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How Operational Excellence Attracts and Retains Talents

Strategy Driven

Operational Excellence is a systematic approach to improving business processes and performance. 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.

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Gloria Chen Pushes for Greater Representation

HR Digest

In addition to improving existing programs and practices, the effort led to a dedicated diversity talent acquisition team and greater HBCU and HSI partnerships, a sponsorship program to support career advancement, and other programs. What would you say have been the most interesting transformations in your career?

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How to Beat Mid-Career Malaise

Harvard Business Review

” These questions are especially agonizing for mid-career professionals who may be searching for fulfillment while juggling demands at home and intense financial pressures to earn. How should you address a mid-career crisis? Mid-career malaise runs deep. One of the biggest culprits of middle-age career malaise is boredom.

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Case Study: Is It Ever OK to Break a Promise?

Harvard Business Review

Editor’s note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Manager, Operations. Manager, Operations. To: Ioana Romana, VP Operations. To: Ioana Romana, VP Operations. To: Patrick Fishburn, Asst.

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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. I’ve blogged about some of the problems and chaos on my blog before. One of my colleagues gave me a copy of a “Livonia Philosophy” handbook that was gathering dust, and I’ve kept to this day.

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business Review

.” Joe Knight, a partner and senior consultant at the Business Literacy Institute and the coauthor of Financial Intelligence , says that an absence of financial savvy is “career-limiting.” “There are four ratios common in every company: profitability, leverage, liquidity, and operational efficiency,” he says.

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How to Apply for a Job You’re Overqualified For

Harvard Business Review

She recommends explaining your interest in terms of your career objectives.” Case Study #1: Be thoughtful about how you position yourself to the hiring manager. Based on her research, she knew the company was starting to sell business plan software and consulting services. ” Mehmood got the job.

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