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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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7 Employee Comments that Destroy a Team

Rick Conlow

The team leader did little upfront analysis or training. If I hear rumors, I name it at the next team meeting, and address it. Early in my career, I had a process improvement project that included service managers from various locations. After reviewing goals, ground rules and doing some training, we started.

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Consulting Tip #7: Beware of Other People Using Your Intellectual Property for Their Exposure

Johanna Rothman

The reply: Spend five hours a month in meetings (roughly an hour each week). See Project Lifecycle Workshop: How to Manage Project Risks to Release Successful Products.) So the people in the learning/process improvement/agile center of excellence ask me for a free talk. I understand how people feel caught in a bind.

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The Top Eleven Things Employees Want From Their Leader

Rick Conlow

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. How about your company? How about your team?

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Determine the ROI of hiring a small business operations consultant

Asamby Consulting

What is small business operations consulting Small business operations consultants are experts in how to run a company. Here are some examples for the field of process improvement. If you pay a consultant the same 5,000 USD for that process improvement, you'd have a 400% ROI right away. A non-monetary result.

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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. Innovation Awards: Recognizing and rewarding employees who produce innovative ideas, process improvements, or new products/services can encourage a culture of creativity and entrepreneurship.

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6 Turnaround Tactics for a Failing Team

Rick Conlow

Less than 25% of employees have attended a company sponsored training program in the last five years. If you are the leader you will need to know how to do this or need to engage a trained facilitator to help you. A common problem on teams is that nobody knows how to work together as a team. Professionalize Your Team.