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The Top Eleven Things Employees Want From Their Leader

Rick Conlow

Always remember, this is not a one-time event. When consulting with clients we always find ways to do individual and team recognition at meetings. For example, use meetings, one on ones, virtual sessions, phone conferences, company portal, email, Zoom, and texts. For example, meet one on one with each employee monthly.

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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

Through planning meetings, training, and coaching we ramped up the initiative. Management set a fifteen percent goal for improvement. Employee Appreciation Events: Organizing events dedicated to showing appreciation for employees can be impactful. We thought they could do more. Finally, see Rick’s newest book.

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6 Turnaround Tactics for a Failing Team

Rick Conlow

With training for multiple process improvement action teams, they won the JD Power Award. One-time events on any of these steps are almost useless. This may be changing the meeting place, assigning new task leaders, bringing in a special speaker, creating a contest, giving unexpected recognition, or going out to socialize.

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6 Turnaround Tactics for a Failing Team

Rick Conlow

With training for multiple process improvement action teams, they won the JD Power Award. One-time events on any of these steps are almost useless. This may be changing the meeting place, assigning new task leaders, bringing in a special speaker, creating a contest, giving unexpected recognition, or going out to socialize.

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Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

Harvard Business

At EY, where some of us work, we have developed a tool for social media analytics called SMAART that is able to understand sentiment within consumer and influencer groups. Although projects have unique features, there are many similarities between process improvement, system change, M&A, and reorganization projects.

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Keeping Human Stories at the Center of Health Care

Harvard Business

Let’s develop an up-front “technology ROI” that measures workflow impact, inefficiency, hassle and impact on physician and nurse well-being. The National Taskforce for Humanity in Healthcare, of which I am a founding member, is piloting a system of metrics for well-being developed by J.

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