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Manage Capital Investments Like a Supply Chain

Harvard Business Review

With generative AI, the rewiring of global supply chains, and investments in clean energy and associated technologies, business is on the cusp of capital investments the likes weve never before seen. Supply chains and operations functions today deliver on trillions of dollars every week with limited failures.

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5 Ways to Combat Lack of Motivation and Energy in the Workplace

Zenefits

There’s been so much discussion in the past few years about employee well-being and energy in the workplace. This leads to their energy, motivation, and productivity levels plummeting. However, there are things that companies can do to ensure their employees don’t lose energy or motivation in the workplace. Get the basics right.

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Your Favorite HBR Articles of 2023

Harvard Business Review

And how specifically did it change the way you operate? They called out articles ranging from a 2001 classic article about managing your energy as a worker to a recent magazine piece on storytelling for leaders. We heard from readers in a variety of different industries, writing in from various corners of the world.

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Is Your Organizational Transformation Veering Off Course?

Harvard Business Review

These can range from exogenous shocks, such as inflation, supply-chain disruption, or political events; operating-model issues, such as the need to change technology, governance, or ways of working; or human dynamics, such as employee confidence in or ownership of the change.

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The Leadership Paradox: Why Managers Must Be Consistently Inconsistent

Get Lighthouse

"I manage one way; it either works for them or they probably won't be working for me very long.". "I On one end, a manager is being way too rigid in their approach, which causes you to have an non-diverse team that may be afraid to be creative around you if it doesn't fit "your way." Priority management. 3) Priority management.

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summer internship season is upon us

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Interns can bring new ideas, fresh energy, and an ability to explain what brat summer is. But part of hosting interns is accepting that they often don’t know workplace norms yet; after all, part of the point of an internship is to learn how offices operate.

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These 5 Management Practices Create Uncommonly Successful Workplaces

15Five

Want to know a modern management secret? I started explaining how we developed the Best-Self Management methodology in our last post. What does it take to activate Best-Self Management in your workplace? 5 key Best-Self Management practices. Managing Strengths. Ok, it’s not exactly a secret.

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