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A Shift in Leadership Can Make a Multi-Million Dollar Impact

Strategy Driven

We were a mediocre, at best, institutional operation with a sense of entitlement. The results of our extensive experiment were nothing short of remarkable— and we found that positive, impactful leadership leads to great bottom line results. High quality service was not a value before we started. Consider leaving a comment!

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Here’s What Mindfulness Is (and Isn’t) Good For

Harvard Business Review

The tricky thing about trying to interpret research about mindfulness is that many studies that claim great things for mindfulness are less rigorous than others, even though they may be peer reviewed. That’s why when we are anxious or angry we can’t think so well.

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Will You Be Writing Off Your Investment in Egypt?

Harvard Business Review

Foreign subsidiaries can expect local sales to fall and distribution channels to come to a halt, with depressing consequences for the bottom line. Now, let's assume that Egypt's political instability will be short-lived so that, after a one-time impact to the current year's profits, operations will resume on a steady new path.

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How to Design a Corporate Wellness Plan That Actually Works

Harvard Business Review

To us, it’s similar to asking whether reviews, training programs, employee assistance services, or other company initiatives are effective for both worker performance and the bottom line. And there are five common ways these solitary initiatives tend to pop up in companies. Administering health risk assessments only.