Culture

The Road To Hallett Leadership
Arriving at 20th Century Fox   When I first came in to 20th century Fox, it was very entrepreneurial. There was no leadership development program - but we'll get to that in a moment. I was excited to be there....
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Middle Management vs Leadership: an Alternative to the Old Stereotype
There’s an old stereotype about a tense (and imaginary) working truce that exists in a hypothetical middle management vs leadership standoff, and it goes something like this: senior leadership, engaged with high strategy and abstract models, mandates implementation of the...
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Identifying Middle Management Training Needs
Identifying Middle Management Training Needs   As you begin planning a leadership development program for your mid-level managers, identifying middle management training needs can be tricky. There are so many potential areas to focus on, so many different approaches on...
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Excellence vs Perfection In Corporate Culture 
Today we pick up the topic of excellence vs perfection in corporate culture. For those called to careers in a corporate environment have a tendency toward Perfectionism. It’s no one’s fault - the educational system rewards achievement through grades and...
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Alignment: The Key To Your Middle Management Development Plan
Alignment: The Key To Your Middle Management Development Plan   Today we explore the cornerstone of any truly effective middle management development plan: Alignment. Previously, we have discussed at length the importance of fostering an environment of openness and trust,...
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Middle Manager Training: A Basic Paradigm
Today we approach middle manager training from a higher altitude so that we can understand where it fits in to a basic paradigm: the natural journey of your business. What is that natural journey for your business, exactly? We don’t...
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Four Worthwhile Middle Management Development Goals
 Four Worthwhile Middle Management Development Goals Imagine how amazing it would be to constantly develop great leaders from the ranks of middle management.  Think about the boundless energy that a continual flow of new, effective leaders would bring to an...
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Creating An Engaged Workforce
Creating An Engaged Workforce: A Primer
For all of our expectations that we should be happy, or happier, or that advances in technology will finally enable us to turn that corner and be happy once and for all … happiness remains fleeting. It stubbornly retains the...
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Mandates from Above
The Corporate Mandate: Pros & Cons
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In the course of my career, I have worked at two large entertainment corporations with profoundly different cultures: The Walt Disney Company and 20th Century Fox. During my time at Disney, and to the best of my knowledge ever since,...
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Can We Actually Be Too Kind?
Are we unconsciously doing our colleagues a disservice? So many of us want to avoid conflict.  It’s only natural, as most people I know are truly caring and compassionate.  Why on earth would we want to impose ourselves on others...
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