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Managing Company Culture Anthropologically

Leading Blog

Despite its perceived importance, for the most part, companies have a miserable track record when it comes to managing their people. The Culture Dilemma Employee engagement in American companies has hovered around 30 percent for 60 years. Consultants love a gap-closing program almost as much as they love a SWOT analysis.

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Navigating the NOISE analysis: Harnessing Exceptions for Organizational Growth

Mike Cardus

In today’s dynamic business environment, traditional models like SWOT analysis often fall short in addressing the complexities of organizational development. The Essence of the NOISE analysis At its core, NOISE analysis revolves around five critical components: Strengths: What does your company excel at?

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Skill and talent analysis using NOISE

Mike Cardus

When I developed the NOISE analysis is was to present a solution-focused alternative to SWOT. When a vice president of a company called me and mentioned that they wanted to use the NOISEanalysis as a way for employees to look at their personal skills and talents, I thought, sure, let’s see how we can do this.

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NOISE points to bright spots to support change

Mike Cardus

An often used strategic planning process is SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats). SWOT is used alone, with a team, or multiple teams, to determine the current environment and gather various perspectives. . The problem with SWOT is that is can lead people to feel that all of the issues are overwhelming.

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NOISE Analysis, an alternative to SWOT. Strategic Planning

Mike Cardus

Having a solid strategic plan will allow your company and team to flourish and accomplish needed results. Working with companies and developing strategic plans everyone seems to feel that the default method is a SWOT analysis strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats. You must have a format and a process that is effective.

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HR Value Delivery: Power of HR to Transform Organizations

HR Digest

These capabilities, such as agility, innovation, and collaboration, directly impact the organization’s ability to deliver value to customers, investors, and communities. Rather, HR must focus on building the right organization capabilities that drive success.

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Smart Strategies for a More Effective Business

Strategy Driven

This is particularly important with how fast new innovations and trends take hold of each and every industry. To ensure that your company is as successive and effective as possible, adopt these smart strategies today: Create a New Business Plan. Many companies have seen their public image increase substantially from good PR.