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Making Choices

CEO Blog

Or you go to the movies with someone who insists on choosing the films that aren’t even of interest to you, but you concede rather than going to the movie of your choice all by yourself. Evaluate the ROI (return on your time investment) with these individuals by asking, “What have I gleaned from these people?”

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The IT Conversation We Should Be Having

Harvard Business Review

The Conversation is also a 1974 film by Francis Ford Coppola whose themes include the role of technology in society and being so focused on what you are doing that you forget why you are doing it and become oblivious to what is happening around you. IT management ROA ROI' made me break out in cold sweats.

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The Difference Between Coaching Rookies and Veterans

Harvard Business Review

When you adjust your coaching to each person’s experience level, you’ll keep your team performing at their best and realize the highest ROI for your investment. Be a mirror (or game film) for your experienced staff so they see the realities of their performance and make critical adjustments.

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The Brand Benefits of Places Like the Guinness Storehouse

Harvard Business Review

In fact, the quality time consumers spend within a brand experience can increase ROI and develop true engagement , leading to greater brand advocacy and actions over time. The principles of destination storytelling.

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The Best Morale Boost $3 Million Can Buy

Harvard Business Review

Handy made a good living producing short films for companies like General Electric, Chevrolet, and Coca Cola in the 1930s, and shifted his focus to making military films during World War II. Though Mary Kay slowly developed its own quasi-religious conferences , complete with songs, by the 1980s.). Patterson, who became a mentor.

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