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How to Solve Our Wild Problems

Leading Blog

T HERE ARE PROBLEMS that can be solved by a simple cost-benefit analysis. are so emphatic and his positives are so mild (female chit-chat). But there are problems where the solution lies beyond that — something deeper — something irrational even. Degradation!

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How to Make the Business Case for Change

Lead Change Blog

If future cost savings will fund the initiative, show the payback calculation. Provide a cost-benefit analysis. Include non-financial costs and benefits along with the financial ones. It will also position you for advancement to higher leadership levels in your organization.

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How Does Public Transport Affect Greenhouse Gases?

The Horizons Tracker

For emissions to be positive for longer periods of time would require more riders per trip, cleaner vehicles or fewer journeys with minimal riders. The model developed by the team enabled them to test the impact of upgrading to a greener fleet, and therefore provide a cost/benefit analysis to planners and the Utah Transit Authority (UTA).

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Take It, Leave It, or Change It

The Recovering Engineer

The decision was to do a “cost-benefit analysis&# of our new situation. Did it offer us more positive or more negative? If it was more positive, we needed to go forward without complaining about the negative because we had chosen to accept it into our lives for the moment. In my case, I chose to stay.

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Why Businesses Fail | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Making sound decisions is a skill set that needs to be developed like any other. By developing a qualitative and quantitative filtering mechanism for your decisioning process you can make better decisions in a shorter period of time. What if the costs exceed projections, and the benefits fall short of projections?

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Influencing Up

Marshall Goldsmith

By developing your ability to present ideas, and not blaming management for not buying your ideas, you accomplish much more. Present a realistic cost-benefit analysis of your ideas--don't just sell benefits. Make a positive difference--don't just try to 'win' or 'be right'. Life is good.

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Effectively Influencing Decision Makers: Ensuring That Your Knowledge Makes a Difference

Marshall Goldsmith

Many knowledge workers have years of education and experience in training for their positions, yet have almost no training in how to effectively influence decision makers. If more time were spent on developing our ability to present ideas, and less time were spent on blaming others for not buying our ideas, a lot more might get accomplished.

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