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GC24: Killer Gamification: Engaging for Impact

Engaging Leader

However, the tech research firm Gartner made headlines in late 2012 when it predicted that 80% of current gamified applications would fail to meet business objectives — due to poor design, ineffective communication, or ill-defined business objectives.

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GC25: Four Game Drives – and One Drive to Rule Them All

Engaging Leader

Assuming you have defined the right business objectives, the most important key for successful gamification is to target the right motivators: the drives that make people want to engage and that stimulate the right thoughts and actions to accomplish your objectives. In this episode, Jesse discusses: The Four “E.A.S.I.”

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Ready, Set, GOals!

Women on Business

” If not, it’s time to review and append your business objectives as a team. Thrilled, disappointed, not surprised, scared, hopeful… Finally, jot down your magic number for 2013. Get out the (financial) books for a quarterly comparison (hopefully it’s not the first time this year).

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End-of-the-Year Tax Tips for Last Minute Savings

Women on Business

Many of the business owners we work with say they’re ready to get 2011 behind them. January 2012 beckons as business objectives glisten with potential revitalization and realignment. Guest Post by Perry Sheraw (learn more about Perry at the end of this post). Two examples: Defer pending invoicing, if possible, until January.

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Communication Breakdown: Are You Thinking About Your Audience?

leaderCommunicator

As a leader it’s your job to use communication to help your audience make the connection between business objectives and their role in helping you meet them. But it’s important to understand that before you can get to the business big picture, you’ll need to address employees’ personal needs first. David Grossman.

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Your Leadership Development Program Needs an Overhaul

Harvard Business Review

We find that the most forward-thinking companies are identifying and growing leaders in the midst of pursuing critical business objectives, as opposed to sending them off to far-flung educational programs and hoping they return with “big” insights about themselves and the world. What works instead?

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Effective Handling of Employee Personal Problems is Critical to Maintaining Workforce Efficiency

Strategy Driven

Therefore, you will need to be able to effectively assist employees through personal problems in order to ensure that team productivity does not decrease and that human resources remain focused in order to achieve business objectives. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. About the Author. All rights reserved.