Curious Cat

JANUARY 12, 2016

These were the most popular quotes on the Curious Cat Management and Leadership Quotes web site in 2015 (based on page views). Real benefits come when managers begin to understand the profound difference between “cost cutting” and “eliminating the causes of costs.” – Taiichi Ohno.

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CO2

JUNE 14, 2023

Learn how to break out of the mental mold and tap into the 75% of questions you are not asking with our leadership guidance. Like many of the CEOs whom I coach, he was anxious in this pandemic and had a hard time thinking of any other question other than, “ How do I cut costs? ” Unlock your true potential with us. “

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CO2

JUNE 14, 2023

Learn how to break out of the mental mold and tap into the 75% of questions you are not asking with our leadership guidance. Like many of the CEOs whom I coach, he was anxious in this pandemic and had a hard time thinking of any other question other than, “ How do I cut costs? ” Unlock your true potential with us. “

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Welch Restructuring CEO Bottom-up 78

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 21, 2023

In fact, their research underscores that policies aimed at bolstering economic growth at the local level have the potential to enhance the pool of leadership skills available to firms, ultimately benefiting their bottom line. They then pair this with data from the balance sheets of those companies.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Long winded and unfocused conversations in meetings is a waste that costs us our focus and productivity. Finally, I stumbled upon sketchnotes in 2015 which was an experiment in visual brevity. Over-explanation, too much of context setting and long meetings indicate lack of preparation before communication.

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How To Constraint Tools Books 91

HR Digest

JANUARY 28, 2022

Healthcare costs are a major expenditure for most business owners. Do they drive down a company’s health investment costs or not? A study conducted by Harvard in 2015 found for every dollar spent on wellness programs, the employer saves $3 in healthcare costs and another $3 in absenteeism. Let us find out. Engagement.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 22, 2014

This blog will run through Spring 2015 (50 written and video blogs for 50 weeks). At work, and even more so at home, even if we succeed at winning with this whine, it’s not worth the cost. Leadership Is a Contact Sport. And, I am very excited for 2015 as my new book Triggers will be published in May/June 2015 by Crown.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 22, 2014

Ford’s newly designed F-150 pickup for 2015 fits the vision well. It also helped him consolidate Ford’s purchases to suppliers that were willing to partner with Ford to drive down costs in return for receiving a greater share of Ford’s business. Get Everyone on the Same Page.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The inaugural version of our Top CHRO List was published on Forbes in 2015. To be recognized on the 2020 Top CHRO List, the words leadership, team, succession, purpose, culture, governance, and diversity are not just buzzwords – they represent who a CHRO is, what they believe, and where they work every day.

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CoachStation

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

We may well be overcomplicating the language of leadership and business. Gabrielle Dolan: The Future of Leadership Conference, Bris, Sept 2015 After attending the Future of Leadership – Workplace Culture conference in Brisbane last week I have been reflecting on the content from some of the speakers.

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Storytelling Competitive Advantage Conference Cost of Capital 146

Chart Your Course

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

They will not prioritize companies that may let them go, at the cost of relationships that will endure. The cost of turnover related to this statistic is significant. A few changes to organizational culture, even if they cost some money, are well worth it if they increase employee retention. Used with permission.

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Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Mars gave Fiona a deep knowledge of everything from sales and marketing to general management, and she finally became global president of food, multisales and global customers at the company in 2015. On demystifying technology Interview At CMI, we’re hugely privileged to have contributed to many people’s management and leadership journeys.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Fostering Group Cohesion: Promoting unity at the cost of critical thinking. By implementing small, cost-effective pilot projects that demonstrate the potential of new ideas, organizations can counteract these clichés with tangible results (Brown, 2018). “You have to wear many hats.” Rhetorical Tools in Organizational Culture.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 23, 2015

Stop Enabling your High Cost Producers – Like your Exemplars, the High Cost Producers on your team produce good results, but they incur high costs along the way. Today, Victor is a consultant and speaker who teaches strategy and leadership skills to clients around the world.

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

This is at a time when more families find those costs to be a serious burden.”. Despite the increasing costs—and the claims about a shortage of college graduates—the number of people attending and graduating from four-year educational institutions keeps going up. Grooming the next generation of leadership is much less of a concern.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 25, 2022

At the backend of last year, analysis from Cybersecurity Ventures predicted that the cost of cybercrime would reach around $6 trillion during 2021, with this figure growing by around 15% per year in the next five years.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 6, 2016

I was reminded of this people-oriented leadership mindset when I recently spoke with Jim Weddle, Managing Partner of Edward Jones, a brokerage firm with 14,000 financial advisors who are solely focused on helping individual investors. Weddle and the leadership team at Edward Jones walk the talk. Different DNA Than Wall Street.

