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Synergy Unleashed: The Power of Great Teamwork

Rick Conlow

Our assessment identified a silo mentality throughout the organization and minimal leadership development or training. We addressed the issues with new communication channels, customer service and quality initiatives, on-going quality leadership training for all leaders (executives, too), and team development applications.

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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. This results in higher productivity, lower turnover rates, and 21% more profit.

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The Top Eleven Things Employees Want From Their Leader

Rick Conlow

Always remember, this is not a one-time event. In most employee engagement surveys; leadership communication often has the poorest ratings and the most negative feedback. In a manufacturing company, we helped them set up process improvement teams in all areas of the business. This is called Servant Leadership.

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6 Turnaround Tactics for a Failing Team

Rick Conlow

Team failures, which sit at about 60% , demoralize employees, reduce productivity, cost companies billions of dollars, and inhibit innovation. Over 80% of managers fail according to leadership derailment studies. With the same product, policies, and people). The antidote to terrible teams is better leadership.

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6 Turnaround Tactics for a Failing Team

Rick Conlow

Team failures, which sit at about 60% , demoralize employees, reduce productivity, cost companies billions of dollars, and inhibit innovation. Over 80% of managers fail according to leadership derailment studies. With the same product, policies, and people). The antidote to terrible teams is better leadership.

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Scaling Customer Service as Your Startup Grows

Harvard Business

Your #1 focus at this stage is product-market fit. Customers are integral to this process because they provide feedback, and every member of your team should be answering support requests, meeting with customers, and thinking about how to build a product that suits the needs of the market. What to do. What not to do. What to do.

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How to Discover and Own Your Consulting Superpower: Interview with Charles Browne

Consulting Matters

And through both of those processes, I served as an Operator, and then also as a Project Manager, and then a Master Black Belt Lead Sig Sigma process improvement black belt. And when I left the Navy, I worked at a couple of commercial sites, and then for a couple OEMs, Westinghouse and GE. Betsy Jordyn : You know this is huge.