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Streamlining Your Marketing Operations for Peak Efficiency

Strategy Driven

Unlocking the full potential of your marketing operations requires a precise blend of strategy, technology, and insight. This article provides a blueprint for those looking to refine their marketing engine, ensuring every component is tuned to perfection. It’s about more than just hard work; it’s about working smarter.

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Designing A Bug-Free Operating System for Great Managers

Art Petty

Rethinking the Operating System Needed for Manager Success Late last year, I shared an article at SmartBrief on Leadership, introducing the idea of the Manager's Operating System—a set of core programs or instructions that must be present to create a healthy working environment and support manager and team success.

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Overloaded at Work: How to Ask For the Support You Need

Let's Grow Leaders

We can’t tell you how many times employees have come to us feeling overloaded at work, and when we encourage them to talk to their boss, the hours the employee works or the level of effort they give to a project shock their boss. “I don’t want you working all weekend.” I really appreciate you and all you are doing.”

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How to Say No at Work: Powerful Phrases to Stand Your Ground

Let's Grow Leaders

For example, “Yes, it sounds like this project would benefit our marketing strategy. I can certainly prioritize this new marketing project if we can shift the product deadline. In our Courageous Cultures research, 67% of employees said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.”

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Strategic Staffing: The Advantages of Partnering With Outsourcing Companies for Remote Employees

Strategy Driven

This article explores the benefits of this strategic decision, particularly focusing on the advantages of remote and offshore teams. Flexibility and Scalability: Outsourcing arrangements offer unparalleled flexibility, letting companies scale their workforce up or down according to fluctuating demand and project requirements.

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Courageous Questions: How to Make It Easier to Get Better Insights

Let's Grow Leaders

In this article, we share insights to help you prepare better courageous questions to gather the insights you need. Humility is at the heart of the question that Don Yager, Chief Operating Officer of Mural Corporation, consistently asks his frontline team: “What are our policies that suck?” Why Courageous Questions Matter.

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Project Management Best Practice 11 – Project Performance Executive Dashboards

Strategy Driven

Most managers would acknowledge that the use of efficient metrics is a key component to the successful planning, tracking, and execution of projects. An organization can easily convince itself that as the project gets bigger, then so do the metrics. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article.

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