Archive for the ‘Corporate Articles’ Category
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How to be a good CEO
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
What can a CEO do to improve organisational performance when you cannot hire and fire? Not much, most would say. Yet Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, has turned conventional wisdom on its head with the turnaround of India’s apical scientific research institution.
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The Basics of BPM Project Planning
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
This is a common reminder for managers to ensure that planning around business process management projects is well performed. The success of a project largely depends on the quality of the plan you prepare. Novice managers who tend to skip planning on short duration projects to give more time to execution actually need to reverse [...]
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Management Videos
Friday, May 21st, 2010
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How to reduce Recruitment Cost (Videos)
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
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Employee Alignment and Strategic Execution (Videos)
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
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10 Strategies For Engaging Your Employees
Monday, May 17th, 2010
A new manager went to work in a department of a retail store that seemed to have lost its way. Sales were down and so were energy levels. Displays were stale, and several areas needed cleaning. Worse, several employees seemed to spend most of their time on cell phones - and the conversations were not [...]
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The Whole Story on Whole Health
Friday, May 14th, 2010
How do we achieve total health? Does it come from effective treatment of “whatever it is that ails us”? Isn’t there more to it?
For anyone associated with Loma Linda University’s School of Medicine, total health involves much more than just the treatment of disease. The university’s motto, “To Make Man Whole,” gives us a clue [...] -
Good to global: Committing to a global mindset
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Making the leap from local player to a global firm often takes the better part of a decade. Owners and executives take the first step by committing to a global mindset. Many executives still view the world from the vantage point of their corporate headquarters. This mindset resembles the route maps found the in-flight magazine [...]
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How to get good people to work for you and keep them
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Getting good people to work for you has now become the mission of most competent businesses. Naturally this has in part been a function of tight labour markets, but the fight for talent seems certain to survive the economic downturn. Indeed it may actually intensify, particularly for young workers.
Getting good people to work for you [...] -
Occupational Safety and Health
Friday, May 7th, 2010
Occupational health and safety is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The goal of all occupational health and safety programs is to foster a safe work environment.[1] As a secondary effect, it may also protect co-workers, family members, employers, customers, suppliers, nearby communities, [...]