Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2016

An estimated 21% of carbon emissions in the United States are attributable to companies, and yet to date there is scant research on how to make firm operations more efficient in terms of reducing pollution. For many years, teams at Virgin Atlantic have been testing ways to motivate efficient decision-making in the cockpit.

Hawthorne Effect 8

Hawthorne Effect Efficiency Metrics Incentives 8

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.

Teamwork 9

Teamwork Absenteeism Class Motivation 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

The honest answer is that some are successful while others fail. But providing feedback reports that remind employees that smoking, not exercising, or being overweight is unhealthy does not motivate change unless workers are given the tools and resources to actually change and track their behaviors. Leadership commitment and support.

Planning 8

Planning Incentives ROI Long-term 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. Successful Social Entrepreneurship Combines Mind and Heart. To be a responsible human and to be a successful entrepreneur requires both, working in tandem.

Franchising 13

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

As Wharton professor Adam Grant put it in a recent New York Times editorial, “[w]hen friends work together they’re more trusting and committed to one another’s successes. million in decreased attrition, absenteeism, and overtime, it also drove a $2 million profit increase and 34% jump in highly satisfied customers.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Attrition Absenteeism Social Capital 8

Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

If the person(s) responsible for managing are able to look at the eighteen points above and determine they are more or less in place, they are operating at the most fundamental or beginner’s level of management. self-motivation. motivation. employee interaction and co-operation. reducing absenteeism (and presenteeism).

Management 40

Management CRM Objective Human Resources 40

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

Drive down a typical highway and you'll see a succession of billboards, each one a stand-alone advertisement for a single brand. My company understands that we do not operate in a bubble. Even when peace has returned, post-conflict nationalization has been seen in many countries, with business losing billions in operational assets.

Development 12

Development Porter Banking Long-term 12

You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 29, 2009

According to many experts who wax poetic about employee engagement, democratic workplaces also experience less absenteeism and turnover, two things that are mightily expensive in more traditional workplaces. My feeling is that it would be much easier to build a successful democracy in start up circumstances.new company, new culture.

System 43

System Blog Diversity Operations 43