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Labor Costs

Controlling your labor costs in the name of profitability, can actually be undermining profitability.

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Change

A critical success factor for today's organizations is the ability to continuously remake themselves in order to survive the constantly evolving environment in which they operate.         

                                     #change   #corporateculture   #highperformance 

   

Habits

The cost of your bad habits are in the future.

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Personal Development

A recent study of top-performers found that top-performers had a far more pronounced sense of purpose than their average performing counterparts.  So, what's your purpose?

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Strategy

Executives say that they lose 40% of their strategy's potential value to breakdowns in execution.  This strategy-to-performance gap is rarely the result of shortcomings in implementation; it is because the plans are flawed from the start.  #strategy

#Change

Organizational change is difficult because management systems are designed, and people are rewarded, for stability.  For people to change, there needs to be a reason for them to change.  Given a strong case for change, and appropriate rewards and support, people will change the way they work and the way they operate.

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Status Climbing

"We buy things to impress people we don't like."  -Fight Club

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Seeking The Truth

According to social psychology research, humans are inept at recognizing lies that are cloaked in flattery.  We're wired to readily accept information that conforms to our preexisting assumptions or hopes.

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#Attitude

"There is very little difference in people.  But that little difference makes a big difference.  The little difference is attitude.  The big difference is whether it is positive or negative."

                                                                                                                                                                                     - W. Clement Stone

#Leadership

Leaders must develop their ability to change themselves before they attempt to change the organizations they lead.