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Made From Scratch

Leading Blog

But then founder Kent Taylor is not a conventional guy. It is a well-written story that takes us from his days as a student-athlete through his formative years working his way up in bars and restaurants from busboy to manager, to the wild ride founding and growing Texas Roadhouse into the international success it is today.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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How To Embrace Change In Today’s Organizations

Tanveer Naseer

When it comes to successfully leading today’s organizations, one skill that’s been growing in importance and need is the ability to manage change. Leaders like Billy R.

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Guest Post: 10 Secrets of Effective Leaders

Lead on Purpose

Here are ten of the most proven tactics that have helped countless managers inspire their team to achieve greatness each and every day: Be a positive thinker. Every great manager knows that it’s impossible to create a positive work environment if they aren’t positive themselves. Yes, even managers are known to make mistakes.

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3 Keys For Building Relationships With Those You Lead

Tanveer Naseer

That we no longer view employees through the lens of Fredrick Taylor’s scientific approach to management – where people are merely assets, and interactions are transactional in nature. Rather, it’s about those connections, those bonds we develop and nurture with our employees.

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EBM: Scientific Management

LDRLB

This post is part of a series called “Evidence-Based Management.” Scientific management (or Taylorism) is the first major theory of management. While he served as a foreman at Midvale Steele Company in 1875, Taylor was seeking a way for workers to increase their efficiency.

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We Too Often Ignore The Tradeoff Between Innovation And Optimization

Innovation Excellence

For decades, managers have been focused on efficiency. From Frederick Winslow Taylor and his Principles of Scientific Management early in the 20th century to more modern practices like Six Sigma, executives continually honed their operations to achieve maximum productivity at minimal cost.