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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 6 of 7

Strategy Driven

An innovative organization like this can only exist when leaders are willing to embrace diversity; set aside bureaucracy; listen to the continuously changing concerns of their employees, customers, suppliers, and investors; and encourage people to do that thing that makes us more valuable than computers – think. About the Author.

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Thank You For Your Service (My Proudest Guest Post Ever!)

Mills Scofield

Training a newly formed Afghan Air Force is the epitome in complex continual change management. Matthew Fritz is Director, Commander''s Action Group of NATO''s Air Training Command in Afghanistan. Matt has become a very dear friend, thanks to Angela Maiers , and fellow blogger at Switch & Shift.

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Managers in the Digital Age Need to Stay Human

Harvard Business Review

More than a year after its publication, I’m still reeling from the results of Gallup’s 2013 Global Workforce Study. Today, literally everything in the workplace is changing from the volume and complexity of job-related data to the nature of work itself. Or are they? New leadership skills are required.

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

Strategy Driven

’ The nature of value continually changes and evolves. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. As friends take up sub-specialties in collecting and preserving, we support their passions and interests. Once one gets acclimated toward antiques, one does not ‘go back.’ Consider leaving a comment!