ReImagine Work

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

He had an admirable work ethic. You would know what raw materials they should have on hand, given the production schedule, right? A version of this post originally ran in my column on the CIO online site on June 30, 2015. He didn’t know how to identify what he could do. How to determine priority. Where to start. Jeremy: Yes.

CIO 100

CIO Chemicals Ethics Follow-up 100

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

The World Bank has projected a 9 million skilled and semi-skilled ICT workers shortage to affect Indonesia between 2015-2030. Whether it’s a fresher role or one that requires experience, Qualee reports that it takes a new hire approximately eight months to reach their full productivity.

Process 59

Process Attrition Trends Training 59

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

These relationships affect a lot of different factors, from employee satisfaction to their productivity within the workplace. An article by Greg Roper from 2015 indicated that interpersonal communication and conflict management were two of the most important skills to focus on, and that remains relevant today.

Schein 98

Schein Industry Long-term Automotive 98

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 30, 2019

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best is the book, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. Question : Can work ethic be taught? In that regard, he taught me a “work ethic.”

Books 50

Books Leadership Ethics Morale 50

Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

Alexander Osterwalder – Thinkers 50 #1 Strategy Thinker 2015-17, million-selling author Business Model Generation and Value Proposition Design , inventor Business Model Canvas. Liz Wiseman – Bestselling author of Multipliers, Thinkers 50 Top Ten Leadership Thinker 2015-17, Winner of the ATD Champion of Talent Award.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching Human Resources Magazine CEO 70

The Idolbuster

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Last post talked about the impact of corporate culture on my decisions leading a team that launched a product way before it was ready. I don’t think I or anyone else at the company was involved in the types of major ethical lapses that one reads about on Wall Street or in the Enron case. . <<Previous link] P 5.

Ethics 35

Ethics Compliance Business Objectives Survey 35

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Next in line were, “customer knowledge,” “innate talent/personality,” “product knowledge,” and further down the list were “experience” and “teamwork skills.”. Unwavering belief in your company; unwavering belief in your product; AND Unwavering belief in yourself are the first three rules. Unyielding personal values and ethics.

Loyalty 50

Loyalty Open-book Customer Loyalty Ethics 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

It’s all about what makes buyers choose one product over another. And, most importantly for this article, some will buy for ethical reasons. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. We’ve spoken before of one particular problem that many businesses face when trying to build their customer base. See you again!

Marketing 50

Marketing Open-book Ethics Environment 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

And socially focused companies like Toms, which appeal to consumers with their “buy one, give one” promise, also praise consumers’ purchasing behavior with their altruistic tag (e.g., “With every product you purchase, TOMS will help a person in need”). But do such messages truly promote altruism?

Ethics 9

Ethics Licensing Self-aware Morale 9

Strategy Driven

JUNE 18, 2015

Amid improved consumer confidence, with the April 2015 confidence index of 95.2 That fact can be emphasized by another fairly understandable statistic: Customers are more likely to make a purchase from an entity that can produce favorable reviews about their product, service or company. well above April 2014's 81.7

Crisis 50

Crisis Strategy Brand Telemarketing 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Design and re-engineering of products-services. Each product-service is budgeted. The organization maintains and lives by an ethics statement. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Study and refine your own core business characteristics. Development of technical abilities, specialties and expertise.

Succession 50

Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Futurism is a continuum of thinking and reasoning skills, judicious activities, shared leadership and an accent upon ethics and quality. Capitalizing upon change, rather than becoming a by-product of it. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Quotes on The Future. ” Yogi Berra. The future is not a gift.

Benchmarking 50

Benchmarking Crisis Management Rogers Tactics 50

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2015

Surely as you discuss our service, questions about productivity and profitability will arise. Do it any (ethical) way you have to. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Try this : (In a non-salesy, friendly way), say to the prospect, “I’m an expert at what I do, and, Mr. Jones, you’re an expert at what you do.

Customer Loyalty 50

Customer Loyalty Competitive Advantage Conference Seminar 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

Long-term track record, unlike anything accomplished by any other individual, all contributing toward organizational philosophy, purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. Companies must change their focus from products and processes toward the values which they share with customers. Develop and share own philosophies.

Article 50

Article Strategy Long-term Mentor 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2016

As the newly released 2016 Empathy Index demonstrates, empathy, which is about understanding our emotional impact on others and making change as a result, is more important to a successful business than it has ever been, correlating to growth, productivity, and earnings per employee.

Company 8

Company Ethics Automotive Metrics 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 6, 2015

Professionals who succeed the most are the products of mentoring. Organizational purpose, vision, ethics, long-term growth. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Smart Leaders Don’t Have to Be Lonely at the Top. The mentor is a resource for business trends, societal issues and opportunities. Philosophy.

Mentor 50

Mentor Succession Benchmarking Long-term 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Websites that sell products are digital platforms, not the arbitrators of quality in the business world. That means doing things correctly the first time, without wasting counter-productive time in cleaning up mistakes. Productivity translates to profitability in an advantageous climate in which to function.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

in 2001 to 16% in 2015. In the University of California’s sprawling network, the number of managers and administrators doubled between 2000 and 2015, while student enrollment increased by just 38%. Rather, it’s a cancer that eats away at economic productivity and organizational resilience. At present, there are 1.2

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Organization Health Care Drucker 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

billion in 2015. That said, faking might not be necessary if a doctor deems your desired productivity level or your stress around a big project as reason enough to prescribe medication. In other words, smart drugs could be used to alleviate stress while also making us more productive. The Big Questions.

