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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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The organization may still be boxed into a structure that’s been the same for 20 years or more. How do you know that your organizational structure might need retooling? Each of these issues could signal that a more streamlined organizational structure is needed. The company is not a hierarchy. You can do it.

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How To Be Heart-Led Company

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That’s why companies with the best retention, morale, and productivity are led by leaders with heart. Some junior person at an AI company might apparently be great at writing succinct memos on complex topics, so the common response is to give that person more memos to write. Baird/Sullivan : We are all gifted at something.

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25 Years of VolunteerHub – Employees Reflect on the Company and Culture

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Here is what VolunteerHub employees had to say about the company and culture. Whether it’s something structured like a weekly sales meeting or casual like trivia or happy-hour, time is always taken to get to know one another on a personal level. Great company culture doesn’t happen on its own. View Job Openings.

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How Innovation Naturally Emerges From Deliberate Inefficiency

Eric Jacobsen Blog

“The fact is that most companies are structured to maximize efficiency and minimize risk, resulting in an environment that ultimately prevents meaningful innovations,” explains Elliott Parker , author of the new book, The Illusion of Innovation. Thriving companies are deliberatively messy, not sterile.

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Rapid Employee Relief in Disasters: How companies can provide timely and compassionate support to employees in their time of need

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That leaves a void that companies can help fill for employees impacted by disaster and hardship – and how quickly they can provide that support makes all the difference. Companies of all sizes wrestle with questions such as: How do you ensure your company is prepared to lend a hand when the unexpected happens?

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How To Overcome Organizational Drag Within Your Company

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The average company loses more than 25 percent of its productive power to organization drag , reports the authors of the book, Time, Talent, Energy: Overcome Organizational Drag and Unleash Your Team's Productive Power. Organizational drag is all the practices, procedures, and structures that waste time and limit output.

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Solutions Day 2023—It’s Happening!

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Adele is a seasoned PR professional who, in addition to a myriad of other promotional endeavors, has been spokesperson for Fortune 100 companies such as Dupont, Lockheed Martin, and Verizon. Together, they are a force of nature and the Co-Founders of Convincing Company. Chip is a former FBI hostage negotiator.

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