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To bid or not to bid? That is the question.

Strategy Driven

Let me give you the good news, and the sales news… There are several strategies you can employ to get around the bidding process, or legally and ethically change the bidding process. Talk to the person who MAKES the budget, not the person who spends it. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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When Did the U.S. Stop Seeing Teachers as Professionals?

Harvard Business Review

Often its members join in a professional organization, local, state, or national, which enunciates standards and ethics of professional performance sometimes with the powers of enforcement.” ” This definition is echoed by a 2013 national survey of 20,000 conducted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

Strategy Driven

I come in after the wrong consultants have given bad advice, after knee-jerk reactions to changing business climates had taken tolls on existing market players. Ethics cannot be edicted from afar. The ethical conduct of business has a direct relationship on the ability to grow and prosper.). ” Song by Connie Francis.

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The Big Picture of Business: Fine Wine, Aged Cheese and Valuable Antiques. Professionals Who Go the Distance.

Strategy Driven

Packaging, distribution and marketing of the product. The better it appears to be (marketing, wrapping, price, place of purchase) affects our viewpoint on its quality. Their market value is set by the seller, who often is an appreciator or, at the least, has a profit motive. Core Values: Ethics. Professionalism, Quality.

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The Big Picture of Business – Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success

Strategy Driven

I recommend that diversity audits, quality control reviews, ethics programs and other important regimen be conducted as part of Strategic Planning, rather than as stand-alone, distracting and energy diverting activities. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. About the Author. Consider leaving a comment!

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A Framework for Reducing Suffering in Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Lee’s essay “The Word that Shall Not Be Spoken” in the November 7, 2013 New England Journal of Medicine.). We believe that a comprehensive approach to measuring and reducing suffering is not just an ethical imperative; it makes strategic sense for health care organizations. Constraints on Health Care Budgets Can Drive Quality.