Alberta Business Marketing

Productivity is like the Internet: everyone knows what it is, but nobody actually understands how it works. A primer on our most underappreciated economic indicator and why it matters so much to Alberta’s future

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QUESTION: Question: How do you get more out of your staff, and stay within the bounds of good corporate ethics? THE PANEL: D’Arcy Levesque: vice president, public and government affairs, Enbridge Stephen Murgatroyd: chief scout, Innovation Expedition, Inc. Subscribe to The Right Call podcast This month’s audio comes from the interview that shaped the column When to Push for [...]

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Question: How do you get more out of your staff, and stay within the bounds of good corporate ethics? by Fil Fraser The Case: The loonie is flying high and may continue to do so for some time. Businesses which used to base at least part of their success on a low dollar now have to adapt [...]

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Which word do you like better – Productivity or Efficiency?  I would like to make a guess, but I believe it really depends on where you sit at the boardroom table.  Owner, Manager or Employee.

Business Owners across most parts of North America are craving productivity from their employees but are also looking for efficiencies and areas to save money in the workplace.  Flip the table around to the employee and they are scared to death of the word “productivity”, especially at work.  Why?  According to many business consultants and regular joe-blow employee I have spoken with over the past few months, productivity means that they are required to work even harder.  Many people are working hard enough to pick up on the slack.   On the flip side and during the same conversion.  When the word “efficiencies” are used at work this provides an opportunity to work smarter?

Would love to hear what you think?

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