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Breakthrough Performance: The Future Is Now
When complacency plagues an enterprise, mediocre performance prevails at best and disaster lurks at worst. Just think about the BP oil spill and the allegations of…
Turn An FDA 483 Into Opportunity
For some pharma companies, a 483 from the FDA is the result of an ailing organization, not just a plant with a few problems. We think…
Process Mapping In One Day? Yes!
Ever tried to read an 8-foot-long process map and wondered how much productivity was lost during the creation and if it would really make a…
Eight Ways to Succeed With an Intergenerational Workforce
There are now five generations working together in the corporate world. That’s a huge deal, and, unless you’re between ages 26-40, there’s more of them…
How To Listen Newly in 2021
The world got turned upside down in 2020. The way we work, the way our children are schooled, the way we play. The things we…
When Relying on Knowledge and Experience Has Become a Burden in Facing the Future
Just one year ago, who could predict what we would go through today? An uncontrolled pandemic and its impact on our economy, our quarantined lives,…
Break the “Cycle” of What’s Predictable
Peloton Interactive, the maker of the world’s best-known exercise bike, has seen its stock price nearly triple in 2020, up 196% year to date (at…
The Pitfall for Leaders is Complaining About Having to Lead
How you define leadership sets the boundaries for how effective a leader you can be. Many of us work hard to assume senior roles in…
Cross-Cultural Teams: Are We Really Leveraging Diversity?
Inherited paradigms for managing a business or a team Large organizations have been working with cross-national teams for many years, constituted with a diverse set…
Intervene in the Drift
We have all seen a leaf floating by in the drift of a river. It goes with the current…the drift. It’s a simple concept. That…
If You Want Great Things From Your People, Give Them Space To Perform.
Anyone with a position of seniority in an organization must navigate the distinction between managing and leading. Executing the actions already determined to be needed…
Reaching for Breakthroughs in Health Data & Technology
COVID-19 has exposed multiple deficiencies in U.S. medical systems and one of those shortfalls is in the quality and access to data. Data on reported…