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Strong Leadership Is the Foundation of Any Successful Business Strategy

Strategy Driven

It is at the point of execution that most strategies begin to fall apart, and a huge part of the problem is a lack of strong leadership. If you have sat by while strategy after strategy failed to hit the mark, perhaps you failed to recognize the importance of leadership training. Great Managers Are Not Always Strong Leaders.

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13 Apps & Ideas To Improve Your Company Culture

Strategy Driven

The company culture is evident in many aspects of the business operations, including the office arrangements, the hiring decisions and the staff perks. Remote options : Working from home has become the norm lately and many businesses are making changes to operate fully remotely.

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Mission Control

Marshall Goldsmith

For example, I once taught a leadership development session for executives and their spouses or partners. In building their empires, they had forgotten about making a ROI for their stockholders. Stop in the Name of Leadership Once I heard Peter Drucker say: 'We teach leaders what to do. We don't teach leaders what to stop.

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What Great Companies Know About Culture

Harvard Business Review

To better understand the ROI, my company, Burson-Marsteller, teamed up with the Great Place to Work Institute to ask senior executives from top-ranked companies about the value of a positive work environment. They recognize that culture is critical to talent retention. 35 percent cited investors as the second most important external audience.

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How to Design a Corporate Wellness Plan That Actually Works

Harvard Business Review

Leadership commitment and support. Boosting engagement in wellness can only be achieved when workers own the program, understand how they and the company benefit, and are given a meaningful voice in its ongoing operation. There are generally two answers: return on investment (ROI) and value of investment (VOI). So what does?

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Top Ten Pitfalls to Avoid When Going Social in the Business World.

Strategy Driven

Social media and community collaboration bring many benefits, including brand-building, customer loyalty and retention, cost reductions, improved productivity, and revenue growth. If you believe that social networking is just a window dressing that your company “needs” (but not really), then think again.

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What investment in your business are you REALLY making?

Strategy Driven

‘Return on Investment’ (ROI) in business is predicated on the ability of the company to deliver as promised in product, profit, and its accompanying service. It’s amazing to me that everyone measures ROI to the penny, and no one measures ROS (return on service) at all. The receptionist or telephone operator.

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