CO2

JANUARY 21, 2014

by Gary Cohen Are your meetings worth the cost? The amount of time we spend in meetings is staggering, and so is the cost. According to Infocom, a five-person meeting typically costs $5,197 when all participants travel. That cost soars even higher when you factor in the cost of people’s time.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

And, as anyone who closely follows simulation and prototyping tools knows, their use has become pervasive in manufacturing businesses, even though companies still grapple with the integration and management issues I wrote about in 2003. I had no idea how their use would fuel the rise of today’s online businesses. ” -Stefan Thomke.

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ExactHire - Leadership

MARCH 10, 2022

Cost-per-hire is the sum of external and internal hiring costs divided by the number of new hires in the same time frame. Your cost per hire may be more useful if you calculate it for type of positions, e.g., you expect to spend more to hire a mid-level manager than you would an entry-level employee. Use assessment tools.

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Process Metrics Human Resources Software 52

Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe What a Leader Can Learn From 20 Cents Postage Due by Kevin Eikenberry on December 3, 2010 in Collaboration , Innovation , Leadership , Video I received a package in the mail this week. Keep up the great work Kevin!

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USP Video Workshop Learning-by-Doing 185

LDRLB

DECEMBER 21, 2012

This included clever work on smarter cities which turned IBMs computer expertise to solving complex problems with transport, urban planning, and rebalancing the global economy, and encouraged innovation to support customers in those areas. It would be a mistake to think you have to win at all costs.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

E-commerce solutions offer a low-cost storefront from which to launch your electronic medical records venture. Jersey City , NJ New Jersey is putting its money on the state’s public infrastructure, leading the nation in per-capita funding for transportation. Authentic Leadership I was recently at the Pa.

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Press Release Discount Education Transportation 157

Strategy Driven

MARCH 14, 2014

And what’s the cost to us in terms of relationships, creativity, and corporate success? Transportation Guy: “Just put it in your car.”. Transportation Guy: “Just put it in your car. Yet those two folks managed to confound and confuse each other, and instead of asking for clarity they assumed the other was being obtuse.

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How To Transportation Learning-by-Doing Creativity 66

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2018

Cost-plus pricing is a lot like the romance novel genre, in that it’s widely ridiculed yet tremendously popular. Almost every manager I know will claim they hate pricing based only on costs. The idea behind cost-plus pricing is straightforward. Cost-Plus Pricing Has Justifiable Drawbacks.

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Price Cost Tactics Retail 8

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

A desire to act with courage, persevere and innovate; the ability to put others first, and a fun-LUVing attitude – these are the values that Southwest Airlines, the World’s Most Loved Airline, looks for in its employees and fosters through its talent management. And, we have never had a pay cut, involuntary furlough or lay-off.

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Airlines Mission Statement Human Resources Learning-by-Doing 80

Chris Brady

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

This would all be fine and dandy, except for three little reasons: 1) they cost money and therefore create massive problems of their own, 2) they generally don't work, and finally, 3) they generate secondary consequences (some would say "unintended" consequences, but given the power lust of many bureaucrats, one wonders).

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Unfortunately contemporary management theory and practices have ill prepared us for our current reality. The near-universal rush to cut costs and headcount is more likely distracting us from, rather than enabling, the real work of retooling our enterprises to be competitive in this new world.

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Ohno Productivity Products Six Sigma 51

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Here are five suggestions for enlisting in this august body of leaders: Practice F2 Leader Leadership – What explains the differences between the leader who rises steadily through the ranks versus the one whose career mysteriously jumps the track short of an executive position? Present and future executives need more. But remember.

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Execution Competitive Advantage Transportation Leadership Styles 50

Curious Cat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

That doesn’t mean relying on lab results is bad, we have to balance the costs and benefits of getting more accurate data. The discrepancy emerged after the International Council on Clean Transportation commissioned real-world emissions tests of diesel vehicles including a Jetta and Passat, then compared them to lab results.

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Education Incentives System Transportation 40

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

Although our short answer was "no," we believe that managing water will become a critical business skill for the 21st century. First, even large companies are carving out new niches to help businesses and communities manage water scarcity. In the US, ITT tells us, about 650 water mains break each day at a cost of $2.6

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Innovation Management Energy Asset Management 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2012

The Department of Transportation, however, had insisted such a pilot unnecessary. Of course, the field won't be thrilled with time, effort and cost of debugging what's been crashed. Yes, the benefits of testing should clearly outweigh its costs. Few things are more cost-effective than creatively cheap tests. Jaws dropped.

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Leadership Innovation Lean Production Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2011

This post is part of a three-week series exploring the re-invention of the social infrastructure of cities, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Or consider transportation. Or they can use ZipCar , at a fraction of the cost of car ownership. Consider senior care.

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Transportation Energy Efficiency Health Care 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

To renew and reinvent our aging transportation infrastructure, we must turn our attention to coalition-building. Classic leadership lessons apply. Engineering innovations lowered the cost. Systemic problems that affect everyone but are beyond the ability of any one person to solve require collaboration skills. Enter a coalition.

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Project Transportation Construction Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

But I suggest that the problem at Uber goes beyond a culture created by toxic leadership. Uber was wise to use smartphone apps (not telephone calls) to let passengers request vehicles, and it found major cost savings in equipping drivers with standard phones (not specialized hardware). But others did this, too. A Race to the Bottom.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The responsibility can range from just shopping for essentials to arranging doctor’s appointments, providing transportation, taking care of finances and medicines or even a full-fledged role of assisting in their daily tasks. There are very few people who have at some point in their lives not taken up a caregiver’s role. In the U.S.

