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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to Dick Clark
First-ever article on Dick Clark, as a business case study. Motivating pop culture piece designed to foster better, more successful companies. The passing of Dick Clark brought about widespread nostalgia and cultural interaction in our culture. Those of us who have known and worked with him will never forget his humor, his sense of fairness, [...]
Read moreThe Four Cornerstones of a High Performance Culture, part 4
4. Strategic planning creates the platform for a healthy company. Strategic planning is a critical part of growing a successful business. A high performance work culture needs a system that makes sure that employee goals are aligned and everyone is focused on the right stuff. The fact is that many small- to mid-sized companies do [...]
Read moreTactical Execution – Improving Cross-Functional Performance
It’s difficult enough for a manager to align, streamline, and make efficient those business operations under his or her direct control; adding one or more other work groups to a process’s execution exponentially increases this challenge. Consequently, organizations stand to gain substantial productivity benefits through better cross-functional process execution.
Read moreThe phone is smart. How smart is the user?
Have you noticed the shift in human focus and concentration? Sitting in the lobby of the Public Hotel in Chicago, there are about 50 people sitting and milling around, engaged in some form of interaction – primarily WITH THEMSELVES. Oh, there are others with them, but these people are head down on their phones. I’m [...]
Read moreComplimentary Resource – Workforce Analytics
Workforce Analytics by SAP Aberdeen Group surveyed nearly 450 organizations in order to determine Best-in-Class practices in human capital management (HCM). Data analysis from that study showed that organizations that integrate workforce and business performance data into their analytics tools are nearly three times as likely to achieve Best-in-Class results as those that don’t. This [...]
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