Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

After all, when was the last time you heard positive gossip? Using it In the military, operatives are used to gain “intel&# on what the enemy is thinking, doing or planning. Let’s get started.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Recent data has shown the top 1,500 companies worldwide increased their R&D by 12 percent in 2011, as they have identified the need to maintain their edge in their respective industries. Being socially responsible creates goodwill and a positive image for a brand, a good reputation is one of the most valuable assets to a company.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

– How to Create and Implement a Knowledge Transfer Program, part 1 Posted by Ken Ball and Gina Gotsill on November 10, 2010 · 2 Comments The clock is ticking: next year, in 2011, the oldest of the 76 million Baby Boomers turn 65. Many will decide to stay in the workforce and replenish their savings and retirement accounts.

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How To Tacit Knowledge Intellectual Capital Newsletter 72

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

If you choose voyeurism over real relationships you have precariously positioned yourself on a very slippery slope. There is much to ponder in the realms of privacy, intimacy, responsibility, and community and the affect of Social Media on all of them like so many "things" can be either positive or negative.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Supporting growth and development will positively affect the goals your organization is attempting to achieve. To be conscious of integrating “ings” in our work fosters a very positive environment. It’s such a simple thing to do and it contributes to an employee’s positive closure of a job well done. another great post, Mary Jo.

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CO2

DECEMBER 23, 2010

.&# When speaking with employees who have never been asked for their opinion before at work (33% of bosses rarely or never ask for their subordinate advise based on a national survey we conducted) they say they will never work for another company in which they did not get to participate in the strategic planning process.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

in operating income, while companies with lower levels declined 32.7% (Towers Watson). According to a PRWeek/Barkely PR Cause Survey in 2010, two-thirds of brands now engage in cause marketing, up from 58% in 2009. The same survey found that 97% of marketing executives believe this to be a valid business strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Writing in the Sloan Management Review, Boston College professor Gerald Kane noted that 87% of executives surveyed indicated that digital technologies will disrupt their industries to a great or moderate extent. How can companies position for the future without putting their current business in jeopardy?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Among the top performers on the 2011 World's Best Multinational Companies list are culturally-strong technology companies such as Microsoft, NetApp, SAS, and Google. The survey garnered responses from 20 of the top 25 companies in the global workplace ranking. They recognize that culture is critical to talent retention.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2014

And two thirds of these women are in staff or support positions (65%) such as HR, Communications or Legal. Only 35% are in line or operational roles – and there has been no significant change in these percentages over the last three years. However, this is better than the 20% in 2011. None have a female CEO.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2012

Are some individuals more likely to receive promotions or positions because they belong to a certain gender or race? Areas like sales, operations, engineering, IT, R&D, and facilities management are perceived as male bastions. What exactly causes a manager to choose person A over person B?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In his introduction to Working , the landmark 1974 oral history of work, Studs Terkel positioned meaning as an equal counterpart to financial compensation in motivating the American worker. “Meaning is the new money, an HBR article argued in 2011. increase in annual operating profits. increase in annual operating profits.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Embedded sustainability efforts clearly result in a positive impact on business performance. Through regular dialogue with stakeholders and continual iteration , a company with a sustainability agenda is better positioned to anticipate and react to economic, social, environmental, and regulatory changes as they arise.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2018

I found that 98% of the workers I surveyed over the past 20 years have experienced rude behavior and 99% have witnessed it. In 2011 half said they were treated badly at least once a week — up from a quarter in 1998. At Marriott, the expectation is that everyone contribute to creating a positive community in the workplace.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

By 2007, Brazil had reclaimed its position as the number-one destination of foreign investment in the region from Mexico, according to CEPAL , one of the five regional commissions of the UN; Brazil also represented 30–40% of a typical multinational’s Latin America portfolio, according to our internal client polling.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

While this sounds simple enough at face value, I have consistently found that one of the most often overlooked leadership attributes is that of a positive attitude. This is a relatively new client, but I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt his positivity sets the tone for the entire organization and has produced incredible results.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2014

They surveyed 1,000 Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) members — HR Managers, Directors, and VPs — with an average of 14 years’ experience. And yet that’s how many companies operate. According to a 2011 NBC News article , the use of personality assessments are on the rise, growing as much as 20% annually.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

Between 2001 and 2011, the number of CEOs finishing at least one marathon doubled, and in a Swedish survey of nearly 3,000 managers , more than 90% said that physical exercise had a positive impact on their leadership skills.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2012

Many people in traditional marketing roles and organizations may not realize they're operating within a dead paradigm. Companies should position their social media efforts to replicate as much as possible this community-oriented buying experience. But they are. The evidence is clear. First, buyers are no longer paying much attention.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

A 2011 IBM study of over 3,000 CIOs revealed that CIO-CEO alignment is stronger than ever, with traditional companies aggressively investing in technology innovation. As Adam Davidson recently argued , "Today, the computer moves the cutting tool and the operator needs to know how to talk to the computer.".

