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Consulting Tip #7: Beware of Other People Using Your Intellectual Property for Their Exposure

Johanna Rothman

For example, I'm doing a webinar on November 30 where the value is primarily promotion for my new book. See Project Lifecycle Workshop: How to Manage Project Risks to Release Successful Products.) I said this in the Successful Indepentent Consulting book : People die of exposure—both hot and cold.

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Why you need a COO or operations manager

Asamby Consulting

Why you need a COO or Operations Manager. Many founders and CEOs ask us this question: Do I need an operations manager? How do I best structure the role of an COO or operations manager. What qualifications should an operations manager or COO have? Many of our clients are reaching out to us at a time of growth.

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7 Employee Comments that Destroy a Team

Rick Conlow

If spoken often then there are days when the manager wonders, “Why bother? However, these comments are also a wakeup call for a manager to improve his or her team leadership skills. Team Content and Process The bottom line is that a team’s success largely depends on the content and the process. Guess what?

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Synergy Unleashed: The Power of Great Teamwork

Rick Conlow

When team members do not communicate well or fail to provide timely and clear information, it can hinder productivity and create confusion. Decreased productivity: Bad teamwork can lead to decreased productivity as team members may struggle to work together efficiently. Of course, this is ignorance and not a viable excuse.

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Why Employee Recognition Matters in Today’s Workplace

Rick Conlow

The High Payoff of Employee Recognition Research shows employees with little, or no recognition exhibit decreased job satisfaction, higher turnover, lower productivity and engagement, and greater stress or burnout. Management set a fifteen percent goal for improvement. We thought they could do more.

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The key to becoming a learning organization

Asamby Consulting

If know-how is constantly added to the organization's collective memory, it can improve effortlessly over time High autonomy. If the organization is self-learning, there's no external driver necessary to push trough process improvements etc. A good examples is really every process improvement. And you change it.

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The Top Eleven Things Employees Want From Their Leader

Rick Conlow

That is disgraceful, and it destroyed any trust between management and employees. Interestingly, most client managers seldom think of it on their own. Working from home can improve results! Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt said, “I do not know how you build great management virtually.” Clear Expectations and Goals.

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