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Business processes need ongoing improvement to ensure that they remain up to date and relevant. Here are seven tips for promoting continual process improvement.
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Operational excellence appears to be a real and sustainable basis for long-term success. So why don't more companies focus on it?
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To succeed in a constantly changing world, businesses need to focus on execution, response time and constantly challenge the way things are done.
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Why do so many companies experience growth and success when they’re small, but struggle to maintain that growth on a larger scale?
The answer is this: what it takes to succeed as a small company is different than as a large company.
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Is your business ready for a disaster?
The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey impacted many, including businesses, which in some cases will take years to remedy. The three-dozen, out-of-control wildfires burning in the Pacific Northwest also are having a widespread impact.
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In the new world of work, when job seekers look for new opportunities, they evaluate company culture as much as they do an organization’s stability and compensation policy.
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Almost universally, innovation is regarded as a positive force. In fact, in today’s fast-paced business environment, it’s often considered essential for business survival.
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Is it a struggle to get your staff involved in process improvement initiatives?
If so, you’re not alone. Businesses in virtually every industry wrestle with how to engage teams in efforts to improve business processes. Even once they do get employees involved, it’s often a challenge to sustain the momentum.
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You don’t have to look hard to find tales of failed implementations and technology investments that have generated nowhere near their expected level of ROI and business value.
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Organizations seeking to reduce the use of resources, eliminate waste, work smarter and improve efficiency have increasingly turned to lean techniques.
Lean teams in particular enjoy the flexibility and creativity to develop new, smarter ways of doing things.
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For decades, business surveys and management textbooks identified strategy execution as one of the top challenges facing CEOs.
The problem isn't the quality of management strategies: It is the difficulty carrying them out. Beautiful ideas don't make a customer happy.
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Long term success — and in some cases, survival — of many organizations relies on ongoing business process improvement efforts. When managed well, process improvements can fuel efficiency, engagement, profitability, innovation and growth.
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2016 can safely be described as a year of disruption.
The Brexit vote and the U.S. election resulted in volatility in stock markets around the world. Sharp rises and falls in stocks and commodities have become routine.
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The challenges of operating and growing a business are becoming increasingly complex for businesses of every size.
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