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Synergy Unleashed: The Power of Great Teamwork

Rick Conlow

We collaborated with other consulting firms to work with a global client that had intense competition and needed significant performance improvement. Our assessment identified a silo mentality throughout the organization and minimal leadership development or training. This cost the company significant business.

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Why Employee Recognition Matters in Today’s Workplace

Rick Conlow

Culturally engrained employee recognition and appreciation matters in today’s workplace. For example, one of our clients wanted to increase sales results with existing customers. Management set a fifteen percent goal for improvement. When executed well it elevates engagement and retention. We thought they could do more.

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7 Employee Comments that Destroy a Team

Rick Conlow

3 Employee Comments that Contributes to a Toxic Culture “Management said we’d get fired if I said anything but…” Gossip spreads and often becomes worse. A few people were hurt, team cooperation suffered and so did sales. Remind everyone that you win or lose as a team. Guess what? “They can’t do that.”

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Why I'm Cynical about the Consulting Profession | Consulting and.

Consulting and Organizational Management

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Years ago, I remember going out on sales calls with one of the partners in our consulting firm, Marv Weisbord. team building, coaching, a visioning conference, a process improvement project, etc. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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7 Critical Success Factors for Project Based Firms to Consider in 2024

Progressus

The Power of Unity Firms need real-time insights into the entire business – finance, project accounting, sales, everything – otherwise multiple versions of the truth will start showing up in budgets, estimates, and forecasts. Are project operations, sales, customer service, etc. Can you automate manual processes? Retain talent?

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Gaining Clarity in What You Care About Most Deeply in Your OD Work

Consulting and Organizational Management

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. The profession has become filled with niche players……executive coaching, team building, process improvement, change management, etc. Translate This. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home. Guest Writer Submissions. To Subscribe to a Blog. Read more.].

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How to Motivate Frontline Employees

Harvard Business

Productivity (revenue divided by expense) increased by 20% year over year (far more than the 9% increase in revenue that the control group stores averaged); customer satisfaction increased by 11% (the control group saw it decrease by 4%); and sales increased by 8% (the control group saw only a 2% increase).

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