Ethics 15

Ethics Stress Policies Morale 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2018

However, a 2015 survey of 1,000 working adults showed that eight of the top nine complaints about leaders concerned behaviors that were absent ; employees were most concerned about what their bosses didn’t do. What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It). Tasha Eurich.

Absenteeism 15

Absenteeism Emotional Intelligence Self-aware Construction 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

election raised important challenges concerning data privacy, security, ethics, transparency, and responsibility. The question is whether regulators will be able to create rules that reflect modern business models and data flows and support innovative services and products. It’s a big problem that extends way beyond Facebook.

Policies 8

Policies Long-term Ethics Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Businesses are more profitable and productive when they act ethically, treat their staff well, and communicate better with their customers, according to the latest Lady Geek Global Empathy Index. Many British firms have been slow to recognize the direct correlation between corporate empathy and growth and productivity.

Tourism 8

Tourism Telecommunications Automotive Company 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2018

According to Constellation Research , businesses across all sectors will spend more than $100 billion per year on Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies by 2025, up from a mere $2 billion in 2015. Take Sephora’s Kik bot , which quizzes customers about their makeup preferences and then follows up with specific product information.

Marketing 8

Marketing Policies Technology Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2015

They’re “lazy,” and lack the admirable work ethic of their elders. Our recent 2015 Clark University Poll of Emerging Adults , asked a national sample of 1,000 21- to 29-year-olds a wide range of questions related to education and the entry to work. As we all know, young workers are a contemptible bunch.

Motivation 8

Motivation Bottom-up Media Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

By one estimate , the number of international migrants worldwide reached 244 million in 2015, up from 222 million in 2010, and 173 million in 2000. Higher diversity is therefore associated with lower productivity, which inhibits the capacity of the economy to operate efficiently. International migration is on the rise.

Long-term 10

Long-term GDP Diversity Construction 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2016

When organizations first become aware of a major problem with a product or service, one with important consequences for consumers or the environment, they face a dilemma. Ethically, the choice is simple. Or 2015, when the U.S. Should they self-disclose the issue? Or should they let sleeping dogs lie?

Crisis 8

Crisis Self-aware Company Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

In most countries, both developed and developing, private employment and median family income have stopped growing at the same pace as labor productivity and real GDP per capita—mostly due, they argue, to technological advances. Consider the global trends cited by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee in a recent interview with HBR.

GDP 8

GDP Porter Education Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

Gartner predicts 41 percent of enterprise revenue will come from digital business by 2020—almost double what the percentage was in 2015 (Gartner, 2016). Such organizations do so by prioritizing the things that drive the most value—customers and talent, data, and products—and then they are disciplined in their execution.

Organization 8

Organization SPM Content Agility 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Generally, they are vendors who sell 'off the shelf' products that target small niches within the organization. Generational work ethics and why young people need executive mentoring to 'go the distance' in their careers, offering value to the company and profession. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Education 50

Education Company Succession Mentor 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2014

There can be organizational paralysis, or a release of incredible and productive energy, and which of the two happens depends mainly on leadership. The NFL can’t unring the bell that made its 2014-2015 season into a discourse about domestic violence – or stop other bells from chiming about violence on and off the field.

Company 13

Company Crisis Crisis Management Video 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

” Prompted in 2015 by fatal police shootings in Ferguson, Missouri, and other cities, the company now holds “ Can We Talk ?” The Center says that civility in its workplace builds stronger, more productive teams that deliver the highest-quality health care to patients. Take ownership of civility.

Diversity 9

Diversity Politics Survey Incubator 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

They’ll see by then how it changes the way your customers interact with the products, services, and information that you provide them. Doesn’t this face the same ethics and social challenges as Glass? This is precisely what made Glass vulnerable to the ethical and social issues that dogged it.

Forrester 8

Forrester Technology Execution Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

At the same time, it is long past time for the field to have a serious conversation where their data comes from, and the ethics of using big data. For some researchers, that spreadsheet could have been an ethically questionable window into contemporary corporate practices.

Management 8

Management Retail Construction Ethics 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Employers find this type of response a reflection of one’s work ethic and performance. LinkedIn SlideShare is a powerful tool of communication and dissemination of product, service, business-related, and educational content, which enhances a company’s brand and profitability. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Tools 50

Tools Document Restructuring Software 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 17, 2015

They come from different backgrounds and are products of a pop culture that puts its priorities and glories in the wrong places.a Addictive organizations show frozen feelings and ethical deterioration. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. society that worships flash-and-sizzle over substance.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware System Open-book Learning-by-Doing 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

They come from different backgrounds and are products of a pop culture that puts its priorities and glories in the wrong places…a society that worships flash-and-sizzle over substance. Addictive organizations show frozen feelings and ethical deterioration. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware System Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

(In the experiments, the positive sales effect outweighed the negative impact; in the real world, it’s difficult to determine how consumers actually reacted after Cook spoke out against the Indiana law in early 2015, because Apple’s sales are driven by factors including seasonality and new product launches.)

CEO 8

CEO Attrition Travel Policies 8