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Avoiding Costly Business Mistakes With Consultants

Business Consulting Agency

A single misstep, whether in product quality, customer service, or ethical considerations, can tarnish a brand’s image irreparably. These inefficiencies hinder productivity and hamper the ability to adapt to market dynamics. From financial turnarounds to crisis management, the results speak for themselves.

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The Key to Campbell Soup’s Turnaround? Civility.

Harvard Business

” Working with his close friend and ultimate co-author, Mette Norgaard, he developed a four-step process for dealing with them in the most respectful and productive way: Listen, Frame, Advance, Help. At Campbell, Doug and his colleagues surveyed the organization every year to see how leaders were performing against that expectation.

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Are you outsourcing?

Rod Burkert

If you have a group you want to educate and market to or a product or service you want to promote and sell to, webinars are the best way to reach them. They gushed about the quality of the work, the quick turnaround, and of course, the extraordinary pricing. In case you missed last week: Thinking of hosting your own webinars?

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Leaders Who Get Change Right Know How to Listen

Harvard Business

In a PWC survey of more than 2,000 global executives, managers, and employees, only 54% of respondents said their change initiatives succeeded — and the most frequently cited problem (by 65% of those surveyed) was change fatigue. ” And she restored the company’s profitability — the turnaround was a success.

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Could one leader be costing you thousands of dollars?

Peter Stark

It only takes one ineffective leader to lower productivity and increase turnover in your organization and these two problems can cost you thousands of dollars if left unchecked. Many leaders are unaware of the negative impact they are having on the people and productivity around them. Use interviews and surveys to assess progress.

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Are You a Toxic Leader?

Peter Stark

Of the many surveys our firm has conducted, we have learned that people may join an organizations,but they absolutely leave because of the relationship they have with their managers. Most often, they’re going to need additional help in developing the strategies and actions to make a positive turnaround. The post Are You a Toxic Leader?

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The First Step to Fixing U.S. Manufacturing

Harvard Business

Without the breathing room to invest in new equipment and technologies, smaller manufacturers may be up to 40% less productive than large companies—a gap so sizable that it drags down the entire sector’s performance. It’s clear why pain in the domestic supplier base matters from a policy perspective.