Sales Wolf Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

 My favorite: HR as a cost center. Mary provides some signs to look for that your staff is feeling burned out and offers some tips to reignite their passion for work.  My favorite: HR as a cost center.  Art puts a few of these top myths about HR to rest.  In a way you cannot blame them.

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Many businesses view marketing as a cost center without recognizing how it contributes to the bottom line. It sounds like we're on the tip of a tidal wave of change. But I believe the most dramatic changes are happening internally, especially in this tougher economy. Right now, every dollar needs to work harder, and marketing.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Many of the small and midsize manufacturers that did manage to survive kept going by cutting costs, which has led to stagnant wage growth. But now the situation has reached such a tipping point that larger U.S. manufacturers do source from domestic suppliers, they tend to regard them purely as a cost center.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

For one, it’s a cost center. Is Chinese Real Estate Nearing a Tipping Point? Yes, marketing faces a steep uphill battle its quest for a seat at the table of valued corporate functions. And the ROI for this spend is anything but clear. Not surprisingly, support is lowest in recession-hit Greece and Spain. Financial Times).

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

. “It’s already changing organizations, by moving IT from a cost center to something with a place at the table in a lot of different meetings,” said Chris Jackson, head of cloud platforms at Pearson, a global learning company.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

A GreenBiz report indicated that progress had slowed or even regressed, but MIT and BCG also declared that sustainability had reached a "tipping point" with more companies putting sustainability "on the management agenda.". In reality, both views were right. The share of U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Here are a few quick-tip solutions that business and government must strongly consider: Make a commitment to become more culturally intelligent. Think profit center, not cost center. Take the time to understand why cultural values influence Hispanics. Diversity must be approached as a best practice; not an initiative.

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