Eric Jacobson

MARCH 20, 2021

Mid-February brought the visually-engaging, coffee-table-styled book, Fast Times: How Digital Winners Set Direction, Learn, and Adapt , written for senior executives who are frustrated by the slow pace and limited return on investment (ROI) of their digital transformation, and are unsure what’s holding them back.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 30, 2021

Mid-February brings the beautifully presented, coffee-table-styled book, Fast Times: How Digital Winners Set Direction, Learn, and Adapt , written for senior executives who are frustrated by the slow pace and limited return on investment (ROI) of their digital transformation, and are unsure what’s holding them back.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It’s about creating a pathway for new hires to understand, adapt, and align with the company’s ethos, vision, and operational methodologies. Customization ensures that the software feels like a natural extension of your organization’s operations, rather than a one-size-fits-all solution.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

That transformation requires adopting new digital technologies in every aspect of business — from product design and operations to customer service and marketing. As a result of success in that space, we developed strategy and an executive search practices which are also doing very well. That was the big data of its era.”.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Carlos, her VP of operations, is a bright and solid asset to the firm. Do you crave safety as Carlos does? Until Tania and Carlos were appreciated as human beings doing the best they could, they would continually be triggered by one another, and the business would suffer. Or safety and mattering as Tania does? Or something else?

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The company culture is evident in many aspects of the business operations, including the office arrangements, the hiring decisions and the staff perks. Remote options : Working from home has become the norm lately and many businesses are making changes to operate fully remotely. Staff perks. Social side.

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Thin Difference

JUNE 29, 2019

Leaders who are the most relevant and effective within their spheres of influence are those who prioritize continued growth and learning—both for themselves and their teams. Communicate Your Learning Goals from the Onset. Consider how you can use online micro-learning to address these issues. Guest Post by Jessica Thiefels.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The program operates from 27 locations across the United States, including New Mexico, Maine, Montana and Louisiana. Alternatively, kids at the Native American Indian Reservation in Maine were provided free STEM tuition from educators from the Maine Discovery Museum, who aimed to deliver top quality learning to the remotest of areas.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2020

Not only do they get lost easily, but they also become skewed. How do you make the transition from paper-based forms to eForms? How do you make the transition from paper-based forms to eForms? Keep on reading to learn more. Unlike eForms, handwritten forms tend to complicate things. But what is an eForm?

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Software Compliance Learning Curve Cost 69

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 12, 2015

What do natural numerator thinkers do? I realized a stark but simple fact: those you serve do not care about how you do what you do; they only care about how your efforts create value. Numerator thinkers operate with an abundance mentality; denominator thinkers use a scarcity mentality.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 22, 2013

If you try to do it in multiple meetings, you’ll waste too much time in the transitions from one meeting to the next. However, they caught on quickly to the importance of managing talent and most learned to be world-class talent managers themselves (or they didn't last long). However, if you want to find out what’s really.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2012

In comparing the top-quartile of companies in terms of share of women in executive committees against companies that have all-male executive committees, McKinsey found that the former companies exceeded the latter by 41% in return on equity and by 56% in operating results. and “How will this program help woman succeed?”.

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Chart Your Course

DECEMBER 28, 2017

For years, many employers have given lip service to the “employee experience”, while continuing to provide an environment that does not support employees doing their best work. If they do not materially change, they will find themselves unable to recruit (and retain) the talent they want and need.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2020

Do not get this wrong. Outsourcing parts of the operation to companies rather than individuals can work wonders too. Learning to embrace it can change everything. The ROIs gained from this technique are huge. Moreover, it will cause serious problems if you misjudge the costs involved. Many hands make light work.

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HR Digest

APRIL 11, 2019

Leaders must gain fact-based insights into employees’ evolving needs and learn how to build a workplace of the future. Above all else, the negative effects of micromanagement do not only diminish productivity on a short-term; the effect can be sadly prolonged when employees lose faith in the company. Is there no smarter way to do it?

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

How do you ensure it’s the former, not the latter?” I followed up with the authors to learn more about their leadership philosophy. Learn from the Mistakes of A Rotten Culture. There’s nothing wrong with operating out of self-interest. . “Your organization’s culture: It’s either an asset or a liability.

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

 In just over 15 minutes you will learn a lot of important information about the upcoming flu season - I know I certainly did. .  In just over 15 minutes you will learn a lot of important information about the upcoming flu season - I know I certainly did. .

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2019

Do not get this wrong. Outsourcing parts of the operation to companies rather than individuals can work wonders too. Learning to embrace it can change everything. The ROIs gained from this technique are huge. Moreover, it will cause serious problems if you misjudge the costs involved. Many hands make light work.

