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The Mental Health Of The Workforce Suffers During A Company Crisis

The Horizons Tracker

When a company goes through tough financial times, more workers start using antidepressant medications, according to research from Tilburg University. Think back to the global financial crisis in 2008. Many companies struggled to survive, and their employees were hit hard too. ” .

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Remote Work Revolution: Mastering the Challenges and Opportunities in 2024

N2Growth Blog

I was fortunate to work in corporate recruiting for a global technology company in 2008 when the idea of a remote workforce was embraced. Although it was different, the changes led to new efficiencies and approaches to managing workloads and schedules.

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It’s Not TV: HBO

Leading Blog

❧ On HBO in the mid-2000s: It just felt like there were a bunch of people who were trying to manage for retirement. ❧ 2008: It was a very comfortable company. They vowed to follow the data wherever it took them. Let’s not rock the boat. Everything in the offices is first class. There’s a gym. There’s a cafeteria.

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Managing Board Relations | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In today’s post I’ll deal with a skill set that all successful CEOs excel at…managing board relations. What’s interesting to me is that of all the constituencies that CEOs must deal with, the relationship with a board of directors is among the easiest to manage.

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Customer Experience Management | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I was recently asked the following question: “What is the difference between CRM and CEM, or is there any difference between the two?&# In a previous post I addressed the practice of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in fairly great detail. As most of you know I am a huge fan of well conceived CRM initiatives.

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Leadership and Product Management

Lead on Purpose

Product managers hold a unique position in the company: they depend on people from other groups, but they do not have managerial authority over those people (in most cases). Therefore, a product manager must earn the trust of people in the organization and influence them to do their jobs effectively and efficiently.

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Three practices of successful product managers

Lead on Purpose

A company’s success is ultimately a roll-up of all products and services selling for a profit. This seems straight forward, and yet in my experience company leaders too often lose track of this important goal. In most companies product managers have a lot of products and significant responsibilities.