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Nikola Electronic Truck Maker Laying Off 23% Of the Workforce

HR Digest

We are proactively managing costs and reducing expenses. We are streamlining operations, including our organizational structure, to efficiently execute our objectives,” CEO Michael Lohscheller said in a statement. Explaining the decision to lay off, the company said it’s operating and employee costs grew at a higher rate.

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Managing for the Unexpected –Understanding Emergence Theory In Business

Great Leadership By Dan

To be the organization of choice, for example, suggests that we offer the right products, at the right price, through the right distribution channels while providing the right customer experience. It does not automatically imply that we offer the lowest price or the best product in order to be "of choice". checklist executive James M.

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The FBI Way: The Seven C’s of Excellence

Leading Blog

A code that’s not enforced quickly becomes a lie that undermines your entire operation. You can’t just wish a code into compliance; people need to understand that there’s a price to pay if they endanger the collective health of the larger team. A code must have repercussions when it is violated, or it is just “window dressing.”.

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Working Out Your New Business on a Shoestring Budget

Strategy Driven

In short, you can save a considerable amount of resources on making and proposing your business plan if you are using the internet rightly. To begin with, being LLC is the most advantageous option for any new and small business from many legal and operational aspects. Start out as an LLC. Arrangement of Office Space.

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Shaping Tomorrow’s Leadership Landscape: An Insightful Interview with Norm Smallwood

HR Digest

The ability to manage change determines the fate of any organization. Companies that effectively manage change thrive, while those unable to do so ultimately fail from irrelevance. This second type of change management is critical because it creates meaning and purpose around the other challenges.

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Strategy for Non-Strategic Leaders

In the CEO Afterlife

When I was on the ‘hot seat’ and in the line of fire as a CEO, I constantly dealt with pressing day-to-day issues such as bringing in the quarter, forecasting erratic commodity markets, reacting to predatory pricing, and stressing over sales shortfalls and excess inventory. Many senior managers haven’t the foggiest idea how to do this.

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Never Punish Loyal Employees for being Honest

Brigette Hyacinth

He made a mistake on a proposal that cost the company its biggest client. ” Titans as Blackberry, Kodak and Nokia have paid the price for leaders who refused to listen. Their leaders operated in a bubble and engaged in group think. They built a culture of “yes employees.” Six months later, my boss was fired.

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