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Why Your Employees Aren't Committed to Your Company Strategy

Organizational Talent Consulting

To turn those dreams into workplace realities, leaders set strategies. Evidence suggests only 5% of employees understand their company's strategy. This is alarming, given evidence a direct positive correlation exists between employee commitment to strategy and employee involvement in strategy development. Development.

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Hilarious Transcripts of Fed Minutes from 2008 Reveal Completely Clueless Fed

MishTalk

Here is a list of FOMC Transcripts and Other Historical Materials, 2008 Notes I purposely cherry picked statements of various Fed governors. Amazingly, Bernanke spoke of pent-up demand for housing in January of 2008 The January 29-30 transcript was a whopping 194 pages long. As you know, we are not forecasting a recession.

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Mortgage Loan Originations Lowest Since November 2008, Down 60% Year-Over-Year, Cash Sales Strong

MishTalk

2008 (down 60% Y/Y) Property sales remained relatively strong (total year 2013 was up 8.4% 2008 (down 60% Y/Y) Property sales remained relatively strong (total year 2013 was up 8.4% Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.' 709K vs. 2.3M 709K vs. 2.3M

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Treasury Yields Surge Following Allegedly Good Data

MishTalk

Treasury Yields Surge Following Allegedly Good Data; Is Bernanke Getting the Message? Curve Watchers Anonymous notes treasury yields are on the rise following allegedly good economic data. Treasury Yields Surge Following Allegedly Good Data; Is Bernanke Getting the Message? December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78).

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Employment vs. Jobs Discrepancy - December 2013 Data

MishTalk

Jobs vs. Employment Discussion Before diving into the details, it is important to understand limits on data, and how the BLS measures jobs in the establishment survey vs. employment in the household survey. Here is the data I posted last month (I did not check for revisions). There is no difference between one hour and 50 hours.

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

Reactive workforce reductions, burn-the-furniture cost-cutting, and spray-and-pray strategies out of desperation have historically led to considerable losses. Implementation typically involves experimentation, analyzing the existing strategies, and creative experiential learning exercises. It is easy to find out what doesn't work.

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Consultant Ninja: How not to Chart Data: Management Consulting.

Consultant Ninja

How not to Chart Data. Understandable Data + This Guys Effort = Data that is Impossible to Understand Information Visualization people like me win these battles every time, but it feels like were losing a war out there. I am a strategy consultant at. Wednesday, February 18, 2009. Whats wrong with this? Newer Post.