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Management Does Matter In The NHS

The Horizons Tracker

Scarcely is there a more unloved bunch than the humble NHS manager. A recent study from LSE suggests there may be an element of truth to the accusation, as hospitals that hired more managers, or indeed spent more on management, didn’t seem to perform any better (or worse) than hospitals that spent less on management.

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Management Improvement Carnival – 2013 Edition

QAspire

I have been hosting the annual management improvement carnival (organized by John Hunter ) for last 3 years and I am glad to be continuing that streak. James is an experienced operations manager who is passionate about improving quality, reduce cost and increase efficiency of operations. Jesse Lyn Stoner’s Blog.

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Applying Deming’s Management Ideas at the Great Plains Coca Cola Bottling Company

Deming Institute

This webcast shows Bob Browne ’s presentation, Profound Knowledge of the Real Thing, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. Among other things, this presentation is a good option for those seeking an example that provides historical business results of an organization practicing Deming management methods.

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Is Leadership Development the Answer to Low Employee Engagement? (Yes.)

N2Growth Blog

A 2012 Custom Insight survey revealed that 49% of workers cited problems with their direct supervisor as their reason for disengagement. It’s critical to encourage leaders to embark on an ongoing journey that develops a capacity to lead others effectively, efficiently, and for years to come. It’s business as usual.

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Eighth Annual Hay Group Study Identifies Best Companies for Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

There’s Chief Executive’s 2012 40 Best Companies for Leaders , Fortune’s 25 Top Companies for Leaders , and the just published Hay Group Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20. Actively manages a pool of successors for mission-critical roles. Actively applies sustainable and energy-efficient policies. 85 percent.

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Tactical Execution – Improving Cross-Functional Performance

Strategy Driven

It’s difficult enough for a manager to align, streamline, and make efficient those business operations under his or her direct control; adding one or more other work groups to a process’s execution exponentially increases this challenge. Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Consider leaving a comment!

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Don’t Just Check the Box

Marshall Goldsmith

Like this doctor, leaders all too often believe that their organizations operate with strict down-the-chain-of-command efficiency. The manager never has to follow up — because he said it — it was done. The good news for every manager, including my CEO friend, is that this false belief has a simple cure.

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