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Leaders as Questioners
By Rudy Karsan, CEO, Kenexa |
As a leader, one of the most powerful tools you have at your disposal is asking questions. This achieves many objectives—for example, it helps you gather the data you need, it helps you identify issues and problems, gives you a chance to learn about what’s happening around you, and enables you to engage people and show interest in their work. It also gives you the tools to provide leadership with constraints, and a way to help people to think about things differently, and add creativity and innovation in your solutions.
Emerging Trends in the Survey Industry
By Jeffrey A. Jolton, Ph.D., Kenexa |
Over the last 15 years, employee surveys have transitioned from a HR activity that evaluates satisfaction and program effectiveness to a critical strategic tool that ensures decisions and actions support key objectives and promote organizational performance. The information gathered through the survey process can be immensely valuable in understanding the organizational processes and guiding improvement.
Hanging by a Thread
By Jeffrey M. Saltzman, M.A., Kenexa |
When we are measuring cause and effect, while the evidence of what causes the effect may be incontrovertible, sometimes understanding why the cause leads to a certain effect can be very beneficial when dealing with real world issues.
Don't Just Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad
Author: Lynda M. Applegate and J. Bruce Harreld
Published: June 24, 2009
Paper Released: April 2009, revised May 2009
The financial crisis provides a sobering reminder of what happens when innovation fails to drive productive economic growth. This paper argues that innovation is not a side business to a real business: rather, innovation is the foundation of a successful business.
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