Audiobook4 hours
Low-Hanging Fruit: 77 Eye-Opening Ways to Improve Productivity and Profits
Written by Jeremy Eden and Terri Long
Narrated by Anthony Haden Salerno
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3/5
()
About this audiobook
Every day, thousands of hidden and ignored problems frustrate workers and customers and, in turn, reduce profits. The key to finding and fixing these problems is to engage employees closest to the work and closest to the customer in new ways so they can contribute their ideas. This book provides rules that, if followed, will allow employees to harvest all the low hanging fruit and some that is not so low hanging that will grow earnings, make customers happier, and increase morale. Some examples of these rules include Rule 15: Routinely review and stop zombie projects. No one admits it, but projects approved with fanfare are often completed even when midway through it is clear that they wont work because no one wants to say they made a mistake. Killing zombie projects saves money and allows precious resources to be reallocated to worthwhile projects. Rule 17: Get out of the habit of always doing the best job you can! Its counter-intuitive, but conscientious employees often waste time and money trying to do a great job when a good job is all that is needed. This rule finds ideas that eliminate well-intentioned gold plating. Rule 30: Always ask, how do you know that is true? Nothing kills good ideas faster than someone uttering, customers wont like it or operations cant do it or it wont pay back. These tend to be opinions not facts. By simply learning to ask how do we know thats true? and demanding facts, many perfectly good ideas will live to see the light of day!
Related to Low-Hanging Fruit
Related audiobooks
The Innovation Mandate: The Growth Secrets of the Best Organizations in the World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Game of Inches: Why Small Change Wins Big Results Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsContented Cows Still Give Better Milk, Revised and Expanded: The Plain Truth about Employee Engagement and Your Bottom Line Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Best Place to Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You Can't Send a Duck to Eagle School: And Other Simple Truths of Leadership Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCulture Through Crisis: One Team's Commitment to Winning With Purpose Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThirteeners: Why Only 13 Percent of Companies Successfully Execute Their Strategy--and How Yours Can Be One of Them, 2nd edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProvoke: How Leaders Shape the Future by Overcoming Fatal Human Flaws Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bet on You: How to Win with Risk Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Courage Playbook: Five Steps to Overcome Your Fears and Become Your Best Self Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings7 Tenets of Taxi Terry: How Every Employee Can Create and Deliver the Ultimate Customer Experience Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Extreme You: Step Up. Stand Out. Kick Ass. Repeat. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We: How to Increase Performance and Profits Through Full Engagement Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What an MBA Taught Me…: But My Kids Made Me Learn Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Art of Insight: How to Have More Aha! Moments Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Thrive: Strategies to Turn Uncertainty to Competitive Advantage Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Scale Your Everest: How to be a Resilient Entrepreneur Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhy Simple Wins: Escape the Complexity Trap and Get to Work That Matters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Go Where There Is No Path: Stories of Hustle, Grit, Scholarship, and Faith Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Igniting Customer Connections: Fire Up Your Company's Growth By Multiplying Customer Experience and Engagement Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFairness Is Overrated: And 51 Other Leadership Principles to Revolutionize Your Workplace Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPerfectly Confident: How to Calibrate Your Decisions Wisely Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stretch: Unlock the Power of Less-and Achieve More Than You Ever Imagined Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Curve Benders: How Strategic Relationships Can Power Your Non-linear Growth in the Future of Work Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSecrets of Next-Level Entrepreneurs: 11 Powerful Lessons to Thrive in Business and Lead a Balanced Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What Happens Now?: Reinvent Yourself as a Leader Before Your Business Outruns You Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPermission to Leap: The Six-Phase Journey to Bring Your Vision to Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What's Holding You Back?: 10 Bold Steps that Define Gutsy Leaders Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Business For You
Company Rules: Or Everything I Know About Business I Learned from the CIA Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Elon Musk Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Getting to Yes: How to Negotiate Agreement Without Giving In Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Artist's Way at Work: Riding the Dragon: Twelve Weeks to Creative Freedom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How To Win Friends And Influence People Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Sociopath Next Door: The Ruthless Versus the Rest of Us Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You Will Own Nothing: Your War with a New Financial World Order and How to Fight Back Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Silva Mind Control Method Of Mental Dynamics Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How To Lie With Statistics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets Of Americas Wealthy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Seeing What Others Don't: The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The TenX Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Manage Your Money When You Don't Have Any Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This Is Life: 10 Writers on Love, Fear, and Hope in the Age of Disasters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone's Mind Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Low-Hanging Fruit
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3/5
1 rating0 reviews