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The Performance Benefits of a Portfolio Review

Strategy Driven

Adept portfolio management is paramount for sustained growth and competitiveness, especially in today’s difficult and volatile economic environment. Performance Measurement and Management Perspective Central to the PR process is the scrutiny of performance measures. Has bias in the PR performance measures been eliminated?

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4 Ways To Reduce Workplace Negativity By Increasing Consistency

Tanveer Naseer

In other words the business is growing and changing and there is a need for increased structure to support and manage the change. The brain craves certainty, and when you feel uncertain, the almond shaped structure in the brain called the amygdala releases chemicals into the blood stream that you experience as fear, anxiety and doubt.

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These 4 Tips Will Increase Your Resiliency as a Leader

Center for Creative Leadership

It’s a common myth that working harder is the best way to deal with the pressures of management. When industry volatility, societal shifts, or workplace pressures result in stress, it’s time to think about developing resiliency: the ability to bounce back from obstacles and setbacks. The question is, how can you develop it?

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The Industries Plagued by the Most Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

It’s a cliché to say that the world is more uncertain than ever before, but few realize just how much uncertainty has increased over the past 50 years. Although uncertainty is accelerating, it isn’t affecting all industries the same way. The more unknowns there are about customer preferences, the greater the demand uncertainty.

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Rethinking Your Supply Chain in an Era of Protectionism

Harvard Business Review

Adjusting to new economic realities as well as political and economic uncertainties will require making their supply chains much more resilient. All this adds up to an unprecedented level of uncertainty about trade policies and their effect. It’s time for them to rethink their supply-chain strategies. presidential election.

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How Multinationals Can Grow in the Middle East and Africa

Harvard Business Review

However, the region has long been volatile and unpredictable (from coups and sharp changes in government policies, to currency shortages, to terrorism and large-scale population displacements), so operating under uncertainty is not new. Many companies are assessing their exposure to specific policy decisions (e.g., if the U.S.

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New Research: Where the Talent Wars Are Hottest

Harvard Business Review

At the other end of the spectrum, we found the fewest companies plan to hire in the two industries most driven by uncertainty and regulation: financials and health care. We also find that companies in developed areas plan to hire in other developed regions (e.g., chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products).