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Collaboration for Change: Multi-Sector Partnerships in Sustainable Medical and Sharps Waste Management

Strategy Driven

As the world grapples with waste management challenges, the city of Houston stands as a beacon of innovation. A harmonized approach where multiple sectors come together for a common cause: the safe and sustainable management of medical and sharps waste. The era of isolated efforts is over. The future? But what happens to this waste?

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Incorporating 160 Effective Performance Phrases in Your Performance Appraisal Review Templates

HR Digest

They train hard and practice relentlessly to hone their skills and stay sharp. By emphasizing problem-solving skills in the performance evaluation process, employers can create a culture of innovation and growth. Consistently comes up with innovative solutions to problems. But it’s not just about being a superhero.

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Evidence-Based Recruiting: Practices to Hire the Best

Skip Prichard

You can spend all the time in the world on strategy sessions, competitive plans, innovation , and product development, but it all falls apart if you don’t have the right talent. Hire the Best. There’s a way to design an evidence-based, data-driven hiring strategy to boost your competitive edge.

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Profitable Audacity: One Company's Success Story

Harvard Business Review

The sharp recession triggered by the 2008 financial crisis and the uncertainty created by the 2011 debt crisis have fundamentally reset the world. In fact, when there are severe resource constraints, it is more important than ever to maintain audacious goals. The real magic is in process innovation. The new reality is austerity.

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How to Revitalise Your Business When You’ve Hit a Slump

Strategy Driven

What beside-the-scenes constraints affect the performance of your key suppliers? Many companies begin with a laser-sharp focus , but expand and branch out their operations over time to encompass a greater range of services. You can begin expanding your knowledge in any area. What is forex ?

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Make Your Knowledge Workers More Productive

Harvard Business Review

Our research and work with companies suggest three broad approaches you can try, each with its own pros and cons: Enact a sharp "decree" to force a specific change in behavior. Marissa Mayer, Yahoo''s CEO, ended the company''s work-from-home policy to foster a more collaborative, innovative environment.

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Combating Four Innovation Lies

Harvard Business Review

Innovators have to deal with particularly insidious lies — things that people say that they believe are true, but actually aren't. Innovators working on new ideas often show early versions to customers to assess "purchase intent." Leaders often forget this lesson when they focus on innovation.