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Five Must-Dos to Improve Employee Engagement – Transform the Zombies into Humans
Did anyone watch any good zombie movies or shows lately? I did unfortunately and the thought running through my mind watching the zombies in there was that we have our own version of zombies in the corporate world. Think about it - some people leave their minds and...
Five Tips to Navigate your Way Successfully through Matrix Organizations
If you are an employee in a large organization, a freelancer or a consultant, you have probably worked in the matrix structure without being fully aware about it. A matrix structure is usually a combination of a vertical (product/service P&L Unit) and a horizontal...
Five Key Considerations for Efficient Knowledge Management – Business Operations Performance Management
If a man empties his purse into his head no one can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest ~ Benjamin Franklin What is knowledge? Is it the information we gather from various sources...
Five Steps that help me be Here and Now – Being Mindful and Happy In The Now
RIGHT NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME! Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness~James Thurber There are two things that the human mind loves indulging in – reminiscence (about the past) or planning (for the future). I often find myself...
Five Life Lessons from the past year – and here is hoping that I learned them well – Happy in The Now
And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s...
Five Strategies for Staying Ahead and Aware – Happy In The Now
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude toward us ~ Earl Nightingale Snooze or dismiss…? We wake up mechanically each morning and let the alarm clocks and our calendars govern and rule our lives without realizing the immense influence these things have...
Five Strategies to shift from a Cost Cutting to a Business Growth mindset through Operational Excellence – Business Operations
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Do more with less is a common refrain in any margin focused organization. But this management guidance should come with a big “Handle with Care” sticker. In the enthusiasm to meet cost cutting targets, sometimes organizations forget...
From Idea to Execution: Five Pointers to Getting Things Done in Complex Organizations – Business Operations Performance Management
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Don’t tell me why this is difficult to do, just go get this done ASAP please. The please is usually an afterthought. This is the kind of challenge that no self-respecting operations person can resist – there is a certain joy in...
Five Keys to set up a Successful Project Management Office – Business Operations Performance Management
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Basically, there are two types of animals: animals and animals that have no brains; they are called plants. They don’t need a nervous system because they don’t move actively; they don’t pull up their roots and run in a forest fire!...
Five Actions that can make your Sales Forecasts a Hit – Business Operations Performance Management
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A good forecaster is not smarter than everyone else, he merely has his ignorance better organized ~ Anonymous If you are in business or sales, this time of the year is tough. It is the season for budgets and forecasts. You are...