Strategy Driven

AUGUST 25, 2020

Many of the metrics were missing goals or targets, so it was difficult to gauge performance. Although they constructed reasonably good manufacturing cells, the operators batched production and didn’t produce in a one-piece flow fashion. Misspent TAKT time. Outdated standard work.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The conversation around Gen Z in the workplace receives a lot of negative attention whether we’re in discussion about their work fashion or their work ethic. By talking to your Gen Z employees, you might just be next in line to find such global acceptance yourself.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. By actually seeking out areas of potential conflict and proactively intervening in a fair and decisive fashion you will likely prevent certain conflicts from ever arising.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

Indeed, the road to clarity always seems to be under construction. Fashion the message to ensure that it says what you mean and also takes those differences into account. Make clarity and simplicity the goal over showcasing linguistic ability. Fashion your message to include something that everyone can relate to.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 27, 2013

Indeed, the road to clarity always seems to be under construction. Fashion the message to ensure that it says what you mean and also takes those differences into account. Make clarity and simplicity the goal over showcasing linguistic ability. Fashion your message to include something that everyone can relate to.

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Fashion Wilde Reference Diversity 70

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 2, 2012

In true Brown fashion, we had an astrophysicist, a philosopher, two biomedical engineers, and an international development major (me). This time, with frustrations aired and slates clear, we could focus on an end goal much smaller in scope. Our initial reaction was to go large scale.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Michael Tardif has over twenty years of experience applying information technologies to the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of buildings. He currently leads Building Informatics Group based in North Bethesda, MD. Strategic plan as jigsaw puzzle.

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Creativity Strategic Planning Construction Politics 58

The Idolbuster

APRIL 18, 2013

As you may recall from the book of Exodus (or from the movie The Ten Commandments), Moses leads the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt in dramatic fashion. When Moses was absent from the Israelites for 40 days and 40 nights, the people grew afraid and asked his brother Aaron to construct a Golden Calf to give them an object of worship.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 26, 2015

After all, creating an environment where employees thrive is an emotional construct, not a technical one [ Share on Twitter ]. What these findings demonstrate is just how important it is for us to understand what matters to our employees so we can create opportunities for them to contribute in a meaningful fashion to our organization.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2019

It takes more time not to address conflict than to constructively intervene. Too many leaders approach complexity the wrong way—they push their people harder and harder and tackle problems one at a time over months, sometimes even years, and nearly always in a linear fashion. Grace : A Leader's Guide to a Better Us by John Baldoni.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2016

Here are eight ways to grant autonomy in an intelligent fashion. Such an agreement can be broken out into three parts: construction, consideration, and consultation. Construction involves building a basic set of expectations for the work associated with the empowered tasks. 6) Construct Communication Loops.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2010

They'll have to settle for immortality the old-fashioned way — a legacy of family, deeds, accomplishments, bodies of work, bequests and influence inspiring imitation and emulation from beyond the grave. But less depressing, more invigorating ways to constructively integrate death into the corporate culture exist.

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Construction Fashion Influence Sports 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

But most women outgrew the "cookies and crafts" stereotype a long time ago, and have their sights set on bigger goals. Many have found success in industries like technology, mining, and construction. Those businesses were mainly in fashion, fitness and beauty. In 1977, only 4.5% of privately held businesses were owned by women.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2018

Innovative organizations are shifting from managing units to managing challenges or projects, asking employees to voluntarily join projects, creating structures where employees can move out of their comfort zones to join temporary communities of aspiration that strengthen cross-organizational ties and help the company achieve its strategic goals.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2015

And, while this should, of course, be accompanied by constructive, privately delivered criticism , various studies and articles, including this recent HBR piece , have touted the benefits of positive reinforcement. Give managers access to detailed, real-time, easily actionable reports on recognition activity, correlated to key business goals.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

In other words, try some good old-fashioned kindness. ” Again, the goal is to get your coworker to a list of concrete steps. My favorite cartoon depicts a team of three construction workers carrying a beam across a steel girder. Acknowledging this will help protect you from mirroring the other person’s stress.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2011

I always get worried when I see an "innovation newbie" with a large team, big budget, and pie-in-the-sky goals. Observe how, even with its strong culture of innovation, P&G proceeded very cautiously with the construction of its new-growth factory.

