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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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Power of Business Consulting: How Companies Reap Benefits

Business Consulting Agency

Operational Efficiency and Process Improvement: Identifying inefficiencies and streamlining operational processes are critical for businesses to enhance productivity and reduce costs.

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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. “I’m too busy.”

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The Top Eleven Things Employees Want From Their Leader

Rick Conlow

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. Higher employee engagement and productivity.

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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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Leadership Development Should Focus on Experiments

Harvard Business

Leadership development represents a huge and growing investment for most organizations. Industry research, for example, shows that companies spent more than $24 billion on leadership and management training worldwide in 2013, an increase of 15% from 2012. product pricing, operational efficiency, customer service, etc.).

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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.