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Motivate with a Memorable “Vision Phrase” that Matters

Michael Lee Stallard

The foundation is projected to touch the lives of 50,000 children by 2014. Examples include healthcare services, food and beverage products, lawn care, construction, clothing, lodging, entertainment and travel services, utilities and police protection. Goodness is reflected in organizations that help and serve people.

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Mackert and Garfield Named to Board of Examiners for 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

Six Disciplines

The Baldrige Award is the nation’s highest honor for organizational innovation and performance excellence. . Appointed by the NIST Director, examiners are responsible for reviewing and evaluating applications submitted for the Baldrige Award, as well as other assessment-related tasks.

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The Power Of Trust (Book Excerpt)

Tim Milburn

Being trustworthy aligns with every faith-based and ethical notion going back thousands of years. When trust is present, time is saved, productivity goes up, and people are happier. Along with technology and innovation, trust is one of the most powerful forces in business today. It’s a good business practice.

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Lessons from Companies That Put Purpose Ahead of Short-Term Profits

Harvard Business Review

Consider these three examples: In 2014 the US healthcare retailer CVS decided to stop selling cigarettes, at an estimated cost of $2 billion, due to it being “the right thing for us to do for our customers and our company to help people on their path to better health,” according to Larry Merlo, CEO. Insight Center.

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How Merck Is Trying to Keep Disrupters at Bay

Harvard Business Review

Change and innovation are choices, not givens, in any organization, and there are managerial levers for making these selections wisely. Within EB, Merck first created a Global Health Innovation Fund and then a Healthcare Services and Solution unit to identify, develop, and operate nascent opportunities that fit that thesis.

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How Successful Leaders Use Culture To Influence Behaviour

Tanveer Naseer

A Leader’s Insights In “ Joy, Inc – How We Built a Workplace People Love ”, Richard Sheridan, cofounder and CEO of software design firm Menlo Innovations, delineates the practical steps he has taken to create and maintain a corporate culture that makes people “excited to come to work every day.” But the fictional company doesn’t stop there.

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Why Tesco’s Strengths Are No Longer Good Enough

Harvard Business Review

If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. Troubles at Tesco, the UK’s leading retailer, are mounting. Aldi UK sales grew from $6.3

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