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Management Observation Program Best Practice 8 – Cross Organizational Trending

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Management observation programs generate a wealth of individual and workgroup performance data. All too often, workgroup managers view their employees job functions as being singularly unique and so don’t consider pooling their observation results with peers. Doing so, however, creates the possibility of identifying broader organizational trends that may be culturally driven and more economical to resolve with a single integrated initiative.

StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Believe None of What You Hear

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Ever known a politician to renege on a campaign promise, say something misleading or simply just wrong? So many politicians lie (we don’t mince words here… if our children told such stories we’d punish them for lying) that we accept it as a part of the political game. And members of both parties are guilty […]

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Decision-Making Best Practice 7 – Identify the Decision-Maker

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Organizations confer varying degrees of decision-making authority to their executives, managers, and employees typically based on their positions within the organization. In many circumstances, this results in more than one individual possessing the authority to render a decision for the particular question at hand. Because there should be only one decision-making authority, it becomes necessary to identify who among the potential decision-makers is the individual on whose authority the selected course of action will be taken.

StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 29 – An Interview with Tammy Erickson, author of What’s Next, Gen X?

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StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles published on the StrategyDriven website. Special Edition 29 – An Interview with Tammy Erickson, author of What’s Next, Gen […]

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StrategyDriven Podcast Receives Top Honors in February

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The StrategyDriven Team would like to thank you, our listeners, for helping us achieve the third place ranking for the StrategyDriven Podcast from among the over 2700 business podcasts listed on Podcast Alley in February! In each episode, our co-hosts present a richer and deeper exploration of the principle, best practice, and warning flag articles […]