Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

It was there that I first became fascinated with the question “what makes a successful organization.” New forms of stimulus and incentives should be created to appeal to these technologically savvy, bright and environmentally conscious young minds. And that would be a good thing. * * *. Eich , Ph.D. General Business'

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Though the financial incentives were more than generous, giving up control over an enterprise that we had patiently built from scratch was not an easy decision. Listen," I said, "the company can be successful with you as CEO. It can be successful under the new CEO. But I also told him that I could not go along with his plan.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 6, 2014

O ne of the big takeaways I got from my recent reader survey was the desire to learn more about blogging and what creates a successful blog. Creating a gift for email subscribers : It took me awhile but I released my first eBook in October of 2013. Because of that, I want to share what’s working in blogging.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 4, 2012

If you don’t know the purpose of your efforts, you certainly won’t be able to inspire your team to success. He is the author of four books, his latest: Inspired People Produce Results – (McGraw Hill 2013). Communicating purpose will take more than requiring your team to memorize the company mission statement, however.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 24, 2023

Companies that invest in recruiting, retaining, reskilling, and respecting the strengths of this group will position themselves for success as the demographics of the workforce continue to shift. In 2013, Japan raised the retirement age from 60 to 65, allowing employees to continue working if they choose to do so.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 26, 2022

In Oxford’s Michael Osborne and Carl Benedikt Frey’s hugely influential 2013 paper looking at the likelihood of automation for various professions, truck driving was one of the professions that were projected to be automated in double-quick time. Our results suggest that the impacts of automation may not happen all at once.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 1, 2013

Traditionally the thinking has been that employers should appeal to workers’ more obvious forms of self-interest: financial incentives, yes, but also work that is inherently interesting or offers the possibility for career advancement. Sources: The New York Times Magazine, March 31, 2013 and www.LawofReciprocity.com. Grant Ph.D.:

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Share on Twitter ] “Over the course of the past decade, we’ve come to learn that to motivate our employees through fear or incentives is not sustainable. Share on Twitter ] “Over the course of the past decade, we’ve come to learn that to motivate our employees through fear or incentives is not sustainable.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 2, 2014

According to Gallup’s 2013 State of the American Workplace report, “engagement makes a difference to the bottom line,” which can have an impact on productivity, profitability, customer service, turnover, and absenteeism. The study showed a 27 percent performance increase when an incentive was offered for persistence toward a company goal.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2014

Holy frijoles, 2013 is over! What was your 2013 resolve? Once you read it, and a few of the details, you will at once see where your achievement opportunities are, how they may fit into your life, and how you can use this formula to make this coming year a raging success. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

Managers are no exception, especially when incentives favor finding causal relationships between variables that are difficult to measure, such as changes in leadership style and team performance. Consider Kohl’s, the large retailer, which in 2013 was looking for ways to decrease its operating costs. Any of these questions can go wrong.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Real life experiences are both relatable and create incentive to take action. If you are able to follow-up by getting people to subscribe to your blog or ezine, you can actually document and measure the success of your ideas, product, or service. And that feedback can drive your success if you pay attention to it. Show wisdom.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Thank yourself for your success, your good fortune, your health, your family, your library, your attitude, your fun times, your friends, and all the cool things you do that make you a happy person. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. HERE’S AN IDEA: Why not start by thanking yourself? Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Success in business begins with your people. But what distinguishes success is the recognition that businesses are driven not just by customers but by employees as well. But what distinguishes success is the recognition that businesses are driven not just by customers but by employees as well.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Meanwhile, in a survey of 89 institutional investors by Callan , 43% of respondents said they incorporate sustainability factors into their investment decisions — up 21 percentage points from 2013. Compensation committees often start by tying bonuses and long-term incentives to goals related to compliance and risk management.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2013

Personal pride should give you the incentive to be at your best, respond at your best, and serve at your best at all times. START YOUR TRAINING SESSIONS LIKE THIS: Here are two things most people don’t know about themselves AND their success. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Your personal pride.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

2013 had all the signs of being a comeback year for venture capital. Yet 2013 annual industry performance data from Cambridge Associates shows that venture capital continues to underperform the S&P 500, NASDAQ and Russell 2000. This fixed 2% fee structure creates the incentive to accumulate and manage more assets.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

In fact, MGI analysis of financial data shows that large publicly traded US manufacturing firms, most of them multinationals with revenues greater than $500 million, averaged returns on invested capital of 22% from 1997 to 2013. Policy can help through measures like capital access programs, business accelerators, or tax incentives.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2013

