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Leadership Inspiration – Well Hammered

Strategy Driven

“ You don’t hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking and getting well hammered yourself.” You just finished reading Leadership Inspiration - Well Hammered ! Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. ” George Bernard Shaw. 1856 – 1950). All rights reserved.

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Change management and sales: influencing the buying decision path

Strategy Driven

We are holding a hammer, waiting for the time when they are ready with a nail. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. We just need to help them do it themselves. When we enter too early for them, we potentially speak to the wrong person/people, at the wrong time – and then we sit and wait while they figure it out.

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4 Ways to Help Different Generations Share Wisdom at Work

Harvard Business Review

“The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape…That’s what this degree of yours is — a blunt instrument. ” – Arianna Huffington, Vassar College 2015. rawpixel/unsplash. So, go forth and build something with it.” Ross School for Business.

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Recruiting Strategies for a Tight Talent Market

Harvard Business Review

According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), late 2015 was the most difficult hiring period in four years. Just one year later, Glassdoor named Genesys one of the Best Places to Work for 2015. ” In his family’s living room, his proud parents give him his “grandpappy’s” giant hammer.

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Shutting Down Your Business Gracefully

Harvard Business Review

Alas, as 2015 unfolded, concerns arose that the client’s business, and that of other similar companies, might not be legal in its core U.S. Hammering home the point, the client added, “It’s probably a good time to terminate our contract.” He wanted out. Making the Decision.

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Why Aren’t There More Asian Americans in Leadership Positions?

Harvard Business Review

” A highly cited 2015 report on diversity in Silicon Valley by an Asian professional organization found that at five big tech firms (Google, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, LinkedIn, and Yahoo), Asians and Asian Americans are well represented in lower-level positions but underrepresented at management and executive levels.

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What investment in your business are you REALLY making?

Strategy Driven

Big companies hammer their entire workforce to make certain that their customer satisfaction scores are high or higher, when they could be (should be) creating an internal training program that begins with the word wow, and progresses upward from there. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment!

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