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Absenteeism Policies Cost Human Resources 105

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2015

He and his wife aren’t just race enthusiasts, they are social entrepreneurs: founders of Riders for Health , an organization that manages transportation systems for the delivery of health care in seven countries across sub-Saharan Africa. By contrast, the humdrum issue of transportation infrastructure barely registers.

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Entrepreneur Health Care Transportation System 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2014

During a long and illustrious career that is far from over (you can read all about one of his most recent ventures — building the most direct fiber-optic connection between Chicago and New York – in Chapter One of Michael Lewis’s new book ), Barksdale has become a big believer in the value of the folksy aphorism as management tool.

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Advice Management CAPEX Wireless 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2017

But it is also one of the most amenable to simple, low-cost behavioral interventions. This program, our Fresh Food “Farmacy ,” has had clinical impacts superior to those provided by medications that cost billions of dollars to develop, and has done so at dramatically lower cost.

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Class Insurance Cost Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

Vanguard carved out a niche by managing low-cost index mutual funds in 1975. The company now has more than 20 million investors in 170 companies and, as of the end of last year, manages more than $3 trillion in global assets. billion in discretionary assets under management — more than the above competitors combined.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2013

While managers and executives are the most engaged, they''re apparently not doing a great job engaging others. Particularly troubling are the bottom three sectors — service, transportation, and manufacturing or production. shows that these managers from hell are creating active disengagement costing the U.S.

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Bottom-up Absenteeism Report Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

These two actions cost almost nothing compared to vast sums often spent — and arguably, often wasted — on efforts to foster innovation. Transportation is a significant issue for this patient population. Yet they have already generated tens of millions of dollars in value for Roivant.

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Innovation Company Incentives Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2016

In 2000, Ambani thought big about critical capabilities for the future core of his business and built an integrated petrochemical complex designed to serve a full 25% of the giant Indian market, with technology and scale that gave it a 30% cost advantage over his regional competitors. “It is big.”

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Supply Chain Company IPO Talent Management 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

We excel in product leadership and advanced technology — values inconsistent with the ultra-low-cost products poor countries require. Because we stand for premium products and high quality, we will undermine our global brands if we compete in low-cost markets. Worse, we risk cannibalizing our premium offerings.

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Chief Technology Officer CTO Constraint Engineering 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2017

The average breach costs around $4 million. New Yorkers could manage for a few hours, maybe a few days, but what would happen if the outage lasted a week or more? Either event could have been managed, but both occurring at the same time was a disaster. Nobody, though, is showing any leadership.”

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Power System Video Transportation 8

Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

There are many ways that even a good business with good leadership can be damaged or bankrupted. Opportunities were abundant, especially with used cars, since so many dealers were panicking and slashing their inventories even as demand for affordable transportation increased. There’s no 911 to dial for white-collar crime.

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Learning-by-Doing Long-term Automotive Open-book 255

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2018

CareMore’s longtime focus had been providing patient-centered, managed care to seniors in California, Arizona, Nevada, and Virginia under Medicare Advantage. Creating better outcomes at reduced cost. There were internal doubts as well. Insight Center. The Future of Health Care. Sponsored by Medtronic.

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Health Care Metrics Cost Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

The company’s leadership moved proactively to accelerate it and shape it. “If IBM identified a set of “Grand Challenges” facing the continent that could be addressed through superior data analytics, including water and sanitation, energy management, financial services, transportation, public safety, healthcare, and agriculture.

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Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

But had they looked at themselves from the point of view of their customers, they would have seen that they were really in the transportation and logistics business and would have better understood the challenge, and the opportunities, represented by the growing airline industry. Innovation Leadership Strategy'

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 4, 2013

The insightful companies examine their own backyards… applying the discussions, uncoverings and applicabilities to how they will better manage in the future. The Enron scandal alone has cost each taxpayer twelve dollars. Recommendations for crisis management and preparedness as part of macro planning are offered.

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Crisis Airlines Transportation Crisis Management 65

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

Teamwork all too often feels inefficient (search and coordination costs eat up time), risky (can I trust others to deliver for my client?), Many people naively see collaboration as a leadership style in which relationships take precedence over the task at hand. Collaboration is not a style. But collaboration is not consensus.

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Chief Operating Officer Consensus How To Project 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The “ accelerated recognition of commercial income and delayed accrual of costs” undoubtedly flatters short-term results, but it soon catches up with you, as four suspended senior executives have found out. It provides consumers with a viable, lower cost alternative to the manufacturer branded products. How did this happen?

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Retail Merchandising Discount Price 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

Aggravated and depressed by the decline of their core memory business in the 1980s, Intel’s top management struggled for strategic clarity. ” That clean-sheet perspective emboldened Intel’s leadership to abandon memory and focus on microprocessors. How best to draw actionable inspiration from Grove?

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Levitt Disaggregation Kaizen Call Center 8

ExactHire - Leadership

MARCH 10, 2022

Cost-per-hire is the sum of external and internal hiring costs divided by the number of new hires in the same time frame. Your cost per hire may be more useful if you calculate it for type of positions, e.g., you expect to spend more to hire a mid-level manager than you would an entry-level employee. Use assessment tools.

Process 52

Process Metrics Human Resources Software 52