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Doing Well By Doing Good With Darrin Williams, CEO Southern Bancorp

N2Growth Blog

Darrin Williams , CEO of Southern Bancorp, may have been a little surprised when a world-class business school professor came knocking at his door. After they met, she became so interested that she asked Darrin for permission to write a full-blown Harvard case study on Southern Bancorp. .

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HPU: A Case Study in the Extraordinary

Mark Sanborn

In fall 2021, HPU ’ s freshman class was larger than the entire student body was in 2005 and will have access to 62 majors and 64 minors. . Everything operated as its own unit. For example, he studied the flow of students between classes. . There are now 1,800 positions, and they hire 12 to 20 more people each month.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2020

Leading Blog

He explains why this is so by dissecting and analyzing his own experiences—using himself as a case study. Lakhani (Harvard Business School Press, 2020) AI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and deliver value. Blog Post ).

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Is Your Company ‘Doing’ Lean or ‘Being’ Lean?

Strategy Driven

But as you become more experienced with Lean, you realize that what you can’t see is what separates world-class operations from mediocre ones. The $13 Billion Case Study. We first stopped at their Gemba board, which contained all of the plant’s operating metrics and value stream information. Misspent TAKT time.

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Transforming a Management System – A Case Study From the Madison Wisconsin Police Department

Curious Cat

A Case Study Madison, Wisconsin (1981-1993). Field operations are decentralized into four areas of the city – central, south, east, north and west. Operating the department based on the Principles of Quality Leadership. Improvement is pursuing world-class excellence together. Transformational Steps. Evaluating.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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Futren’s Strategies for Employee Retention

Chart Your Course

Futren Corporation is a private-club management and operations company with around 200 employees, based in Marietta, Ga. Along with the expected new employee orientation classes and required certifications, Futren places a high value on informal training, and ongoing communication and development. Relationships matter. Compensation.

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