Profits are soaring in many U.S. companies. Leaders, beware. Financial growth could blind you to cultural issues within your organizations. Senior leaders must intentionally focus on organizational culture before blatant negative behaviors display a derailed culture for all to see....
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If you are having trouble executing strategy, you are not alone. Studies show that most senior leaders struggle with execution. The bridge between strategy and execution is the front-line leader. If you are merely using your front-line to enforce policies,...
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Because supervisors control the majority of the workforce, they have a substantial influence on how work happens. Therefore, one of the ways CEOs improve operationally is by executing “through the front lines”. However, a fundamental problem exists that must be...
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Front-line managers can tackle the most critical daily barriers. Senior managers have the opportunity to annihilate monumental barriers. Buffalo Bills Coach, Rex Ryan surely did knock down a big one. Last month, Ryan razed the enormous barrier of having no...
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Says Morgan Fraud, the author of The Thinking Corporation, “Given that we are all capable of contributing new ideas, the question becomes how do you successfully generate, capture, process and implement ideas?” Becoming an organization capable of answering this question...
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Growth through innovation/creativity. Rather than be constrained by ideas for new products, services and new markets coming from just a few people, a Thinking Corporation can tap into the employees....
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Many businesses, large and small, have a huge source of great ideas that can help them improve, innovate, and grow, and yet so many of these companies never think of using this amazing corporate asset. What is this highly valuable...
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Companies continue to struggle in the area of employee engagement. According to Gallup’s most recent State of the American Workplace report, only 30% of American workers are engaged. Of the 70% who are not reaching their full potential at work,...
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The commercial space race began in 2011 when the final space shuttle retired. NASA began to outsource travel to and from the space station, as well as privatize the building of rockets and capsules in an effort to control costs. These companies...
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