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7 Ways to Improve Operations Without Sacrificing Worker Safety

Harvard Business

During my years at OSHA, where I served as the Assistant Secretary of Labor from 2009 through the beginning of 2017, I received several reports of safety system failures at DuPont facilities. He subsequently included a report of the firm’s safety performance in every earnings call, too. In all, four workers were killed.

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Reasons for Today's Stress Pandemic (and Why High-Achieving Women Suffer the Most)

Consulting Matters

While there are many systemic reasons that I can pinpoint for this challenge such as the reduced headcount, higher pressure for short-term numbers, expectations of 24/7 connectivity, the net result is all the same. Or fall flat on their face in a pool of blood like Arianna Huffington reports in her best seller “Thrive.”

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A Survey of 1,700 Companies Reveals Common B2B Pricing Mistakes

Harvard Business

It traced much of the cause to a mismatch between its sales incentives and pricing strategy. The manufacturer was compensating sales representatives based solely on how much revenue they generated. invest in ongoing development of capabilities among the sales and pricing teams through training and tools.

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BearingPoint Interview Preparation – Mystery or History?

Management Consulted

million in stock from their former partner Cisco Systems and, over the next year and a half, acquired 40 international subsidiaries from Arthur Anderson, who had just collapsed, and the German and Austrian consulting firms of KPMG. BearingPoint was also in the midst of integrating all of its international acquisitions into the old system.

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Capgemini Consulting Interviews – Tech, Business or Both?

Management Consulted

4 years later, Sogeti acquired both CAP, its major European competitor, and Gemini Computer Systems. Not only was the firm recognized for its expansion during that time period, but Cap Gemini Sogeti also become famous for its annual reports, winning 1st place for the best company annual report. Random, right?

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How Advanced Analytics Is Changing B2B Selling

Harvard Business

Orica used the data to build pre-blast modeling and post-blast measurement and analysis, packaged in a user-friendly online system called Blast IQ. In another old-line industry, agriculture, Monsanto has steadily enhanced its core commodity chemicals business with data and analytics-based services to expand the value elements delivered.

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80% of Companies Don’t Know If Their Products Contain Conflict Minerals

Harvard Business

Eligible companies had more than three years to investigate their supply chains; the first disclosure reports were due in May 2014. We analyzed every conflict minerals report submitted to the SEC in 2014, 2015, and 2016 (though our paper only includes results for the first two years). Two things stood out to us.