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Loyalty - Be There for the People You Care About

Building Personal Strength

When our home in Vero Beach, Florida, was hit by Hurricane Frances in 2004, we were without power in hot, humid weather for over ten days. We spent every one of those days cleaning up our property. When our friends ten miles north of us got their power back in a couple days, they asked us to stay with them.

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How to Discover Your Organization’s Deep Purpose

Skip Prichard

The third is reputational : Deep purpose engenders loyalty and trust among customers and others. In 2004, the company was struggling as more children showed a preference for video games and electronic toys over LEGO’s colorful construction blocks. “Purpose acts as a kind of North Star to help guide strategy and innovation.”

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Investing In People Builds Resilience Against The Covid Recession

The Horizons Tracker

In total, 989 workplaces were included in both the 2004 and 2011 surveys, allowing the researchers to compare employment relations in these firms alongside their ability to weather what was the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

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Five Reasons WHY Leaders Need Emotional Intelligence Training

The Center For Leadership Studies

McKinsey recently noted, “Numerous studies show that in a business-as-usual environment, compassionate leaders perform better and foster more loyalty and engagement by their teams. However, compassion becomes especially critical during a crisis.” 2 Stein S, Book H. The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success. Jossey-Bass; 2011:17.

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How Do Non-Compete Clauses Change Employee Behavior?

The Horizons Tracker

Interestingly, after crunching the data, it transpired that the first condition was actually evident, with employees at 200 fund managers between 1992 and 2004 showing an increase in productivity when NCC enforcement rose. Productivity boon. “Once again, they do all of this because they were concerned,” the authors explain.

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CEOs Need Hard Data on Customer Loyalty

Harvard Business Review

When Charles "Chuck" Schwab returned to the helm to turn around his troubled financial firm in 2004, for example, he installed such a system. These companies have demonstrated that it is possible to generate hard data on customer loyalty and use them in to inform strategic decisions. In short, it is their primary management system.

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The Four Vs of Employee Motivation: Velocity, Visibility, Value, and Valor

Strategy Driven

The first to offer businesses the ability to customize a Visa Incentive Card with a company logo, the Dallas based company was founded in 2004. Management & Leadership business management business values David Jones employee engagement Employee Loyalty employee motivation employee retention Engagement Rewards strategydriven'