You just got an unplanned 10% mid-year budget increase, where do you spend it?

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Director in Manufacturing2 years ago

This has never happened in my experience. If there were no restrictions on how I would try to invest in training for top performers, if money left the average performers and if still some left some team building lunches. I would expect low performers were already on some type of training or corrective action plan and didn’t need more training

Fractional CIO in Services (non-Government)2 years ago

In my people, in a way that will improve culture.

It could be recognition, a new tool they have been asking for, or just more staff, but it will be on people.

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