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Speak Your Truth So That Others Can Hear It

Leading Blog

An engineer by training, he began his career as a Navy officer and member of the US Naval Construction Battalion (Sea-bees) and the Navy Dive Community. In 2005, he brought his experience and insights into the performance of engineered systems to McKinsey and Company, where he worked as a consultant and member of the Operations Practice.

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Are SMEs The Overlooked Engines Of Innovation?

The Horizons Tracker

This is especially so as around two-thirds of the 40 million new jobs created in the US economy between 1980 and 2005 were created by new SMEs. In relative terms, this may be a small number, but when set against the 20 million or so SMEs operating across Europe, it’s a vast number of innovative firms.

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Are Customers Or Employees More Important?

The Horizons Tracker

In 2005, Vineet Nayar made waves when he announced that the Indian IT company HCL would put employees first. These disruptions and productivity losses not only slow down operations, but they can also significantly hurt a company’s bottom line.” the researchers explain.

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In a Crisis, Culture Matters: the Navy on 9/11

Michael Lee Stallard

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 2000 until his retirement in 2005. At the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., planning for America’s response began while fires from the attack still smoldered nearby. The rapid response of the U.S. Navy on September 11 was in part due to the culture led by Admiral Vern Clark who served as the U.S.

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N2Growth Helps Businesses Combine Strategy & Innovation for a Consumer-First Approach to Digital Transformation

N2Growth Blog

That transformation requires adopting new digital technologies in every aspect of business — from product design and operations to customer service and marketing. Advisory Services Focused on Leadership Training & Organization. To stay competitive, brands must innovate and transform.

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Management Quality and Productivity, under competent leadership

Mike Cardus

Edwards Deming Institute 3rd Quarter 2005 Newsletter. With many managerial and organizational professionals operating in a manner similar to Alchemy. Slow Down and take some time to determine how whatever idea, method, training, coaching, tool, etc… can be used to move closer to your target condition (what you want to achieve).

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How Leaders Can Develop Their Skills With One Simple Habit

Tanveer Naseer

For most of us, our default mode of operating in the world is to be caught up in our thinking. Perhaps most important for leadership development, we can systematically train to improve both business acumen and emotional intelligence. Mindfulness training may be the most effective tool there is for improving emotional intelligence.