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The key to becoming a learning organization

Asamby Consulting

A simple example is your company's strategy. 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. That gap has to be bridged.

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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. Learn from these ten examples. When executed well it elevates engagement and retention.

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How People Analytics Can Help You Change Process, Culture, and Strategy

Harvard Business

In core functional or process transformation initiatives — which are often driven by digitization — we’ve seen examples of people analytics being used to measure activities and find embedded expertise. Often times, facts can change the conversation from tired head-nodding to curiosity.

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Synergy Unleashed: The Power of Great Teamwork

Rick Conlow

Negative organizational culture: The overall culture within an organization can impact teamwork. If the organizational culture promotes competition, silos, or a lack of collaboration, it can trickle down to the team level and hinder cooperation. And they need to learn how teams work.

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7 Employee Comments that Destroy a Team

Rick Conlow

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. Process involves how well people work together on that team. It would have never happened.

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Can Employees Really Speak Up Without Retribution?

Harvard Business

Thus not surprisingly, lots of leaders say they want to encourage their employees to speak freely, whether it’s by offering creative new ideas, identifying process improvements, or even calling out unethical behavior. Finally, be aware of cultural differences. Of course, cultural differences in building trust also exist.

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Texas Energy Screw-up and Small Business Impairments

Martinka Consulting

Have a list of tactics, whether it’s for growth, margin improvement, expense reduction, process improvement, an improved culture, or something else. Because “things” happen, as per the example below. And three to five years allows you to show the results on your financial statements. Get into the details.