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When Is Teamwork Really Necessary?

Harvard Business

Although his one-on-one meetings with these reports, which involved progress reviews, motivation, and coaching, were highly productive, his monthly team meetings weren’t. Catherine, a senior marketing director leading a cross-functional product development team at the same company, provides a contrasting case study.

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In the Best Sales Teams, About Half of the People Are in Support Roles

Harvard Business

But get it just right and your sales efforts can drive productivity and growth. The efficiency of their sales departments, as measured by sales ROI (gross margin over total sales cost), also varies widely: The top 25% of companies we analyzed boast a sales ROI that is more than twice that of the bottom 25%.

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How to Give Negative Feedback Over Email

Harvard Business

Bad Writing Is Destroying Your Company’s Productivity. It can also increase productivity. You don’t have to go overboard, it could be something as simple as: Thanks for the quick turnaround on this! You and Your Team Series. Business Writing. Josh Bernoff. How to Improve Your Business Writing. Carolyn O’Hara.

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Your Organization Wastes Time. Here’s How to Fix It.

Harvard Business

Look closely, and you’ll find that most companies have stretched their brands and product portfolios to customers and markets in which they are undifferentiated and profits are weak. Consider the remarkable turnaround at Ford. .” Within business units, executives should eliminate any sources of profitless volume.

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What I Learned From 10 Years of Doing PR for Apple

Harvard Business

Steve Jobs had just returned to the company and the product line was a shamble of computers with confusing names, printers, scanners, and a curious, yet ill-conceived PDA called the Newton. ” Little did I know that over the next 10 years I’d be part of the biggest corporate turnaround in global history. Wesson Wang.

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Why the Insurance Industry Can’t Risk Overlooking Artificial Intelligence - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM COGNIZANT

Harvard Business

Potential benefits to the insurance industry include: Revenue expansion: The real-time learning and adaptive capabilities of AI provide a platform for insurers to explore new product lines, geographies, and cus­tomer segments, as well as quickly identify new avenues for revenue expansion. Start small.

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The First Step to Fixing U.S. Manufacturing

Harvard Business

Without the breathing room to invest in new equipment and technologies, smaller manufacturers may be up to 40% less productive than large companies—a gap so sizable that it drags down the entire sector’s performance. It’s clear why pain in the domestic supplier base matters from a policy perspective.