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In-House or Outsourced IT: Which Is Best for Your Business?

Strategy Driven

The office workers know the culture of the company and are aware of all project aspects and business objectives. Due to the Deloitte global outsourcing survey made in 2016, there are two primary reasons companies outsource: to cut costs ; to free the in-house team to focus on core business objectives.

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What are the Best Collaboration Options for Modern Businesses?

Strategy Driven

Does your business consider collaboration tools an essential for maintaining productive operations? Which tools does your business use? She has extensive experience of the Public sector and is interested in improving productivity and business change. Copyright 2007-2016 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Design Your Employee Experience as Thoughtfully as You Design Your Customer Experience

Harvard Business Review

Improving customer experience is often a top business priority, but what about employee experience? In its 2016 Employee Engagement Benchmark Study, the firm showed that companies that excel at customer experience have one-and-a-half times as many engaged employees as customer experience laggards do.

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Software Asset Management: A New Defense Against Cybersecurity Threats - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM MICROSOFT

Harvard Business Review

SAM for cybersecurity assessments position organizations to be more proactive about mitigating cyber risks, so they can spend less time responding to security threats and more time achieving their business objectives. ∗Cybersecurity Ventures 2016, “Cybercrime Report 2016,” available by clicking here.

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Bridging the Gap Between Marketing and IT

Harvard Business Review

We discovered that our teams would be working on multiple projects and competing for common resources and budget share in 2016. We do this to monitor progress, discuss roadblocks, and make decisions. It also helps for long-term planning.

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Chief Leadership Officer: Disrupting the CEO Status Quo

Lead Change Blog

The pressure he feels to meet the business objectives causes him to press on his team. As a society, we’re more capable than ever to disrupt and rebuild a solid infrastructure based on what’s right for people and good for business. He feels trapped by his position, power, and perks. Enter the Chief Leadership Officer.

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