Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

You can see evidence of Pfizer’s commitment in Ian Read’s letter to stakeholders the year after he became CEO: In 2011, we thoroughly explored what our culture is and how it needs to evolve. We are committed to creating an ownership culture that unleashes the creativity of our colleagues around the world. Pfizer people care.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2012

Frank Sonnenberg makes the case in Managing with a Conscience , that the only sustainable way to succeed is the right way—not cutting corners—emphasizing the intangibles like trust, creativity, focus, speed, flexibility, relationships, loyalty, and employee commitment. Sonnenberg hits these issues head-on.

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General Leadership

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

I’m speaking of those moments in which we find ourselves operating in the present without joy, face an uncertain future with little hope or are seemingly pursuing a path with no discernable purpose. So he sent an unexpected letter of congratulations to the author of the story, a man named Norman Vincent Peale.

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HR Digest

APRIL 15, 2020

Similarly, if a company operates in a particular geographical location, the agreement can restrict the employee from carrying on any competing business activity in that vicinity. Get an acknowledgment letter of return of all properties belonging to the firm. Handling of Violation of Non-compete Agreement. Litigation. Indemnity.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2020

There are plenty of companies and software out there that are committed to fending off cyber attacks and improving cybersecurity, so it’s important you work hard to ensure your data is safe from anything that you come across in the future. Just because you might be a small business doesn’t mean you won’t be targeted.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2012

And because team members now understood that they were valued and special, they vastly increased their emotional commitment to making me, and the company, successful. So, in my next job, I looked for ways to do the right thing and gain that emotional commitment. The board members were all VCs, who tend to be somewhat coin-operated.

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Tim Milburn

MAY 8, 2012

Apple has a very committed following of both employees and consumers for a lot of reasons. I recently came across a letter that Apple apparently gives to each new employee on his or her first day. The letter says the following: There’s work and there’s your life’s work. Teach others to tell the story well.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

They also operate with an owner’s mindset. Another unique facet is their rigorous approach to design, solutions and operations. Everything has to be scalable and you don’t do this without knowing how to build and operate. Just read the 1997 Shareholder Letter he wrote. Their job is to delight customers.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

If retail operations can more reliably keep their discretionary relationships with people who have to pay for that relationship than we can with our employees, who earn their livelihood with us, we need to take a serious look at how we’re creating the environment for those relationships. Why do I use the expression “soul-sucking?”

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CEO Short-term Learning-by-Doing Blanchard 161

Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

We call this framework ACTAS, which stands for the first letter of the five Change Adoption Phases: Awareness, Commitment, Trained Learning, Applied Learning, and Sustained Application. Change Adoption Phase 2: Commitment. It is not enough to get the commitment — now you must show people exactly how to implement the changes.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Accept Help:   The rescue operation appears to have been a model of private and public sector cooperation and coordination. Put Yourself in Their Shoes:  One of the most impressive aspects of the rescue operation is how much attention was paid to the overall health and well being of the miners and their families.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 27, 2014

Use strong passwords : Hackers can crack an all-lowercase letter password in just minutes. Use passwords that contain combinations of upper and lowercase letters as well as numbers and special characters to keep hackers from cracking the code. Risk Management Best Practice 3 – Procedure Annotation and Commitment Tracking.

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Steve Farber

MARCH 6, 2018

Paul has worked for over 33 years with the United States Postal Service – playing roles from City Letter Carrier to Senior Leadership Positions in Marketing, Finance, and Post Office Operations. This guest post was contributed by Paul Chaffee.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 14, 2010

But, hey, maybe you’re more committed to your craft than I am. Post another comment The letters and numbers you entered did not match the image. As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. Error type: Your comment has been saved. Please try again.

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Chris Brady

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Commitment means you will persist with the process long before it appears to be working. Post another comment The letters and numbers you entered did not match the image. As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. Thnks for all that u do!!! Please try again.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

And our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. "  Whether they’re stated or not, most organizations have operating principles.  Write letters to the editor and call the owner of the newspaper. Post another comment The letters and numbers you entered did not match the image. This is America.

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Chris Brady

JULY 9, 2010

The Team so appreciates your commitment and sacrafice to our noble cause. Second cousin to Elvis Post Operative. A letter carrier Recovery Room. Post another comment The letters and numbers you entered did not match the image. It sounds like you are having an amazin time. You absolutely deserve it! I knew it Outpatient.

