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| Your team has identified an ideal solution to a major challenge at work. There’s just one problem: the solution increases the workload for several team members and involves some elements of bureaucracy. Is it ideal if it reduces pain points but increases tasks? With so many cogs in the wheel, how can you set an effective game plan in motion?
In this edition of Readers & Leaders, sharpen your business problem-solving skills and learn ways to overcome friction, strengthen teams, and enhance project management efforts. After studying more than 2,000 teams, Robert I. Sutton shares friction-fixing tips to streamline processes for greater efficiency and less frustration. Andrew McAfee and Howard Friedman outline unconventional methods for achieving goals. Mohammed Alardhi explains why situational awareness is a predictor of successful leadership. And Moshik Temkin draws on history to see how leaders from the past have shaped the future outlook.
Read on to find out more about how you, too, can streamline efforts and improve productivity.
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What’s in store for retail?
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Philip Kotler, renowned marketing expert and professor emeritus of international marketing at Northwestern University, offers an enhanced perspective on retail in a March edition of Author Talks, saying, “There’s a perfect storm going on in retailing. Do we need stores anymore?”
To learn why the digital age “isn’t the end,” check out Kotler’s interview about his new book, Redefining Retail: 10 Guiding Principles for a Post-Digital World (Wiley, January 2024), coauthored by Giuseppe Stigliano. Stay tuned!
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