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Investing in Your Company’s Physical Risk Resilience

Harvard Business

Extreme weather events, infrastructure and technology failures, and transportation accidents are on the rise globally. Organizational resilience, or the ability to anticipate, absorb, and recover from hazardous events, is now table stakes. These physical threats often have cascading effects that reach all areas of a business.

ROI 172
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Are We Sending the Right Message?

Markovitz Consulting

As you can see in the chart below (copied from the magazine), fully 44% of responders said that ROI justifications are a key operational challenge in making improvements. But the issue of ROI justification is both mysterious and worrisome. Instead, they’re looking for huge gains from a few major events.

ROI 164
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How to Increase the ROI of Sales Training

LSA Global

How to Increase the ROI of Sales Training Even though $20 billion is spent on business sales training per year, more than a third of sales leaders admit that they do not have a clear idea of what measurable return they are looking for on sales training. That is a costly mistake if you want to increase the ROI of sales training.

ROI 64
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The Basic Social Media Mistakes Companies Still Make

Harvard Business

Later, marketers found themselves working backward to connect their social strategy to business strategy, as managers demanded greater proof of ROI. Unless you connect your social media actions to broader business goals from the beginning, ROI can be elusive, and social media becomes an end unto itself.

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Why You Should Make Time for Self-Reflection (Even If You Hate Doing It)

Harvard Business

Can’t see a good ROI. From early roles, leaders are taught to invest where they can generate a positive ROI — results that indicate the contribution of time, talent or money paid off. Sometimes it’s hard to see an immediate ROI on reflection — particularly when compared with other uses of a leader’s time.

ROI 134
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Organization Design – Art or Science?

Effective Managers

This is a huge ROI for your time and money. Registrants at this event will also be given the opportunity for a private, virtual session of up to 60 minutes to coach you on how to apply the principles in your own organization at a very special rate. . This session is available now at the remarkable sale price of $29.

ROI 130
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When You Agree to a Networking Meeting But Don’t Know What You’re Going to Talk About

Harvard Business

Perhaps a friend thought you’d hit it off with someone and introduced you, or you met the person briefly at an event and they followed up for indeterminate reasons. Alternately, if you think the person could become a personal friend, you may want to invite them to a more relaxed event, where you can get to know them better.

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