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Chris Brady

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Chief among these was something called the Double Jump (and its cousin the Triple Jump, operating in much the same way). It's that moment when you either goose the throttle all the way in total commitment or wimp out and back off, desperately searching for a plausible excuse for your cowardice. The concept is simple.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 8, 2020

In the present time, one cannot imagine running smooth operations of any office without adequate IT equipment. It is essential to purchase licensed software such as Operating systems, Microsoft, and anti-virus to ensure the smooth running of office operations. IT Equipment. Mailing Supplies.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2018

On January 6, 2017, JANA Partners , a New York–based activist hedge fund, and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) sent a letter to Apple’s board of directors that may change the future of activist investing. According to US SIF , at the end of 2018 there was $8.72 BlackRock has gone even further.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

After the show is over, don’t forget to follow through on details, promises and intentions: Send follow-up letters to each visitor who left a business card. Your company’s commitment to participate in trade shows represents a big step. Send out requested additional materials within one week after the show.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2014

She’s using good processes, tools, best practices, and is committed to the development of her company’s leaders. They may be chickens (involved), but they’re not pigs (committed). Most senior teams have Monthly Operation Reviews (MORs) – the real stuff is on that agenda, and the rest is all noise. They have to be!

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2018

See also Rick Goings’s commitment at Tupperware Brands to increasing women’s economic empowerment in emerging economies as well as mature ones. This is part of why Larry Fink’s open letter to CEOs , sent on the occasion of his investment company BlackRock’s 30th anniversary, has generated such acclaim.

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Drucker Long-term Short-term Decentralization 13

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2018

Nearly every major company today operates a broad set of social and environmental activities that parallel its commercial value chain. Nestle is committed to moving from being a food and beverage company to a health and nutrition company. employees who want to be proud of their workplace. Nike is about fitness.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2018

.” The possibility of employee misconduct—the potential for behaviors or business practices that are illegal, unethical, or contrary to a firm’s stated values, policies, and procedures—is a form of risk just like liquidity risk or operational risk. Rules may be followed to the letter, but not in spirit.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

Similarly, any company that makes customers sign legally binding “terms and conditions” should hesitate before enforcing provisions that belie common sense, even though they may meet the letter of the minutiae of the signed agreement. Good marketing is not just about making promises; it’s also about keeping them.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2015

If it’s all about the operations then you lose sight of the customer. Rather than measuring marketing KPIs or operations KPIs, focus instead on the more customer-oriented journey KPIs, such as lifetime margin. Once the drivers of the costs of the journey are understood, marketing can work with operations to address them.

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COO Planning Metrics Call Center 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 12, 2010

Of course that might have been because most of us in the class had a dreadful habit of dropping our “haiches” and committing other such crimes against the English language. After all, the current pace of life rarely allows the opportunity to sit down and write letters any more. And then there is Penmanship.

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Chris Brady

DECEMBER 13, 2010

In the process, the Open can communicate the depth of our commitment to community building. One of his songs is called Watercolor Ponies and it is a great reminder that the parenting of our kids is a process with the end result of seeing them operate with independence and interdependence as they partner with other people in this game of life.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

In his letter to shareholders in this year’s Annual Report, Dimon said that “we are now making our control agenda priority #1.” These letters followed a company task force report in January that sharply criticized many functions at many levels of the company for the “Whale” fiasco. in additional reserves).

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2012

From the moment I stepped off the bus at the rowing venue, I felt reassured that the London Olympic Games were operating like a well-oiled machine. Why would this be the case in the Olympics Games, despite the need being clear and the commitment real? Contractual commitment. For all kinds of reasons: Tiny experience base.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

All of these policies and actions are in violation of both the spirit and the letter of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and/or the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This was done in significant part in response to continued pressure from the very top in Beijing for Intel to prove it is committed to China's future.

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Bureaucracy Globalization Committee Cooper 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

That may seem obvious in the age of the crowd, but it's far from operational. The Colleague Letter of Understanding: Replacing Jobs with Commitments. At the heart of this peer-regulated collection of colleagues who determine their own roles and responsibilities is the "Colleague Letter of Understanding" or CLOU.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2017

“You have a golden moment in your job search where you’re operating at peak confidence and energy. It’s unwise to omit your previous job from your CV and cover letter because you “don’t want to leave a gap” in your employment, says Lees. Omit your previous job from your CV and cover letter.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

After all, in some ways, the situations were similar: A group whose members may not have worked together before must form a close-knit team quickly and execute their duties in a way that meets the organization’s guidelines to the letter. Make a commitment to the game. Insight Center. The Future of Health Care.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

It’s amazing to me to think of the lineage and all the things that have happened since that day what would have happened if Robert Greenleaf hadn’t sent that letter to the journal, that you were working on, I mean because ultimately that led to your role as leading the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership down the road, right?

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