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Innovation Chief Technology Officer Business Model Definition 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

But the goal of sustained growth remains elusive. Its goals are extremely ambitious; it is not just a pioneer in developing new fabrics for active wear, but in developing wearable electronics. If you start with your own capability-based growth engine, you’ll tend to move outward from your core in a deliberate fashion.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

In my work with employers (usually advising on work-family balance for fathers), I sense that many managers believe in giving more employees this kind of flexibility — allowing them to fashion the particular arrangements that work for them while minimizing disruption of the workplace. Delegate, Coach, and Let Your People Earn Trust.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 22, 2021

Today, some people seem to regard the notion of “conscience” as old-fashioned. I want my message to be positive, constructive, and inspiring. Set your course, make the difficult choices, and determine what you’re willing to sacrifice to achieve your goals. The fact is, your mindset matters more than you think.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

To get everyone to agree on a realistic goal, we suggest picking a year far enough in the future that people feel safe discussing what needs to happen by that time but not so far away that uncertainty about technological or market developments would render a discussion meaningless. Setting the growth target.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Like most things, building and maintaining your social media footprint should be engineered by design, but the truth is that most people allow it to be constructed by default. The good news is, your new commitment to listening will help you achieve your goal of producing better content. Best wishes Justino.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 1, 2010

Following through also means doing so in a timely fashion. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. But, following through is critical to keeping your team effective and efficient. And its necessary for gaining respect from your employees.

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Mentor Mission Statement Tips Learning-by-Doing 56

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

In “Open 360s,” each team member gives very honest, constructive feedback to peers. The sessions are designed to get individual feedback and instill greater candor and intimacy within the team in a safe, and even caring, fashion. Then, there is a second go-round where individuals offer constructive criticism.

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Sports Open-book Construction Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

I'd like you to develop a view of enterprise that's not merely instrumental, calculative, and deterministic ("Work, money, stuff, power, status, rinse, repeat") — but humanistic, constructive, and nuanced. A vision might be about "the cleanest restaurants", or "the most fashionable sneakers".

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Hamel Welch Short-term Rogers 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

The goal is to bring value to customers in ways that are beneficial for them while also creating additional value for the company itself. At best, they are able to respond in a somewhat coordinated fashion when customers come to them. To achieve this loftier goal, you need the second half of collaboration, which is cooperation.

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Education Execution Content Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2016

’ So being able to have the courage to raise those questions, and not in an antagonistic fashion, but more in a very constructive, non-judgmental way is very important.” Then I ask them ‘Are we’re talking about it with almost the exact same behaviors as a male, in a very complementary way?’

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Mentor Diversity Self-aware Talent Management 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The breakwaters are constructed with concrete boxes that offer lodging for oysters, seals, fish, algae, and other marine species, and they provide a physical and symbolic platform for educational and economic engagement with the ecosystem.

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Real Estate Proposal Politics Policies 8

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Smart Growth : How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company by Whitney Johnson (Harvard Business Review Press, 2022) Growth is the goal. In classic Lencioni fashion, Pat brings his model to life in a page-turning fable that is as relatable as it is compelling. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The retail giant's powerful buyers, or merchants, now have a sustainability goal in their performance targets and reviews. For example, the laptop PC buyer set a goal that, by Christmas, all of the laptops Walmart sells would come pre-installed with advanced energy-saving settings.

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Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2017

While flights of imagination from science-fiction writers, filmmakers, and techno-futurists involve things like flying cars and teleportation, in practice smart technology is making inroads in a piecemeal fashion, often in rather banal circumstances. A smart society ought to be defined by a framework that is based on outcomes.

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