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GUTTMAN DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGIES,
INC.
December is
here and it's once again time to
count our blessings. We wish
you a joyous holiday season and
the very best in 2010.
In our
final issue of 2009, John Cowles,
CEO of Touchstone Wireless,
discusses the challenges of
assuming the leadership mantle
in tough times. Howard Guttman
focuses on how to test whether
your organization is in the
engagement red zone. And
GDS's Dr. Carol Bocchino
provides a case study in
strategic decision making. All
this in a five-minute read.
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| LEADER'S CORNER: TOUCHSTONE WIRELESS--VIEW FROM THE TOP |
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John Cowles is CEO of
Touchstone Wireless, LLC, a
Hatfield, Pennsylvania firm
specializing in the manufacture
and repair of handsets for the
wireless
industry.
Q. What has been your
biggest leadership challenge in
taking over as CEO during the
Great Recession?
A. To provide strategic direction
that can withstand the downturn
and to motivate the organization
to be aligned with the strategic
direction . . .
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| THE QUALITY OF WORKLIFE-ENGAGEMENT CONNECTION |
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Over the last several years,
there has been a
growing interest in the concept
of
engagement as key to
organizational
effectiveness. It is a concept
made popular
by the Gallup organization, which
has
demonstrated through its work in
employee
surveys that greater levels of
employee
engagement lead to higher levels
of
employee performance and
results.
During a time of turmoil and
downsizing, the
risk of a disengaged workforce
increases.
Understandably, the pressure is
on to
achieve much more with far less
during
periods of retrenchment and
revenue-and-
profit decline. A culture of fear
and
defensiveness sets in, along with
a sense of
powerlessness. . . .
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| FROM A CONSULTANT'S NOTEBOOK |
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Carol C. Bocchino is a senior
consultant
with GDS, specializing in
process redesign,
alignment, and coaching. She
holds a Ph.D.
in counseling psychology.
Presenting Situation:
Privately held
company was a dominant niche
player in the
high-end skin-care market.
Target
customers: U.S. women over 50
years
old . . . Distribution Channel:
specialty
retailers and exclusive
department stores.
Recent sales in a steep
decline . . . Several
European companies with
continental
cachet, aggressive sales forces,
and deep
pockets trying to elbow out the
company
from its dominant position. The
recession
added to company woes. . . .
Question: How
can the company remain brand
of choice
and global standard-setter?
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For the latest on our book,
Great
Business Teams: Cracking the Code for
Standout Performance,
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click here |
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