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Know Your History, Purpose and Direction

CoachStation

The process had other benefits. It provided the opportunity to delve more deeply into my initial answers on the importance of knowing why I do what I do and how that influences my direction and future focus – a process I encourage you to do too! It is how you use the information that the resources, assessments etc.

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Everybody Loves Bob – Faster Cheaper Better: The 9 Levers for Transforming How Work Gets Done

Strategy Driven

Hershman and Dr. Michael Hammer. How the new job of process owner can tie together the separate silos that characterize the traditional organization to change the way work is done and how people relate to one another. There is an alternative to the fragmented work process, and it allows us to be faster, cheaper, and better.

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To Win the Game, You Have to Play

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article contributed by Lynne Morton, President, Performance Improvement Solutions) to the Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life.”

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Goal Setting vs. Goal Sitting

Chris Brady

Select one (or at the most two), and hammer away at it with all your ability. Goals are actually quite easy to set; the process is painless, quick, and costs nothing. You know at work I have to do this process and we work hard to ensure we cover all of your points. Resist this temptation. Focus is the key. Take immediate action.

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Your Strategic Plans Probably Aren’t Strategic, or Even Plans

Harvard Business Review

It happens all the time: A group of managers get together at a resort for two days to hammer out a “strategic plan.” If you take a helicopter view of the process I’ve outlined, you can see that it involves system design. Busá Photography/Getty Images. ” Done and dusted, they all head home.

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Balancing Push and Pull Approaches to Improvement

Harvard Business Review

Almost every process improvement initiative I've researched over the last three years in more than 50 organizations has been pushed from the top. These mandated-from-above programs include Lean Six Sigma initiatives with experts (" Belts ") in command, big IT implementations, and reengineering of major end-to-end processes.

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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business Review

AI technologies like neural-based machine learning and natural language processing are beginning to mature and prove their value, quickly becoming centerpieces of AI technology suites among adopters. The biggest challenges are people and processes. However, we are likely at a key inflection point of AI adoption.

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