The Recovering Engineer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Learn More… Comments 2 Responses to “Fulfilling Employee Needs – Ten Critical Issues for Leaders to Remember&# Rich DiGirolamo says: September 23, 2010 at 3:52 pm Guy, Good points. Employees are number one cost of a business yet T&D is the first thing slashed in lean times. Makes no sense. While innovative, it was sad.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

billion in 2010, according to research firm eMarketer. Search marketing accounts for 59% of the overall interactive budget due to keyword costs and program volumes. In contrast, email is cheap: It makes up only about 5% of interactive marketing budgets, even though 97% of marketers use it. of the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

In my last post , I argued that companies can't keep their costs in line by attacking them directly. The typical approaches of budget cuts and layoffs usually don't result in sustained changes to their cost structure — the costs creep back. This isn't the way many organizations try to contain costs.

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CO2

OCTOBER 29, 2010

By Robert Strohmeyer , PCWorld Apr 25, 2010 8:00 pm You know all about Google’s smorgasbord of Web tools, but have you tried Measy, Topicfire, or Yammer? For a more detailed look at our choices for the most useful sites on the Web, see the stories listed below. John Sullivan FORA.tv

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Building Personal Strength

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Monday, November 29, 2010 Effective Meetings - A Summary of the Best Guidelines A good deal of the time, you dont need to communicate with people in person. But meetings have high opportunity costs. Pursuing off-topic or off-point discussions is normal and natural, but time wasn’t budgeted them. Copyright 2010.

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CO2

OCTOBER 29, 2010

By Robert Strohmeyer , PCWorld Apr 25, 2010 8:00 pm You know all about Google’s smorgasbord of Web tools, but have you tried Measy, Topicfire, or Yammer? For a more detailed look at our choices for the most useful sites on the Web, see the stories listed below. John Sullivan FORA.tv

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Women's Leadership Exchange

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The Small Business Jobs Act temporarily puts in place for the rest of 2010 a provision called for by the President – elimination of all capital gains taxes on these investments if held for five years. This provision means that 4.5

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

Or can social entrepreneurs use the same techniques that for profit startup entrepreneurs use, and still make a big impact on a smaller budget? We didn't want to burden the organization with fixed costs. Second, we standardized all management coordination on a low-cost but elegantly simple project management software called Basecamp.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

From my experience heading Scotland’s National Health Service from 2010 until last August (and before as its director of health care policy and strategy), I know that such constraints can unleash innovations that will lead to better care — and better health — for communities. Working under a fixed-cost ceiling was, of course, difficult.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

And yet cash does carry costs. My colleague Benjamin Mazzotta and I have been studying the costs of cash across a wide range of countries: U.S., The use of cash involves several social costs to individuals — especially the poor — as well as business and the government. Mexico, Egypt and India. Much like the U.S.,

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Exhaust resources that don’t cost first and at least come up to “Dummy&# level on each initiative that you manage. It is like the company who commissions a color brochure but has no budget for writing, photographs, or design. Practice frugality. Don’t throw money at a need.

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Women on Business

AUGUST 16, 2012

In 2010 Forbes listed Groupon as one of the world’s fastest growing corporations. Groupons impressive growth came at a time where retailers were desperate for increased sales and their membership based deal platform was a fantastic way to market and bring in new customers with little or no cost.

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Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

NO EXCEPTIONS&# You can ask people to be careful with their badges because if they lose it, it adds cost to the organizers. Related Posts: How can you cut your marketing budget? © 2005 - 2010 Rajesh Setty Podcast Powered by podPress (v8.8) rajesh301 on Why MANY smart people think they deserve a better position at work?

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Budgets were cut and the Learning part of the organization dried up while the focus snapped back in line with the notion that wisdom and decisions could only come from the few and learning for the many was a luxury no one could afford. Bret Reply Gwyn Teatro November 22, 2010 at 5:17 am Hi Bret, Yes, I agree.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Organizations such as Blue Cross Blue Shield have used their considerable databases about chronically ill people to target and influence their care, reducing to some extent the total cost of care, much of which is concentrated in helping a small portion of their total consumer base.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Organizations such as Blue Cross Blue Shield have used their considerable databases about chronically ill people to target and influence their care, reducing to some extent the total cost of care, much of which is concentrated in helping a small portion of their total consumer base.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Leaders Can Be Human Too: In Praise of Touchy-Feely by Starbucker on February 14, 2010 My first executive leadership opportunity came very early for me – at age 27. Did we hit that budget? Not good enough.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

There are four essential elements to the formula: revenues, cost structure, margins, and resource velocity. These include manufacturing, budgeting, planning, sales and marketing, and customer service. Forbes hailed it as a veritable case study “on how digital transformation leads to business value.”

