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Unlocking Creativity: Are These Creativity-Inhibiting Mindsets Holding You Back?

Leading Blog

The Benchmarking Mindset. Rather than simply benchmarking direct rivals, companies need to think broadly about the full range of substitutes against which they compete. Travel helps to spark creativity as does creating temporal distance. Travel helps to spark creativity as does creating temporal distance.

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Taking a Look at the Future of Oil and Gas Industry

Strategy Driven

Sustainability is the new business benchmark. They will continue to propel global travel and commerce. What is more, the adoption of new technologies will facilitate oil and gas operations. Adoption will take operational efficiency to the next level and across the entire lifecycle. Still Keeping the Lights On.

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How Skills Will Be Crucial As We Adapt To The Post-Covid World

The Horizons Tracker

The report builds upon the Skills Benchmarking tool developed by the company to help organizations not only understand the skills they have, but how their workforce compares with their peers. ” Skills for the post-Covid world. Crucial for a successful recovery.

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1:1 Executive Coaching Program – Now Open for Enrollment

Six Disciplines

"We're experiencing double-digit growth and as a result, we need an executive coaching program like Six Disciplines to help us manage this growth profitably and to keep us on track and focused on the most important tasks. " ~ Randy Joseph, VP of Sales and Operations, Laminate Technologies.

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Zero-Based Budgeting Is Not a Wonder Diet for Companies

Harvard Business Review

Traditional ZBB implementations focus almost exclusively on simple SG&A , in part because SG&A benchmark data is far more readily attainable than are relevant data from the core functions of comparable companies. The result is a superficial and simplistic focus on “policing” costs versus substantive cost prevention.

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4 Ways Leaders Can Get More from Their Company’s Innovation Efforts

Harvard Business Review

Another pervasive reason is that senior executives are trained as operators, not innovators. And there’s a fundamental conflict between innovation and optimizing an existing operation. To close the gap, we need to treat innovation differently than we do normal operations. Here are four things leaders can do.

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7 CEO Success Tips – How To Be A Better Leader

N2Growth Blog

Whether you are an emerging leader with a small team or an experienced leader responsible for directing the daily operations of a multinational organization, these seven CEO success tips will allow you to glean insight into your marathon by looking at the roadmap to help you win the race without fail. Follow me on Twitter @SkippersBiz.

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