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Snails and Big Companies

In the CEO Afterlife

Every day, we see or read about bureaucracy – government is the biggest offender. While the speed of a snail is the most common knock against big company bureaucracy, there are several other similarities between the species. I’ve always held the opinion that big organizations move at a snail’s pace. Snails can’t hear.

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'Doing Right Things' or 'Doing Things Right' | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

‘Doing Right Things’ or ‘Doing Things Right’ by John • March 28, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 0 Comments. A new boss charged with transforming a bureaucracy into nimbleness must shift the mindset of an entire organization. Human Resources. Main menu Home.

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Measurement Culture & Five Common Traits of High-Performing Organizations

Strategy Driven

Employees are not present to serve management or reinforce bureaucracy. With expertise based on more than 27 years of corporate experience, Phillips has served as training and development manager at two Fortune 500 firms, as senior human resources officer, as a bank president, and as management professor at a major university.

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6 Reasons Salespeople Win or Lose a Sale

Harvard Business Review

From a departmental perspective, engineering would be classified as price immune; marketing and sales as price sensitive; and manufacturing, information technology, human resources, and accounting as price conscious. 5: It’s Possible to Cut Through Bureaucracy. The answer is yes. 6: Charisma Sells in Certain Industries.

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Entrepreneurship Needs to Be a Bigger Part of U.S. Foreign Aid

Harvard Business Review

” And the Legatum Institute, when aggregating data from the World Bank, the United Nations, and elsewhere to formulate its Prosperity Index , has found that of its many indicators, “entrepreneurship & opportunity” correlates most strongly with a country’s overall prosperity. We are talking about the U.S.