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WHE17: The Cost of Medical Errors: Educating Employees about Patient Safety | with Leah Binder from The Leapfrog Group

Engaging Leader

How can you educate your employees about patient safety and influence them to choose the hospitals with a better track record in terms of safety, quality, and value? The survey is the only nationally standardized and endorsed set of measures that captures hospital performance in patient safety, quality and resource utilization.

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Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

Great Leadership By Dan

The following functional areas exist within XYZ Widget: Finance, HR/Admin, Sales, Customer Service, Planning & Procurement, Materials Management, Manufacturing, and Quality Control. The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership-Powered Company , Authors: Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, James Noel; Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2001.

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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business Review

The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012, exited legacy businesses and sold off its patents before re-emerging as a sharply smaller company in 2013. Before Mark Zuckerberg wrote a line of Facebook’s code, Kodak made a prescient purchase, acquiring a photo sharing site called Ofoto in 2001. Why did this happen?

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Why the Print Catalog Is Back in Style

Harvard Business Review

According to the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), catalog mailings grew in 2013 to 11.9 According to the DMA, in 2012 mailings dropped to its lowest level since it began collecting annual data in 2001. ” Retailers have also discovered that catalogs can be used for high quality content marketing.

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The Swedish CEO Who Runs His Company Like a CrossFit Gym

Harvard Business Review

What happened to being rewarded for consistent, quality work over the long-term? Between 2001 and 2011, the number of CEOs finishing at least one marathon doubled, and in a Swedish survey of nearly 3,000 managers , more than 90% said that physical exercise had a positive impact on their leadership skills.

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What You Might Not Know About the Cuban Economy

Harvard Business Review

It means there is access to basic, quality healthcare. One is that the quality of applied science seems to be first rate. agricultural exports to Cuba in late 2001 under presidential discretion, which exceeded $5 billion between 2002 and 2014. In 2013 in U.S. That means levels of education are good. Bush authorized U.S.

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Keeping It Professional When You Work in a Family Business

Harvard Business Review

” Toby did everything his father asked, joining The Bozzuto Group in 2001 as a development associate. He eventually headed up the company’s development business before becoming the company’s president in 2013. manufacturer of high-quality hooded sweatshirts sold directly to consumers.