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Harmony & Rythm in Organizational Development

Harmonious Workplaces

Parallels between shared music-making and OD In the dynamic world of organizational development (OD), business leaders oftentimes find themselves on a continuous quest to find innovative and effective strategies for fostering teamwork, navigating change, and enhancing employee well-being. References Bittman, B., Stevens, C., Bridges, W.

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What's Servant Leadership?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Evidence suggests that selfless love increases leader and follower commitment, yielding enhanced intrinsic motivation that amplifies workforce and business strategy alignment. 2003, October 16). Intrinsic motivation is also a moderating factor in employee engagement. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 81 (3), 58.

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How to Solve Your Talent Challenge (Creatively)

Organizational Talent Consulting

At BASF, chemical production sites are highly interlinked product flows resulting in efficient uses of resources. For too long, organizations have approached talent management with ad-hoc talent strategies. What if you developed a verbund talent strategy? We make a lot of the products you buy better.". Michalko, M. Creativity.

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Obamacare in Action: 74% Say Insurance Costs Went Up, Record 36% Say "By a Lot"; Plan for Still More Hikes

MishTalk

Obamacare was supposed to lower costs by pooling everyone together, by creating other efficiencies, and by admittedly overcharging millennials for healthcare. This percentage is up marginally from the 67% who last year said their costs increased, but it is generally in line with what Gallup has found in yearly updates since 2003.

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Looking Beyond Short Term Financial Metrics (Nigel Lake, Part 2 of 10)

Tom Spencer

Tom: Do you think that short term financial metrics are part of the problem in developing long term strategy? One of my colleagues at Pottinger held an iPhone in his hand in about 2003, which was four years before Apple had the iPhone, except that the iPhone said Nokia on the bottom of it. ” The Hon Mike Baird MP, Premier of NSW.

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Archstone Consulting Culture and Interview Tips

Management Consulted

Founded in 2003 by two former Deloitte partners, Archstone Consulting specializes in helping companies eliminate operational inefficiencies, cut costs and invest resulting savings back in to the growth of the firm. The practice areas at Archstone Consulting reflect the operational nature of consulting projects at the firm: Business Strategy.

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What Lifecycle or Agile Approach Fits Your Context? Part 5, Origins of Agile Approaches

Johanna Rothman

Christopher Meyer published Fast Cycle Time: How to Align Purpose, Strategy, and Structure for Speed in 1993. From about 2003-2009, Scrum worked for many of my clients. The team: Works in flow efficiency. Steve McConnell published Rapid Development , which discussed incremental approaches and small chunks of work, in 1996.

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