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Outsourcing ROI Entrepreneur Banking 53

Strategy Driven

JUNE 28, 2018

While your company may have a think tank of brilliant strategists devising new inroads into your market, what you will soon learn is that any strategy is doomed to fail if it isn’t executed as brilliantly as it was conceived. Do you have strong leaders in key areas within your organization? Leaders Are Needed at All Levels.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 10, 2011

You can see the variation between purpose and goals in what you do at work. In the session, executives learned that their partners often felt ignored or put in 'second place' compared with work. In building their empires, they had forgotten about making a ROI for their stockholders. They need to learn what to stop.'

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

 Numerous forecasting models are based off economic indicators like the Consumer Confidence Index and it is critical that you follow and understand how these leading indicators relate to your organization's operations. I really like how The Conference Board takes a high level approach to monitoring the business climate.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

  I really like the carnival's focus on lean management techniques, which I feel is especially relevant in today's tenuous business environment as all of us can afford to seek out additional operational efficiencies via lean management processes.   Ready to improve your management skills? .  And, by the way.

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

 He is struggling to understand why it is that HR is not considered a core function of a an organization like sales, marketing, or operations when it is afforded the opportunity to "direct, deliver, and develop" the employee talent necessary for the company to achieve its goals.  Enjoy!  Why?  Enjoy!

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 13, 2010

Leadership: Building Success - In the latest installment to his Little Big Things series, Tom shares a great lesson learned from RE/MAX founder Dave Liniger about the importance of working to help make your team members wildly successful in order to best serve the customer. Tom Peters!  Enjoy! . Tom Peters!

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ExactHire - Leadership

MAY 12, 2017

As an individual charged with human resources, talent management and/or business operations in your organization, you understand the necessity to value, engage and respect all employees…both from a legal and company culture-enriching standpoint. So how do you disproportionately engage your hyper performers and your high potentials (i.e.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2010

As a leader and manager, you’ll learn how to use these tools to harness social interactions to improve your business and to create your own social nation. Listen to, and do your best to inspire, others with whom you’re interacting. This isn’t something you do by yourself, so don’t be an online isolationist.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2023

Financial consultants are a one-stop solution for all your financial concerns – be it tackling operational challenges or looking for investment opportunities for your business. While this process might seem time-saving, it can in fact jeopardise business operations in the long run. How do you know whether your savings are enough?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

They're bad at innovation by design: All the pressures and processes that drive them toward a profitable, efficient operation tend to get in the way of developing the innovations that can actually transform the business. So how do you empower your corporate innovators to bring their ideas to market? Would Gerber own today's V8?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2018

Today, we’ll talk with IBM’s Max De Ycaza about how IBM’s largest business unit, the $40 billion Global Technology Services unit, is helping clients learn from this journey. Driving digital transformation really means driving rapid, efficient, and high-ROI responses to those changes. Download this podcast.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2017

We all know that in the modern economy, we can’t just stop learning. But if it’s uncommon, then spending six figures on a degree could be overkill: more targeted learning might suffice. What specific skills do you want to cultivate? What skills do those leaders possess —and where do you currently have gaps?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

But investing in an internal communications strategy that leverages mobile app technology can play an integral role in reaching employees, connecting strategy with operations and helping companies thrive, according to new research by Staffbase. Enabling Middle Management Communication Improves Work.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

With the preamble, continue reading to learn how you can easily boost sales in your store(s) with task automation. Nowadays, and thanks to advances in technology, you can automate many tasks including marketing, lead nurturing, sales, daily operations and customer service among others. What to do? Office Operations.

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Retail How To Follow-up Marketing 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2018

In their race to become faster and smarter with automation, these organizations do little more than digitally enable the status quo. These products are typically not for sale, but they do go through a defined development process and provide clear business benefits. For most companies, however, benefits at this scale are elusive.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Promoting your hotel to your target audience, increasing occupancy rates and online bookings, maximising your ROI and engaging with guests can often be an overwhelming task. If they are groups of friends, they look for lots of exciting activities and trips they can do together from one location.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

As a leader and manager, you’ll learn how to use these tools to harness social interactions to improve your business and to create your own social nation. If you want to run a social company, you first need to understand that almost everything you do is a two-way street. Of course not!

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2018

This case came to light when one of us, Jose Murillo, GFNorte’s chief analytics officer, presented it to a graduating class of the Queen’s College analytics program, where the rest of us learned about it. Disclosure: Jose is long GFNorte; the rest of us do not have GFNorte holdings.). Targets and accountability.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Even where investments are made in innovation, those efforts are focused on new products and services delivered through today's business models and on making the current models operate more efficiently. These are important to do, without doubt. ROI hurdles are too aggressive for fledgling models. Think iPod.

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