Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2016

For many years, teams at Virgin Atlantic have been testing ways to motivate efficient decision-making in the cockpit. Changes in their behavior led to both lower carbon dioxide emissions (by 21,500 metric tons) and an estimated $5.4 million reduction in fuel costs for the firm over the eight-month study period.

Hawthorne Effect 8

Hawthorne Effect Efficiency Metrics Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

While all of those certainly play a role, I'm guessing that what Elizabeth Scharpf stumbled across as a critical factor in absenteeism wasn't on your radar. Minimal professional training? Insufficient infrastructure? While interning in Mozambique in 2005 for the one-person (!)

Franchising 13

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 13

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Really messed-up experiencing strikes, union drives, turnover absenteeism, low commitment, low morale. And contrast that to Devon’s son who got out of college, chemical engineering degree, six figures. We got to get him off the team” and he ends up being the poster child for servant leadership six months later. I’ve got friends.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Really messed-up experiencing strikes, union drives, turnover absenteeism, low commitment, low morale. And contrast that to Devon’s son who got out of college, chemical engineering degree, six figures. We got to get him off the team” and he ends up being the poster child for servant leadership six months later. I’ve got friends.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

People should be encouraged to work together as a team. Therefore, a company must analyze its business workflows and processes before choosing a technology platform; some will likely need re-engineering to better serve the overall goal of winning and satisfying clients. reducing absenteeism (and presenteeism). creativity.

Management 40

Management CRM Objective Human Resources 40

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2014

Gallup has discovered links between employee engagement at the business-unit level and vital performance indicators, including customer metrics; higher profitability, productivity, and quality (fewer defects); lower turnover; less absenteeism and shrinkage (i.e., Sure, every manager can learn to engage a team somewhat.

Management 14

Management Metrics Absenteeism Talent Management 14