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Women’s skills were more flexible and they held more ‘knowledge’ positions than their male counterparts, particularly in the manufacturing and construction industries. In a 2010 survey, a record 36% of women ages 25-29 had attained a bachelor’s degree compared to 28% of men of the same age. million in 2011. of the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

For instance, when customers expressed a desire for more time with sales associates, Journelle reorganized its operations and stripped away all non-customer facing activities (e.g. The results are staggering: same-store sales are up 55% from the first half of 2011 to the same period in 2012. inventory counting) from sales staff.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

However, in our survey of 1,060 global executives , only 30% of executives work for companies that benefited from the internal use of social media. Even operational efficiency was unaffected. Many organizations have started using social media tools internally to interact with their employees.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The constraints we operated within also required creativity, the formation of new partnerships, and an open-minded, outward-facing search for the best, most innovative models of care. The same 2011 survey I mentioned above found that 79% of UK patients reported a positive shared-decision-making experience with a specialist.).

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Take our survey and download “How Not to Cut Health Care Costs” as a thank you. What positive outcomes would occur if the innovation were disseminated more broadly?), Tell us what health-care content you’d like to see more of from HBR. Application questions focused on potential impact (e.g., evidence (e.g.,

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

We operate in a business landscape driven by an obsession with youth. And federal age discrimination actions filed annually increased 66% between 1999 and 2011. And according to a survey by Network World magazine, only about one in eight tech managers 30 years old or younger had hired anyone over 40 during the previous year.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2015

To move from a reactive posture to a proactive leadership position in driving health care reform, large employers have a lever at their fingertips that they have not often deployed in procuring health care: their purchasing power. Take our survey and download “How Not to Cut Health Care Costs” as a thank you.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

At the same time, as material consumption in emerging economies rises, we also face the fact that, as of the end of 2011, the Earth now contains seven billion people ; by 2050, that global population is projected to reach nine billion. understand how the organization has impact on these stakeholders, both positively and negatively (74%).

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

For instance, when customers expressed a desire for more time with sales associates, Journelle reorganized its operations and stripped away all non-customer facing activities (e.g. The results are staggering: same-store sales are up 55% from the first half of 2011 to the same period in 2012. inventory counting) from sales staff.

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TSR Apparel Consultative Uncertainty 8

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Well, it’s a little risky to generalize, but we can draw some conclusions by looking at some of the trends in the database I have for the 360 degree leadership survey that’s based on my book, The Next Level. Leaders who operate in this mode lose their peers in no time flat. Why is that? What’s the recovery plan?

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Bottom-up Short-term Executive Coaching Open-book 177

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 31, 2010

The values address the companys product, customers, vendors, and the communities in which it operates. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 4, 2010

Are you absolutely sure every employee in sales, production, operations, marketing, etc., ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

We found that 49 percent of the leaders surveyed in the study reported a gap between their organization’s ability to formulate and communicate a vision and strategy and its ability to deliver results. Why was this once-dominant player unable to execute and maintain its market position? This assertion is backed by hard evidence.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Think of the business leaders that have had the biggest positive impact in your life, and I’m sure you’ll find that these individuals were in constant search of new and better information. However being aware of industry trends, competitive positioning, who the thought leaders are, etc. are all critical to your success.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

higher than the 2011 drop-out rate. A survey of senior consultants found that 81% planned to retire early because of work pressures. Third, emplacing four years of mandatory training is a partial solution, as it does not incentivize junior doctors to take permanent positions in the NHS. This is 19.3% Almost 100% of U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

From Chick-fil-A to Apple , more and more major companies are taking policy positions on gay marriage. A 2010 Mercer survey of about 3,000 companies found that same-sex benefits were offered by 72 percent of companies employing more than 20,000 people. Arguably, there's a business case for supporting it. LGBT marketing is on the rise.

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Advertising Market Segmentation Diversity Chemicals 17

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Except when it''s not, which is becoming increasingly common — see the sheer pants crisis , the abrupt resignation of a CEO , a poorly-received job ad to replace said CEO, and a bit of media heat over a 2011 murder that occurred in a Bethesda store. The Option You Can''t Use. Working Adults Mom Corps, Harris Interactive.

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