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Holiday Human-Capital Culling Could Cost

Harmonious Workplaces

Everywhere you look online during the 2023 holiday season, you’ll see three things: A ridiculous amount of ads for products you don’t need or want… but might buy anyway. Delaying hiring or RIFs (reduction in force) means existing staff may be overburdened, which can lead to burnout, decreased productivity, and attrition in the new year.

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How to Solve Your Talent Challenge (Creatively)

Organizational Talent Consulting

Recently economists have connected what is now labeled Quiet Quitting to a fall in US labor productivity output. Like me, you may have first learned about this company from their marketing campaign: "We don't make a lot of the products you buy. We make a lot of the products you buy better.". References. BASF at a glance.

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Agile Transformation: See Your System and Culture, Part 3

Johanna Rothman

You can start with teams, move to programs and the product part of the organization. The system rewards resource efficiency instead of flow efficiency. That action reinforces solo work as experts, more resource efficiency, not flow efficiency or collaboration. You might have others.

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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

The proven benefits of innovation include: increased competitive advantage improved operational productivity reduced costs and increased revenue improved commercial value enhanced problem-solving One modern innovation that is impressive to watch is SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 (watch the video below). This culture highlights coming in first.

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The Productivity Booster You Have in Your Pocket, But Probably Don’t Use

Harvard Business

Google Assistant stunned the crowd at I/O 2018 with natural-sounding phone calls to unassuming restaurant and hair salon staff. The idea that this software will genuinely save us time and increase our productivity is not yet taken seriously by business people or the general public. IAs leverage this enormous resource.

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What is Executive Coaching?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Access to resources improves through digital access to tools supporting goal setting, coaching preparation, and progress tracking. Also, the coach and client benefit from the flexibility and administrative ease in scheduling. Affordability improves through reduced travel and associated costs. References: Athanasopoulou, A., & Berglas, S.

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Healthcare Branding: The Need for a Strong & Unique Brand

Tom Spencer

Over the last several years we have seen hospitals invest millions of dollars in the form of advertising, expansion of services, construction and enhancement of facilities, and adoption of the latest technologies to improve efficiencies and appeal to patients. Serves as the foundation for marketing communications. Knowles, Hanna.