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Good Problem Solving Strengthens Business
Customers and employees alike hold the key to long-term profits
Business problems are inevitable. The way they are tackled can determine the success or failure of an organization. Effective problem-solving is crucial.
Practical strategies to identify, analyze and solve business challenges range from using data-driven methods to fostering creative thinking and collaboration.
Adopting a structured approach, businesses can not only overcome obstacles but also turn them into opportunities for improvement.
Running a business turns every owner into a problem solver — like it or not — as corporate veterans Tom Reid, Ivana Taylor and Iva Ignjatovic will attest.
Answers to Problems Emerge Within Valuable Bits and Pieces
Reid has been chasing the elusive leadership ideal, compiling a work breakdown structure, or WBS. From that he has written “Sustained Leader WBS,” a comprehensive tool for assessing and improving leadership potential.
He has decomposed every part of the work to be done in a project — 229 WBS elements that apply to building yourself into a sustained leader.
