“Value” is the New Corporate Currency
The head-spinning advances in technology, endless bottom-line financial pressures, and growing networks of global economies described earlier demand a need for superior performance and sustainable efficiencies. Organizations aspire to motivate their employees to be...
What Is Meant By “Raising Your Value”?
In the Raise Your Visibility & Value model, raising your value is defined as: You raise your value with activities that connect individual contributions with business performance. Similar to most of your colleagues, you probably spend little time raising your...
The Talent Development Hot Seat with Andy Storch
The Talent Development Hot Seat features interviews and insights from leading talent development professionals and company executives who are passionate about developing their people. The host, Andy Storch, asks each of them to share some of their successes,...
Satisfactory Margin and Value
"Value is when the outcome of a situation exceeds the cost incurred by a satisfactory margin.” But what is a ” satisfactory margin”? Margin is the difference between the amount of cost incurred and the benefit derived. Not all margins, however, are created equal....
What is “Value” in an Organization?
In order to have a conversation regarding raising your value in your organization, we need to have a common definition of value from which to work. In the Raise Your Visibility & Value model: "Value is when the outcome of a situation exceeds the cost incurred...
When “Exceeds Expectations” Is No Longer Enough
In today’s “get-it-done-yesterday” business environments, tenure is shortening and relationships are becoming shallower. It's no longer enough when an employee exceeds expectations. Herminia Ibarra, the Cora Chaired Professor of Leadership and Professor of...
When “Family” Turns into Human Capital
Every once in a while, you will hear CEOs of organizations declare “At Acme Products, we are like a family!” I am not exactly sure what a CEO means when she describes her company as a family. Perhaps there was a time when organizations were familial. Your...
What to Do If You Think You Don’t Have a Positive Reputation
While the importance of a good reputation is not new, the environment in which you are working to build a good reputation is. Here are some suggestions for what to do if you think you may not have a positive reputation at work. Partner with your manager or your...
Don’t Know What Kind of Reputation You Have at Work?
Partner with your manager or your Human Resources business partner on ways for you to gain greater insight into your reputation at work. Contact your organization’s Leadership Development department to see if your organization uses an assessment that would help you...
How to Have a Positive Attitude at Work
Having a positive attitude at work is a vital part of building a good reputation. A good attitude requires that you show optimism, flexibility and politeness. If you're struggling and tend to be perceived by your colleagues as having a negative attitude at work:...
