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How Operational Excellence Attracts and Retains Talents

Strategy Driven

A study encompassing over 600,000 individuals across various professions revealed that top performers are up to 800% more productive in complex jobs like software development and management. Innovation Opportunities: Operational excellence involves embracing innovation.

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Gloria Chen Pushes for Greater Representation

HR Digest

But as a company who also values innovation and “looking around the corner,” we are always challenging the status quo—so absolutely, there is always room for improvement! As a global software company, we have decades of experience with software teams who are geographically distributed.

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The Failure of “The Livonia Philosophy” at my GM Plant

Deming Institute

Mark is also the Vice President of Improvement & Innovation Services for the software company KaiNexus. Mark also co-authored Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Continuous Improvements, which was released in June 2012 and also a Shingo Research Award recipient in 2013.

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Taming Your Company's Most Elusive Beast

Harvard Business Review

Innovation is one those evergreen themes: it is a rare CEO who doesn't list innovation as one her top four or five priorities. But innovation is an elusive beast. We can look to companies renowned for innovation — like Apple and Google — and try to learn from them. So what to do? But that's a flawed approach.

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How to Write a Resume That Stands Out

Harvard Business Review

After all, it’s more than a resume; “it’s a marketing document,” says John Lees, a UK-based career strategist and author of Knockout CV. ’” Here’s a sample mid-career resume that does this well (source: John Lees, Knockout CV ). Case study #1: Tailor your resume to each job.

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How to Make a Great First Impression

Harvard Business Review

First impressions matter so much because they happen fast, and they are stubborn , says Whitney Johnson , the author of Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work. Case Study #1: Do your homework on who you’re meeting and engage the person as a human. What the Experts Say. Discount small talk.

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How to Navigate a Turf War at Work

Harvard Business Review

Instead, you should go in with “an attitude of innovation” — how can everyone take something satisfying away? Ultimately, what’s best for the organization may not be the same as what’s best for your career. Case Study #1: Ask for clarity. Case Study #2: Decide how far to push.

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