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Is Leadership Development the Answer to Low Employee Engagement? (Yes.)

N2Growth Blog

In 2004 the Corporate Executive Board’s research showed an 87% decrease in the likelihood of departure for highly engaged employees. If we look around and see that people are disengaged, that leaders are driving toward tactical outcomes and short-term wins, and that organizations are blindly driving ahead.

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Is Your Supply Chain Ready for the Congestion Crisis?

Harvard Business Review

For instance, the average transit times to move containers from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to Chicago grew from 84 hours at the end of 2004 to 120 hours by early 2015. Longer supply chains also increase inventory levels and carrying costs related to financing and warehousing. In the end, the above four are just tactics.

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How to Really Listen to Your Employees

Harvard Business Review

These are important traits, but it’s equally important for managers to stand down and listen up. In 2004, Mike Colwell was promoted to manage a team of five directors, all of whom he’d worked with previously. When his managers came in, the various electronics on his desk created distractions and interruptions.

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