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Process Improvement: Prepare Your Team for Success in the Coming Year

Process Improvement: Prepare Your Team for Success in the Coming Year

Internal improvement is a constant and often invisible process. There is no silver bullet and you can’t solve every problem overnight. It is a long slog and you have to balance short-term ‘putting out fires’ with long-term process improvement that will (hopefully) make life easier and set you up for future success.

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3 Steps To Becoming The Company Captain Without Sinking The Ship

3 Steps To Becoming The Company Captain Without Sinking The Ship

A CEO’s departure is like a captain leaving his ship. A smooth, amicable transition lets the company weather the storm; anything less destroys the boat. “With the CEO gone, who will steadfastly guide us through choppy waters?” employees wonder. Will the fresh CEO be an adept navigator, adjudicator, and leader? Those closest to the outgoing leader might even

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Why Employee Retention Should Focus On More Than Millennials

Why Employee Retention Should Focus On More Than Millennials

Most organizations still regard Millennials as somehow different than their Gen X or Boomer co-workers, but do these assumed differences really hold any weight in the workplace? Or are these stereotypes merely a byproduct of a business environment that looks starkly different than it did 20 years ago? A surprising study from IBM sheds some

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5 Ways To Make Infrastructure Planning More Manageable

5 Ways To Make Infrastructure Planning More Manageable

It’s no secret that infrastructure in the United States is in disrepair. One recent study found about 60,000 U.S. bridges are structurally deficient, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. It seems like everywhere we look, things are falling down around us. These issues will only become more pressing as populations grow. According to UNICEF, about 70 percent of

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How to Sell Change to the C-Suite: Tips from an Internal Change Agent

How to Sell Change to the C-Suite: Tips from an Internal Change Agent

Whether you’re a human resources director, learning and development manager, or vice president of talent development, chances are you’re reading this article because you believe in making your organization a better place to work. But, there’s a common challenge that internal practitioners face. For example, you just left a meeting with your C-Suite discussing their

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