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Overcoming Business Challenges with Business Consultants

Business Consulting Agency

According to a study by McKinsey, 45% of companies cite “lack of understanding of local market dynamics” as a significant barrier to market entry. Operational Efficiency and Process Improvement Streamlining operations and improving efficiency is essential for businesses to thrive.

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Synergy Unleashed: The Power of Great Teamwork

Rick Conlow

This results in missed opportunities for new products, process improvements, or creative solutions to challenges. A toxic work environment marked by conflicts, lack of trust, and ineffective collaboration can discourage talented individuals from joining the organization.

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Why Employee Recognition Matters in Today’s Workplace

Rick Conlow

In the battle for talent in an increasingly complex, disruptive, and competitive world, organizations cannot afford to miss this point. Study these proven approaches. Employee recognition is an often-undervalued approach. When executed well it elevates engagement and retention.

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Pushing Employees to Go the Extra Mile Can Be Counterproductive

Harvard Business

These self-starters need no external cues to help a co-worker learn a new skill; offer suggestions for process improvement; recruit a new employee; or volunteer for an assignment. To find out, we designed a pair of studies that would measure the ethical repercussions of externally motivated organizational citizenship.

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Don’t Neglect Your Customers During a Merger

Harvard Business

It’s also important to explain the changes that would have happened anyway — for example, process improvements, strategic shifts in the market, and realignment of structures — regardless of what is happening due to the integration process. Create a dedicated deal team.

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How the U.S. Can Rebuild Its Capacity to Innovate

Harvard Business

companies were deciding to move R&D to China to be closer to manufacturers, suppliers, and talent as well as to reap lower development costs and higher-growth markets. ’s manufacturing innovation decline has traced a similar decline in practical engineering talent. Invest in hardware startups and scale-ups.