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How Digital Health Care Can Help Prevent Chronic Diseases Like Diabetes

Harvard Business Review

While the in-person DPPs were largely successful in reducing disease risk and incidence, Duffy and James recognized that there was substantial opportunity to better scale the DPP and make it more accessible and personalized by using technology. Design the service for the patient. weighing themselves first thing in the morning).

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Feedback Without Measurement Won’t Do Any Good

Harvard Business Review

A potentially awkward and painful conversation became a bonding experience. In other words, feedback compliance — or assurance — becomes integrated into the networked fabric of day-to-day performance and processes. These technologies and innovations make creating cultures of accountability more practical and transparent.

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The Secret to Delighting Customers

Harvard Business Review

They choose to go that extra mile through passion, not compliance. Technological advances have made it much easier for companies to understand customers on an individual basis. So to create an emotional bond with your customers, start with your employees. .

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How to Make a Great First Impression

Harvard Business Review

Another way to build rapport is to, “find a bond or a point of commonality,” says Clark. The bond needn’t “be profound”— it could be that you “attended the same university, have kids the same age, or have read the same book recently.” It can be a good way to uncover common bonds.

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When You've Done Enough, Do More

Harvard Business Review

We''ve found that the most highly respected leaders avoid techniques to gain short-term compliance; they also steer clear of a self-centered "How can I get people to do what I want?" How do you become truly influential? Instead, they take a different approach altogether. You prove immediately to these people that you have integrity.

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How the Navy SEALs Train for Leadership Excellence

Harvard Business Review

The wartime challenge demanded better collaboration, greater situational awareness and more strategic application of cutting edge technology for the war-fighter. ” In other words, training divorced from excellence is mere compliance. Or must it be managed to build better bonds and relationships throughout the enterprise?

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A Couple Reasons to Smile About

Women on Business

Besides tax-deferral, consider planning strategies that provide you with tax-free income in retirement, such as municipal bonds or Roth IRAs. In fact, now is an especially good time to consider tax diversification, especially in light of the 3.8%