Chart Your Course

MARCH 29, 2016

Providing staff with a device like the Apple iPhone 5c also allows them to download productivity apps that help them stay organized and get work done more efficiently. It also shows employees that they’re trusted with corporate communications and that they’re accountable for their work while traveling on business trips.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Between surging demand, labor shortages, outdated air traffic management, and travel reservation I.T. systems, air travel feels a bit more like a chore than like a treat. Even worse, functional processes — finance, human resources, sales, etc. In the U.S., They result in information hoarding and lack of communication.

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

With hiring freezes and layoffs, companies increasingly are asking themselves how to produce the results they need with limited or decreasing human resources. These allow team players to focus on the work they need to get done from anywhere, anytime, without being hindered by office-time logistics and excessive travel expenses.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

When you sit down with people who have a passion for human talent ( whether it is developing it, advising, or placing the right person into the job ), you gain a perspective into what matters when it comes to making business more efficient and relevant in today’s context.

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

It helps the stakeholders act as “fellow travelers” who are trying to improve, not “judges” who are pointing their fingers at my client. Ongoing follow-up should be very efficient and focused. I also ask the stakeholders to pick something to improve and to ask my client for suggestions. 7) Develop an ongoing follow-up process.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2017

He has the perspective to see Rosetta Stone’s reach in these areas because he travels the world meeting customers and spending time with educational institutions and the students and teachers in them.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The middle layers spend their entire days in meetings or on conference calls, traveling to meetings outside the hospital, or negotiating contracts with vendors. To avoid this danger requires a discerning talent-management capacity in the human resources department. In some larger nonprofit hospitals, there may be six.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Under the leadership of Anthony Tersigni, Ascension’s president and CEO, the organization has sought to become much more efficient at delivering health care. Ascension centralized functions such as human resources, payroll, travel services, and finance, thereby streamlining operations and saving costs.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Perhaps it's easier to start by discussing the pathologies of a dysfunctional Chief of Human Resources Officer (CHRO). If your CHRO travels only to accompany you, or keeps in touch with staff primarily through email or one-way communication such as videocasts, you've got a problem. How do you know you have the right person?

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Metrics Human Resources Attrition CEO 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2017

A strong organizer juggles the myriad demands and endless details of their dual role effectively with task lists on their phone; the creative thinker comes up with an unusual but happy child care arrangement that accommodates their frequent last-minute business travel. Bring workplace efficiency home.

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Stress Long-term Short-term Contingency Plans 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

At such moments, smooth operations and efficient processes are no substitute for an engaged, motivated employee with the instinct to do the right thing. A hotel in San Francisco where I worked previously lost a 5-star travel rating after an inspector gave us a poor grade for front-of hotel experience.

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Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Edwards Deming Institute [The Institute makes 5 travel grants available each year to study the Deming Collection at the Library of Congress. Fortunately, I received the grant and was able to travel to the US to the study Deming’s papers at the Library of Congress in Washington DC.

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