Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 30, 2010

2 Comments so far william czander on May 31st, 2010 Happiness coaches are part of the great conspiracy that began some 20 years ago when CEO’s , hedge fund managers and bankers discovered if they outsourced jobs to China and India it would increase the bottom line and they would all get rich. (To Remember “smile or your fired”.

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Organization Outsourcing Leadership Hedge 186

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Does the company purchase an off-the-shelf solution, utilize an ASP (Application Service Provider) solution or embark upon developing a custom application? Oh, and what about development methodology? I could go on ad-nauseum with this line of thinking, but I’m sure you get the point by now.

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 334

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

Over the last decade, offshore manufacturing seemed like a no-brainer. Cheap, plentiful labor was readily available in developing countries like China, India, Mexico and Eastern Europe. for the first time in 2009 to become the world's top market for new vehicles. Or that China surpassed the U.S.

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Offshoring Supply Chain Outsourcing Cost 15

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. This is a leadership issue in which diversity, and the awareness of it, will play a key role in the development of future leaders. Compete on your merits not why your lack thereof should be overlooked.

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Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Leaders get too caught up in trivial things and don’t pay enough attention to leadership development. The lack of leadership development in most organizations is tragic. Fear is dead as a management tool. Barack Obama and particularly his administration is anti-business. The best idea should win.

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Blog Brand Media Influence 360

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

You may recall that NUMMI was a joint venture of Toyota and GM, where Toyota took over one of GM''s worst plants and turned it around with a new management system — using many of the same people and the same unions. manufacturing, management had to take a big swing. The development team was extremely cohesive.

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Insourcing Operations Offshoring Engineering 8