You must attract them with reputation, range of salary and incentives, and social proof that you’re great. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. The POWER of Sales Success. I have several products that I’d like to develop sales channels for, but I’m not sure where to begin effectively.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2016

At the end of 2013, we randomly allocated the captains to three treatment groups and one control group, and in January 2014, all captains were told that their flight and fuel behavior would be monitored for the next eight months. This was the targets group.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 30, 2017

Thankfully, some organizations are learning that “Lean Design” (or “3P”) and similar methods (like Design Thinking) can help design better systems that help people be successful. My opthamologist told me once that his CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) quality incentive payment was delayed. Why was the payment delayed?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2015

In 2013, Target even told the Securities and Exchange Commission that “digital sales represented an immaterial amount…of total sales.” A rewards program is the long overlooked incentive that can convince in-store shoppers to remain true on the web. Both programs have been described as loyalty programs.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

Making these hybrids work over the long term is difficult, because their incentives work against each other. Platform and publisher incentives are better aligned when a platform is new. When a media company attempts to be both a destination for edited, themed content and a tool others can use to create content, it’s a platisher.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

At 74% of the 1,471 companies that have voted so far in 2013, according to Equilar''s say-on-pay tracker , the "yes" percentage exceeded 90%. Only 31 companies (2%) have gotten sub-50% no-confidence votes in 2013. It was a successful campaign: CEO paychecks came to consist mostly of stock options.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

My research into the world’s most successful bosses has unearthed some common practices that make work much more meaningful and enjoyable. You can’t rely on incentives like bonuses, stock options, or raises. A 2013 Society for Human Resource Management survey of managers in the U.S. ’” Focus on feedback.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

System-wide revenue for 2013 was $350 million – seven times revenue for 2005. Or they could analyze the behaviors of the most successful consultants and train others on their methods. By the end of 2010, they found that incentive bonuses did have a minor impact on growth but that as soon as they were discontinued, sales dropped again.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2015

What successful companies are doing right. That’s the definition of a potent business opportunity, and a powerful incentive for both parties to direct resources to fulfill that need before some clever third party, say an aggregator or data crawler, steps in. After all, Facebook’s $7.87

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Black Friday 2013 turned out to be, well, a bit more like a Grey Friday. It’s a great party and because of its success, this year they decided to make it a three-day celebration. However, each retailer also has an incentive to “cheat” by offering discounts in advance. over the four-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend, a 2.7%

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Examples include the meaningful use program, which offers incentives to providers for using electronic health records; a major effort on referral management to ensure better integration between departments; and patient engagement efforts including eConsults, virtual visits, and collection of patient-reported outcomes.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2015

Similarly, the percentage of people who have used Twitter for customer service leapt nearly 70%, from 22 to 37% from 2013-14. The most successful social media interactions are personal, genuine, and relevant. Small incentives (such as discounts or coupons) can encourage customers to provide this information.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2015

American workers already forfeit a large percentage of their existing paid time off (Project Time Off says it was 169 million days in 2013.) The success of company leaders, and all knowledge workers, depends on the wisdom, experience, and unique perspectives that they bring to work. But an unlimited-vacation-days perk misses the point.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Sena, a supervisor in a company that sells credit to the upcoming Brazilian middle class, thinks corporations underplay this element and rely too much on the motivational power of financial incentives. Leaders have a large degree of autonomy and consequently develop the sense of ownership crucial to success.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2014

By 2013, that fixed portion had dropped from 63 to 16 percent while the incentive fraction soared from 17 to 66 percent. Without a board that can lead, everything from the tone at the top and pay for performance to executive succession and strategic direction may lack the stoking they require.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2015

They are self-motivated to a fault, often not buying in to any incentive system that would infringe on their autonomy — promotions, money, grades, or credentials. New founders struggle to provide consistent direction, and very few start-ups have operational procedures for recognition or incentives.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

The dissertation became a book, titled What Happened to Goldman Sachs: An Insider’s Story of Organizational Drift and Its Unintended Consequences (HBR Press, 2013). Managing directors would share in the firm’s successes, but also feel it when others incurred losses or when the firm got hit with fines.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

For example, in 2014 IDC estimated that more than one-quarter of enterprise applications would be offered with the SaaS model by 2018, up from one-sixth in 2013. Splunk, a leader in business intelligence founded in 2003, is still holding onto the perpetual licensing model, even for new product lines it has launched.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2015

Fourth, Reddit initiated the 2013 online protests against SOPA/PIPA that led to major websites sites shutting down for a day in protest. Viewed that way, the community unrest is a PR problem, or an issue to be addressed through the usual business incentives, perhaps by starting to pay the mods who are wrangling the subreddits.

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