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Full-Spectrum Thinking

Leading Blog

Most companies think in terms of Now, Next, Future. Think especially beyond commodity products where competition is based only on price.”. In an interesting chapter on Human-Machine symbiosis , he reimagines the human resources function. Creating or finding meaning will become a growth industry.

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The Challenges of Hiring Foreign Workers in Your Business

Lead Change Blog

The 2017 directive issued by the Australian government to abolish temporary work visas meant that small and large companies would find it difficult to hire foreign workers from other countries. Build a diverse workforce—Overseas workers help companies create a diverse and fulfilling work culture. Challenges of Hiring Foreign Workers.

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Culture Makes the Difference

Leading Blog

W HAT differentiates companies? In our industry, for example, our lumberyard competitors sell essentially the same assortment of building materials that we do. Additionally, we all tend to sell our products at comparable prices. Additionally, we all tend to sell our products at comparable prices.

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Why Uncontrollable Factors are Norm to Great CEOs

In the CEO Afterlife

With the exception of tampered product recalls, oil spills, or factory explosions, these types of trials never face the captains of industry. CEO’s aren’t expected to change the world, but they sure as hell can affect how their companies deal with negatives that ostensibly are beyond their control. Not in the least.

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The Best Things in Business are Free

In the CEO Afterlife

Negotiating for a lower price or something extra is the modus operandi of every antique retailer, real estate broker, flea market merchant and automobile dealer. Stop worrying about low-cost foreign competition and the state of the economy or your industry. Some companies thrive on innovative cultures. Mindsets are free.

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Clout as Strategy and Why Companies Won't Admit It | In the CEO.

In the CEO Afterlife

Clout as Strategy and Why Companies Won’t Admit It. by John • August 29, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. Articulating how a company will become the biggest and the best is the strategy. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Leadership. What is the definition of strategy?

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Moving Beyond Company Organization Silos: Lessons from the Aviation Industry

Leading Blog

airline companies have pointed fingers at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the biggest cause of outages, even as the FAA has fired back at airlines. And just to make things interesting, do it in a decentralized organizational construct where laws, standards, and procedures aren’t as tightly controllable as within a single company.

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