Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Across the globe, 85% of employees are either not engaged or are disengaged at work, according to Gallop’s State of the Global Workplace report, which estimates approximately $7 trillion in lost productivity. Performance management : Is engagement a part of performance management discussions? They are leaving money on the table.

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The early emphasis on productivity in the program was a familiar theme at my work and the telecommunications business. It also became clear that these productivity problems were everywhere in our American economy, they were complex and crossed the economic boundaries of industry, education and government. Why Now?

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 30, 2023

Helping your team focus and stay productive can be a challenging task. Send the team home early on Friday, take them out to lunch, and go for a walk instead of meeting in a conference room. Implement time management strategies. Teaching time management strategies to your team can help them stay focused and on task.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 16, 2011

Russell is an educational psychologist, author, executive coach and management consultant whose clients include Fortune 500 executives in aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, information technology, telecommunications and oil and gas. The following is a guest post by Russell Bishop. So sue me” was the response.

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

What is the number #1 book you recommend for learning how to become a better leader (boss/manager or leading self)? Not only does it provide tools and resources for those transitioning into a leadership role, it also includes development strategies for management teams who are overseeing the growth of new leaders.

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In the summer of 2005, I attended a conference which featured Jack Welch, the former CEO of General Electric, as the opening keynote speaker. If the two items being considered are people working together, the results can be more than the sum of the parts; more productive than two people working independently.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2016

Often, when I’m asked to give a speech on strategy at some company event or conference, I find that one of the other speakers is a former professional sports player. The message for managers is clear: this is the way to outcompete your business rivals; these are the traits that will bring you and your company commercial victory.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2018

Research shows that disconnecting — especially from email — can make us significantly less stressed and more productive. Sharing a small piece of information about you, your trip, or your company’s product or service can serve to deepen a business relationship or the connection a client feels toward your company.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Achieving maximum efficiency in employees is the greatest challenge for most business owners and managers. These activities will bring your workers together, help them communicate better, build trust, resolve conflicts, and enhance cooperation in teamwork. What’s more, you can have meetings and conferences online.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2014

Many consumers think of us as a vacuum cleaner company – and indeed our first product, in 1919, was a vacuum. As we were a product-centric organization, the shopping experience had played a supporting role, with individual elements of the experience managed by different organizational silos.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2013

Yet corporate top management invariably tries hard to force each unit into an overarching strategy. For example, a firm may move from steel into engineering products because they require steel, then into engineering services, and then become big in elevators causing them to set up a separate division for that too.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

The general counsel is now a core member of the top management team and offers advice not just on law and related matters but helps shape discussion and debate about business issues. Morever, having broad-gauged, high-integrity, business-savvy lawyers around the coffee pot and around the conference table increases speed and productivity.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

You must slash the price of your product or service by 50%. I recently employed this principle with a large asset management firm. However, management was not convinced. Still, management remained unconvinced, believing that workers must be directed, tightly managed, and never allowed to set their own pace.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Other telecoms are offering solutions such as smart parking and waste management systems. Sensor-fed software lets the company track precisely how people use desks, conference rooms, and amenities, and then use that information to maximize utilization. Mobility is another area where smart cities are reshaping the playing field.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

They allow managers to suspend normal rules in an acceptable way and they provide an effective audiovisual medium for absorbing ideas. People Express, for example, is a business simulator that provides players with a rich inside perspective on starting and managing an airline.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. The prevalent model of startup cooperation in recent years has been corporate venture capital and accelerators (CVC&A).

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2018

Women are offered lower pay and less institutional research funding when they join a faculty, and they continue to earn considerably less than men—even among those at the same level and with comparable productivity. This can hamper cooperative parenting and make it harder for women to stay in the field. What Can Be Done?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

It’s the channel through which you sell your initiatives to the people you depend on for cooperation and support. By managing the three key properties of networks that either propel you forward or hold you back—breadth, connectivity, and dynamism—you can develop a stronger network and use it as an essential leadership tool.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2014

It is not hard to see why the two sides find it challenging to confer about infrastructure needs – much less participate in each other’s planning processes. Much of the inspiration for the tool came from the scenario planning workshop, said Ted Dahlburg, manager of DVRPC’s Office of Freight and Aviation Planning.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 7, 2016

Machiavellian Mary is admired for playing well in the “male” game of pyramidal hierarchies: pleasing to those on top and controlling, micro-managing and authoritarian to those below. She lowers morale, causes employee strife, damages productivity, contributes to EEO actions and lawsuits, and jeopardizes solvency.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

Between ticket sales, sponsorships, merchandising, and media rights, Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates global sports revenues will grow to total roughly $145 billion. We now have entire conferences dedicated to the analytics of our business and our basketball operations. These aren’t mom and pop operations anymore.

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