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How to Really Listen to Your Employees

Harvard Business Review

” Su had a client who was strong, passionate, and innovative. In 2004, Mike Colwell was promoted to manage a team of five directors, all of whom he’d worked with previously. In 2006, Cameron Herold was proud of where his company, 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, Their VP of Finance kept warning them not to spend in a few key ways.

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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

One result is that they keep their cards close to their chests about what they are looking for (at first), while expecting you to reveal everything – your finances, pricing, ownership, human resources, production processes, quality assurance, customer service procedures, KPIs, and existing customers.

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Where Have All the Process Owners Gone?

Harvard Business Review

Air Products, for example, tripled corporate productivity (hard profit-and-loss benefits) from 2003 to 2006, and boosted operating return on net assets from 9.5% from 2004 to 2007. How many times have you heard "I'm a finance person" or "I'm a marketer"?) And they succeeded wildly.

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