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Coaching Tip

AUGUST 9, 2015

If you see your employees as an expense, you will treat them as an expense, cutting costs, and they will feel like a burden. Then, have the leadership courage to take action, invest more into those in whose return is exceptional , and discard those in which your return is mediocre. Source: Leo Hamblin: Attitude Reflects Leadership.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 3, 2022

Marlene Chism is a consultant, international speaker, and the author of Stop Workplace Drama (Wiley 2011), No Drama Leadership (Bibliomotion 2015), and the latest book, From Conflict to Courage: How to Stop Avoiding and Start Leading (Berrett-Koehler 2022). You have to stop focusing on your past and focus forward for your growth.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

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Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Timelines stretch while costs skyrocket. Editor’s Note: Scott is donating December 2015 proceeds from the sale of his book, Make It Matter: How Managers Can Motivate by Creating Meaning , to the United Way. It can create doubt, uncertainty, lack of focus, and even resentment. We admire and applaud your generosity, Scott!

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 29, 2022

They focused their attention on Denmark, and looked at data from the Danish Working Environment Authority (WEA) covering over 70,000 Danish firms between 2008 and 2015. They examine the impact living close to the office has not only on the work environment but also on performance and profitability. Location matters.

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Curious Cat

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Five Lean Myths and the Reality of Thinking Lean by Jeffrey Liker on the Leadership Network. And it’s gone —The true cost of interruptions by Gabriela Motroc on Jaxenter. Related: Most Popular Links on Management Sub-Reddit in 2015. Why ‘Modern’ Work Culture Makes People So Miserable by Jeffrey Pfeffer on his blog.

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Management Deming Agility Blog 56

Chart Your Course

MARCH 29, 2016

It’s a feat for businesses to retain employees for five years or more in today’s market, and the cost of losing them is high. The Center for American Progress claims that for workers earning $75,000 or less per year, the typical cost of turnover is 20 percent of the salary.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 15, 2015

The automation of the job application process, combined with powerful data tools and inexpensive online software, have led to falling costs, more accurate results and a surge in use. Source: The Wall Street Journal, April 15, 2015. Develop Leadership Skills: A Mobile Reference Guide. What are your unique leadership strengths?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 30, 2016

” “In one year alone 2015 there were a thousand anaphylactic events in schools and 25% of the time people had no idea they had a known allergy. It costs something to develop the product. .” “The reality is and the brand pharmaceutical market, this isn’t an EpiPen issue. This isn’t a Mylan issue.

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Health Care Pharmaceuticals Market Penetration Price 150

Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 19, 2014

During this time, Peter taught me some very important lessons about life and leadership. How do you use “What to Stop” in coaching and leadership development? Winning too much: The need to win at all costs and in all situations. He was also selected as the World’s Most Influential Leadership Thinker in 2011.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 23, 2014

For those in leadership positions, this means closely monitoring how you hand out encouragement and how you “help” others improve. It creeps into our conversations even when the discussion is trivial, even when we should be hyperaware of our word choices, and even when it might cost us $100. We all know negative people.

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ExactHire - Leadership

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

The following blog post is adapted from a speech given by Harlan Schafir at the Collective Alternative Executive Speaker Series on September 17, 2015. In the first quarter of 2015, the Millennial Generation became the largest percentage of workers in the U.S. Many organizations are growing, and so is their need for talent.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Timelines stretch while costs skyrocket. Consider the risks/costs of not doing something Asking the question, “What are the risks/costs of not making a decision?” It can create doubt, uncertainty, lack of focus, and even resentment. Multiple options can linger, sapping an organization’s energy and killing a sense of completion.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. This was because their expenses grew faster than their revenues, despite cost-cutting initiatives. Barnacle removal is a key element of serious cost control. A recent Navigant survey found that U.S.

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Deming Institute

MARCH 16, 2017

Kevin Murphy’s presentation at the 14th In2:InThinking Annual Forum Weekend Conference: Application and Lessons of Deming’s Perspective on Leadership: Kevin is the President at Triumph Accessory Services. After graduating from the Deming Scholars program at Fordham University he worked for GE Aircraft Engines. quote: 81m 30s).

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Skip Prichard

MAY 10, 2021

We can become so close to our current product line, performance, or business model that we don’t see either the opportunity cost or a new vision for the future. Despite all of these efforts, more than double the plastic was produced in 2015 compared to 1998, with only nine percent of it being recycled. This gap isn’t always clear.

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Deming Institute

MAY 26, 2016

Lean coffee session at the 2015 Deming Research Seminar. Edwards Deming Institute 2015 Fall Conference, Sep 18-20 – The Neuroscience of Deming (2012 conference presentation) – Employee Involvement at Western Mountaineering (2013 conference presentation) – Deming’s Stage 0: By What Method? Michigan State University.

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ExactHire - Leadership

DECEMBER 22, 2016

It has freed companies from the constraints of their locations and endless paperwork, and helped them to become more robust, flexible, and cost-effective. Research in 2015, stated that 37% of all small businesses had adopted cloud computing, and by 2020, this could rise to 78%. Reduced Cost.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 2, 2015

In addition to cyber security, she is an industry expert in the fields of infrastructure, application development, application platforms, cost reduction, process improvement, computer operations, and software quality assurance. nuclear power industry which reduced costs with economies of scale, shared content, and secure student data.

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