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When Work Has Meaning, The Culture Changes

Great Leadership By Dan

Intention and attention from leaders can have a beneficial impact on employees feelings of contribution, value, and worth, which can boost productivity and service. The purpose of the study was to analyze the effects of workplace conditions on individual productivity. Productivity was carefully monitored following each change.

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The Ways Customers Use Products Have Changed — but Brands Haven’t Kept Up

Harvard Business Review

Provide them with a platform to participate in your products and services — as Coca-Cola managed to do with its personalized “Share a Coke” initiative — and then you have the chance to embed people directly into the narrative or fabric of your brand. For example, Nike fulfills seasonal needs of the market (i.e.

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