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Creating a Learning Organization: Fostering Continuous Improvement and Innovation

N2Growth Blog

A McKinsey report suggests that organizations embracing continual improvement experience 20-30% productivity gains. According to McKinsey, organizations with effective change communication are 3.5 Involvement and Participation: Involving employees in the change process can increase buy-in.

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8 Things Collaborative Leaders Know

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

The need for collaboration is driven by the issues arising from the current economic crisis and supported by the opportunities afforded by advances in technology, specifically Web 2.0. People want their organizations to be successful, and when given an opportunity to participate, they bring their best thinking and contribute fully.

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Playing the Long Game: The Employee Retention Process in HR

HR Digest

Analyze hiring practices by competitors and see what benefits they offer Keep an eye on research reports that are put out by organizations like Deloitte, McKinsey, SHRM, etc. Employees stay with organizations that care about them and help them grow.

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How Men Can Become Better Allies to Women

Harvard Business Review

A study by McKinsey projects that in a “full potential” scenario in which women participate in the economy identically to men, $28 trillion dollars (26%) would be added to the annual global GDP when compared to the current business-as-usual scenario. What’s at stake? Challenges Facing Male Allies.

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How to Make Your Big Idea Really Happen

Harvard Business Review

After Barbara Minto joined McKinsey as the firm's first ever female consultant, she found that many management consultants had trouble communicating information effectively. She developed the Minto Pyramid Principle to help colleagues structure their writing, and after gaining support within McKinsey, took the framework to other firms.

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Three Cases of Better Corporate Philanthropy

Harvard Business Review

No wonder that a 2008 McKinsey survey found that only 20% of senior executives believe that their corporate philanthropy is effective in achieving social goals. But Intel doesn't just measure the number of participants to gauge success. Back pet charities, not those with a strong track record.

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Prepare for the New Permanent Temp

Harvard Business Review

Workflows and innovation initiatives have been artfully reorganized around "projects" to facilitate faster, cheaper and easier contingent participation. Technology makes reviewing, refining, redesigning and revising both jobs and job descriptions as dynamic as a commodities trading desk. A recent McKinsey & Co. Of course not.