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How to Make Your One-on-Ones with Employees More Productive

Harvard Business

How can you make the meetings more productive and collaborative? “One-on-ones are one of the most important productivity tools you have as a manager,” she says. “Then you, as the manager, can offer constructive feedback.” Case Study #1: Keep the conversation going by asking open-ended questions.

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How to Cope with Secondhand Stress

Harvard Business

” But the good news is that we are not helpless, says Susan David, a founder of the Harvard/McLean Institute of Coaching and author of Emotional Agility. Is there a conversation we should have that might lead to a more constructive outcome?” Case Study #1: Support your team and foster positivity within the ranks.

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Changing Company Culture Requires a Movement, Not a Mandate

Harvard Business

Dr. Reddy’s: A Movement-Minded Case Study. Projects were selected across channels to highlight agility, innovation, and customer centricity. Product packaging was redesigned to be more user-friendly and increase adherence. One leader who understands this well is G.V. He was proudly stating that! Embrace symbols.

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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

Royal Dutch Philips is a $20B diversified consumer electronics, healthcare, and lighting products company. He reset collaborative P&L metrics and business review processes, shared by the region leaders and the global product leaders, to form tight “business handshakes,” that he regards as the center of a granular set of growth strategies.

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How WD-40 Created a Learning-Obsessed Company Culture

Harvard Business

In fact, when Garry Ridge took over, WD-40’s flagship offering was used in four of five American households and in virtually every mine, factory, and construction site in the country. The new CEO quickly realized the product’s ubiquity was both a blessing and a curse. Yet the company was also a one-trick pony.

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