N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Research by Gallup, as reported in The State of the American Workplace in 2013, discovered that roughly 70% of workers were disengaged. This paper is about rethinking the practice of leadership and reforming the way we approach the development of leaders and leadership in our organizations. Unprepared leaders develop work-arounds.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 265

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 2, 2013

ASQ Buffalo 2013 Quality Conference. I will be presenting 2 workshops at the ASQ Buffalo 2013 Quality Conference – October 15 & 16. ASQ Buffalo 2013 Quality Conference. October 15 Quality Conference. October 16 Quality Seminars. At the Millennium Hotel – Buffalo NY. Registration [link]. 10/15 – Conference Day.

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Conference Quality TRIZ Seminar 102

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 9, 2013

I am really excited to be offering this workshop through Buffalo Business First and Canisius Center for Professional Development. Empower yourself and attend this workshop! When: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 8:30am-12:00pm. Innovation Workshop Focus: Diminished “stuckness” in your thinking. Thinking Differently.

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TRIZ Innovation Workshop Hotels 102

Strategy Driven

APRIL 16, 2014

Peter Fingar, co-author of Business Process Management : The Third Wave , then asks these measurement corollaries in his 2013 article “How Do Your BPM Metrics Measure Up?”. Relate Articles: Organizational Performance Measures Best Practice 22 – Use a Multidiscipline Team to Develop the Performance Measurement System.

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Metrics Process BPM KPI 52

Deming Institute

JANUARY 16, 2017

I was told that Dr. Deming had taught some workshops within GM, particularly the Powertrain division in the 1980s. Toyota sometimes talks about the primary goal of improvement efforts to be learning and the development of people, with improved metrics being a secondary goal. Instead of development, we got regression, apparently.

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Kaizen Deming Lean Manufacturing Handbook 28

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

The ManpowerGroup Contingent Workforce Index of 2013 showed 40% of all ManpowerGroup consulting engagements blended permanent and contingent workers. Their goal is to attract, engage, develop and retain employees – moving talent into, through and out of the organization. Create one integrated workforce strategy.

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Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

We hired roughly 1,000 new employees in approximately 15 months to build our operations, human resources, compliance, and technology teams. (We We have hired more than 5,000 new employees since beginning the effort in late 2013.) The first thing we did was engage in ongoing listening sessions. What values drove them?

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Management IPO Diversity Long-term 10