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 11, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The 3 Elements of Solid Decision Making That Cannot Be Ignored by Starbucker on April 11, 2010 Leaders make decisions every day, and the process in which those decisions are made has always intrigued and fascinated me.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

Third and most importantly, unlike communicable diseases where the incidence rates and overall costs are on the decline, these conditions are posing a heavier burden on health care systems every year. CKD is a condition that affects 1 in 10 Americans over 20 and costs the US health care system almost $100 Billion a year.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2012

As recounted in Kahneman's recent book, Thinking, Fast and Slow , one study found that the typical homeowner expected their home improvement projects to cost about $19,000. The average actual cost? But the basic pattern continues.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

I often observe ego centered conflicts among senior executives, which turn into a competition for turf, budget, power, influence, control, and ultimately survival. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Our Freedom.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

They're concerned with growing budget deficits, uncertain tax policy, rising energy costs, and crumbling infrastructure. The cost of congestion in the United States in 2010 was about $101 billion — up from $79 billion in 2000. economy is improving, but the recovery's been slower than expected.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2018

For firms, shadow economies may increase the prospective costs of doing business, as they connote higher levels of corruption and put licit businesses at a competitive disadvantage , as compared with otherwise less productive firms operating in the informal sector.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The study assembles considerable evidence about the hidden business model of major pharmaceutical companies: to devote most of their research budget to developing hundreds of drugs that provide few if any advantages over existing drugs and then market them heavily to doctors and patients. See The Risks of Prescription Drugs (Columbia 2010).

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. billion in mining projects since 2010. ” Improving risk management.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2013

America is last in graduation rate among 18 countries assessed in 2010 by the OECD. These declines in learning and graduation rates come during a time of exploding costs. Many non-elite colleges have seen their enrollments jump in recent decades without similar increases in budgets, so resources per student have declined.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

region, as it navigates a dramatic shift from competing by offering integrated, comprehensive medical services to offering lower cost preventive care. MedStar operated nine hospitals, but realized that its long-held objective of increasing revenue and profits at those venues was unsustainable, given the outcries over runaway medical costs.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

Some of it is fairly well-publicized — ad costs have, for the most part, steadily increased to culminate in this year's $3.7 Aside from the average cost, let's begin with the most obvious: Beer and cars (and Mickey Mouse, but not all at the same time). million price tag for 30 seconds of airtime.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

LearnVest clients have access to a dedicated certified financial planner who can help them better manage their finances and achieve their financial goals, including budget planning, loan optimization, and investment allocation advice. Of course, it takes more than market research and distribution to be an insurer. Insurethebox, a U.K.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

While the growth of health care costs has slowed over the past few years, lowering costs over the long term will depend on improving health care labor productivity. trillion spent on health care in the United States in 2010 was wages for health care workers, and labor productivity has historically worsened at a rate of 0.6%

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Small and medium-size businesses are often intimidated by the cost and complexity of handling large amounts of digital information. What these data-poor companies don’t know is that it’s possible to get a lot of value from big data without breaking the budget. New, inexpensive ways to learn from data are emerging all the time.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. Driven by economies of scale, container ship size has been increasing for decades, with the largest ships now costing roughly $200 million.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

Business cost structures in low-income markets are daunting: Operational expenses such as distribution frequently dwarf the costs that companies face in developed markets, while customer acquisition and retention often demand unusually intense — and costly — levels of consumer engagement.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Our Global Trends research, along with discussions with senior executives around the world, show that in response to tighter credit and budgets companies are exploring new ways to create and capture value. How can you use barter to reduce costs, enhance revenues, build awareness or otherwise expand the pie?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

After 2010, climate all but disappeared from the national conversation. And as Sandy's $50 billion estimated price tag demonstrates, the cost of doing nothing is far greater than the cost of taking action. Wind and solar are almost cost competitive with coal, and they're cheaper if externalities are taken into account.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

When Billy Beane took charge of the Oakland A's he was tasked with building a winning team, but to do that he had to compete in the talent market against teams that could afford to pay players triple what his budget allowed. In the three years since I read Moneyball, the talent crisis has only deepened.

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