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08.17.2015

Agribusiness, Human Resources, Leadership, Management, Research, Strategy

Gray: Structure the Key to Effective Performance Management

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07.01.2016

Agribusiness, Human Resources, Leadership, Management

Talent Management Matters

The only way to improve business performance is to improve the people running the place....

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Self-Managed Teams Need Leaders Too

09.18.2019

Agribusiness, Leadership, Management, Purdue Agribusiness Review, Research, Strategy

Self-Managed Teams Need Leaders Too

After cutting through the leadership research and management jargon, this paper offers some serious insight...

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How to Create Curious Employees

12.11.2019

Agribusiness, Leadership, Management, Purdue Agribusiness Review

How to Create Curious Employees

This Quarterly Review article is different from others I have done in that it is...

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Leading During Times of Fear and Uncertainty

03.19.2020

Agribusiness, Featured, Leadership

Leading During Times of Fear and Uncertainty

It has been said that the only thing constant is change. If that’s so, then...

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See Sooner Act Faster

06.17.2020

Leadership, Purdue Agribusiness Review, Strategy

Vigilance in the Midst of Fundamental Changes

Even before COVID-19, the food production and distribution industries were facing a time of significant...

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Giving and Receiving Feedback

06.17.2020

Agribusiness, Leadership, Management, Purdue Agribusiness Review

The Fix to Nearly Every HR Problem: Giving & Receiving Feedback

Prior to joining Purdue University as a visiting professor, I was the head of human...

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The Difference Between Mentoring and Coaching

12.09.2020

Leadership, Management, Purdue Agribusiness Review

The Difference Between Mentoring & Coaching

Many organizations have put formal mentoring programs in place while other companies have sought to...

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