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Leading through Long Term Influence

Great Leadership By Dan

Other types of situations where influence may be needed include: • Changes to project plans • Support of proposals by upper management • Agree to new assignments and tasks • Provide necessary information in a timely fashion • Stop ineffective or negative behaviors The Power Use Model outlined by Anita Hall, Extension Educator ?and

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Are You an Accidental Soul-Sucking CEO?

Joseph Lalonde

Including the brain trust on your organizational development team. That’s much more motivating than saying, “I’m going to go to work today and I’m going to sell a can of chemicals.” The question as to whether it’s our job to make our employees happy comes in and out of fashion over the decades. Don’t you think?

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Don't Trust Your Gut With Assortment Planning

Harvard Business Review

Moreover, techniques that we have developed with several retailers over the last few years show that analytics are providing retailers a tremendous opportunity to improve revenues and profits. It next applied the same process to fashion bath, got no revenue lift, and abandoned its localization effort. The result: a 5.8%

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Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

Harvard Business Review

Just look at Uber to understand the importance of diversity and product safety or at car manufacturers scrambling to develop a competitive advantage in electric cars as countries seek to decarbonize their economics and fight pollution. In both cases, social and environmental metrics matter for the business’s financial success.

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Sustainability Matters in the Battle for Talent

Harvard Business Review

Employees at semiconductor-chip-maker Intel recently devised a new chemistry process that reduced chemical waste by 900,000 gallons, saving $45 million annually. Another team developed a plan to reuse and optimize networking systems in offices, which cut energy costs by $22 million.

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A No-Layoffs Policy Can Work, Even in an Unpredictable Economy

Harvard Business Review

The concepts of lifetime employment and generous employee benefits are seen as old-fashioned throwbacks to paternalism. When we were aiming to close a small chemical-dependency hospital in 2013, for example, we looked hard into unmet needs in the area. My own workplace is an example. Serious accountability.

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Growth Needs to Come from the Entire Company

Harvard Business Review

Its goals are extremely ambitious; it is not just a pioneer in developing new fabrics for active wear, but in developing wearable electronics. Starbucks, for example, has a strong presence because CEO Howard Schultz, deliberately developed a growth plan grounded in its capabilities.