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Top Down Leadership Does Work, If You’re Stuck in the Industrial Age

Lead Change Blog

Think about it: what would a company be like without top-down leadership to set goals and priorities, direct resources and operations, plan strategies, and make sure those strategies are being implemented? So it does work.

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4 Signs Your Business Needs a Storage Service

Strategy Driven

Such incidents are common in the businesses that deal with mechanical tools that include, drill machines, hammers, wedges, saws, glass, and other sharp objects. Especially, small or medium business needs to operate efficiently by making 100 percent use of every inch of their working place.

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The Benefits of the Best Equipment In Business

Strategy Driven

Doing too much in a short space of time can be stressful. Much of the modern business tools and systems are so intuitive that there is less manual input or operation than ever while maintaining excellent quality. Profit margins, budgets, and return on investments are all things that are hammered into business owners’ heads daily.

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Make Civility the Norm on Your Team

Harvard Business Review

If your employees aren’t behaving well, and you’ve already gone through the trouble of hammering home the organization’s civility message, ask yourself, “Have I also equipped them to succeed?” You might also coach them on negotiation, stress management, crucial conversations, and mindfulness.

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My First, Failed Foray into Venture Investing

Harvard Business Review

But because we failed to hammer out exactly how we would operate (including our respective roles and responsibilities), infighting distracted from operating, cash became a concern, and the business slowly, then quickly, imploded. My husband and I lost a painful lot of money.

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How We Learned (Almost) Everything That’s Wrong with U.S. Census Data

Harvard Business Review

Our field research showed that some traditional physical stores were rapidly blending the best of physical, web, and mobile to serve their customers, while others were simply being hammered by the growth of e-commerce. That couldn’t be right, since Walmart.com was a multibillion-dollar operation that year. So we started digging.

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A Great Negotiator’s Essential Advice

Harvard Business Review

Koh stresses the importance of negotiating both with your head and your heart; connect emotionally with your counterparts and make airtight arguments. At a deeper level, it will help us to understand how our American, Chinese, and Malaysian friends think and how they negotiate. Minimize, then expand your circle.

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