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Are Strategic Plans Worth it? (the debate continues)

LDRLB

It generated some great debate on LeaderLab and Twitter about the usefulness of strategic planning and we invited Ryan Olsen to write a response to Tim. The plan must be cascaded properly from top to bottom of the organization so that front line staff knows how their work impacts the organization’s goals. Ryan received his B.S.

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Are Strategic Plans Worth it? (the debate continues)

LDRLB

It generated some great debate on LDRLB and Twitter about the usefulness of strategic planning and we invited Ryan Olsen to write a response to Tim. The plan must be cascaded properly from top to bottom of the organization so that front line staff knows how their work impacts the organization’s goals. Ryan received his B.S.

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Post-Covid Cities Need To Be Smart Cities

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, research from the University of the Basque Country argues that there is a growing desire for metrics surrounding urban sustainability to be more transparent. It seems likely that technology will play a crucial role in achieving these ambitious goals.

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Work-Life Balance Is Easier When Your Manager Knows How to Assess Performance

Harvard Business Review

For example, Ryan, LLC has been lauded far and wide (and rightly so) for how they transformed its successful but overly time-intensive workplace into an even more successful firm that now couples its high-performance culture with respect for time flexibility. Surprise, surprise: When you focus on measuring face time, you get…face time.

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The Books That Impacted My Life In 2014

Joseph Lalonde

Thrive: The Third Metric To Redefining Success And Creating A Life Of Well-Being, Wisdom, And Wonder by Arianna Huffington – Huffington is an interesting person. If that’s your goal, pick this short audio book up. Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America by Jeff Ryan – Another video game themed book.

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How Company Culture Shapes Employee Motivation

Harvard Business Review

Academics have studied why people work for nearly a century, but a major breakthrough happened in the 1980s when professors Edward Deci and Richard Ryan from the University of Rochester distinguished the six main reasons why people work. Reshaping the workers’ motive resulted in better performance.

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The Mayo Clinic Model for Running a Value-Improvement Program

Harvard Business Review

The charter for the Orthopedic Project specified the project goals: determine the relevant quality-outcome metrics, use TDABC to identify the resources used and their costs for the existing treatment pathways, and pursue opportunities to improve the value of care delivered.

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