Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2020

Recruitment costs increase significantly when you have a high staff turnover rate, as you will have to invest resources in advertising job openings, vetting applicants, and training new employees. The current job market favors candidates, and research shows that there are currently more job openings than hires.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 23, 2011

Training and Professional Development If there are new systems in place, or even old systems that could be more efficient, take the time to train the staff. This does not have to be a time or money consuming activity. Keeping everyone in the loop about what is going on makes your employees feel like they are part of the team.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Whether your focus is on customer service, profits, investing, marketing, or company growth a constant awareness of your current position in relation to where you want to be is essential. Strategic Plan includes provisions for refinancing, equity and debt financing. Finance charges are negotiated. Business Success Checklist.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 4, 2011

By Webster’s definition it means “the steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code; incorruptibility.&# In order to teach it, I must first define it. Integrity; from the Latin root word means “soundness, wholeness or completeness.” I shall teach my friend about that kind of integrity; one of incorruptibility!

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fear based motivations don’t instill loyalty, create trust, build morale, inspire creativity, attract talent, or drive innovation. Over time, many fear-based leaders unknowingly train their team to think: “Why even try if there is no upside? Remember that respect is earned, and fear is imposed.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

It's not – Unless the request infringes upon our values, moral or ethical standards using no as a response is just intellectually lazy, avoidance or ego centric – imho [link] mikemyatt So Dan, tell me how you really feel All kidding aside, you and I are definitely on the same page here.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

By the way, employee performance and morale at Wal-Mart is near all time lows… Diversity mandates just don’t work… Talent begets talent and blending occurs naturally when good decisions are made for the right reasons. This is perhaps the greatest gift of immersing oneself in diversity training and education.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

I don’t know about you, but it’s almost as if we have raised a generation of leaders who feel they have a moral and ethical obligation to be politically correct – WRONG. " used to be ingrained into the moral fabric of our society. How sad is this? Their responsibility is to be correct; not politically correct.

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Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Examples: A CEO ignores market research that suggests a new product will not be well-received because he or she firmly believes it’s a good idea. A business leader expands into new markets without sufficient research, thinking that past success will automatically translate to new ventures.

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HR Digest

JULY 29, 2020

If you analyze functions like finance, IT, and marketing you will find common drivers of success. Figure out what assets should be best utilized for training, onboarding and retention activities. motivators, rewards, training approaches, etc). Distinguish where the most risk of churn will be, and who is in risk for it.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Many managers proudly describe the team-building initiatives they've pursued to create a sense of staff cohesion and morale. Others talk about scheduling team meetings to clarify roles and responsibilities within the group or the staff members they've sent to training programs. Don't get me wrong.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Compared to professions like engineering or business disciplines like Finance or Operations, the concept of a dedicated salesperson is relatively recent. Sales was traditionally seen as a form of service work, with an emphasis primarily on developing moral character. And companies performed the training, not schools.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Poor customer service dramatically causes loss of sales, decline of company reputation, lack of new customers and referrals, increased discounting, lower morale, higher turnover — all further perpetuating a poor customer experience. Intentionally train employees. Customer service and soft skills aren’t common sense.

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Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Examples: A CEO ignores market research that suggests a new product will not be well-received because he or she firmly believes it’s a good idea. A business leader expands into new markets without sufficient research, thinking that past success will automatically translate to new ventures.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2011

For now we may leave certain questions to the daily press, who have seats at Rajaratnam's trial and can listen to Kumar sing like a canary, albeit a thoroughly well-spoken and poised McKinsey-trained canary. Competitors whispered that Gupta was committing the most un-McKinsey-like of sins: cutting price to get into new markets.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

Capital markets, as a whole, are also moving in this direction. In his Theory of Moral Sentiments , Adam Smith argues that duty and sympathy are part of our very nature, and that because of our innate morality, we can live collaboratively in a just and harmonious society. We believe the answer is yes.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Workers were carefully trained to follow processes exactly as they were laid out. Three finance professors once asked more than 400 executives what they would do if their quarterly earnings targets were at risk. A stuffed monkey was placed on top of the cube of the worker who had collected the most revenue, to keep morale high.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2016

” Elizabeth Grace Saunders, author of How to Invest Your Time Like Money and the founder of Real Life E Time Coaching & Training , agrees. Research shows that predictable time off improves productivity and morale. . “Helping your team manage its time well is a critical factor for its success.”

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Yet, most CEOs were never trained on how to be CEOs, with all the responsibility, people skills, leadership and ethical management that must go along with the job. billion as the stock market plummeted, amid a crisis of investor confidence. The stock market is down 25%. Public pension funds nationwide lost at least $6.4

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

My leadership training is from the Marine Corps. While I encourage my team to do their best to make sure we have covered everything before we launch a new product, I would rather get the product to market and make a few small "improvements" than get beat to the punch. I completely agree with General Patton.

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