First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 16, 2011

Brand Portfolio Strategy: Creating Relevance, Differentiation, Energy, Leverage, and Clarity David A. Aaker Free Press (2004) Note: I read this book when it was first published and recently re-read it. If anything, Aaker’s insights are even more valuable now than they were then.

Aaker 75

Aaker Brand Strategy Books 75

Mills Scofield

APRIL 29, 2019

Blue Lobster at the South Bristol Coop , 2004. To me, a blue lobster is a person who views and organizes the world differently, who rejects the status quo, who loves to try stuff, learn, fail and try again, who is interesting because they are interested and who has impact. What’s with blue lobsters? You can’t stop them. Not anymore.

Innovation 91

Innovation Stage-Gate Blanchard Social Capital 91

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In this new book, the authors offer practical strategies and techniques to become an authentic leader and reveal how you can navigate your own path to success. The book is filled with dramatic stories of how successful leaders overcame great challenges to build highly successful organizations.

Self-aware 65

Self-aware How To Ethics Morale 65

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 13, 2012

Like most bloggers, I write about what I know; that’s strategy, leadership and branding. More recently, I delved into the business of “cult” energy drink brands, Red Bull and Monster, and I strongly advise anyone in consumer products or services to examine Red Bull’s strategies and culture. Strategy has never been more important.

Entrepreneur 227

Entrepreneur Bureaucracy Creativity Energy 227

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 31, 2023

Weak management Bloom’s World Management Survey was established in 2004 to measure management practices across hundreds of medium-sized firms in the likes of the U.K., It’s less common for poor management to be targeted to explain lackluster productivity, but research from Stanford’s Nick Bloom suggests that is a mistake.

Productivity 90

Productivity Products Management Participative 90

Curious Cat

JANUARY 3, 2017

The Purpose of an Organization (2005). Increasing the Adoption of Management Improvement Ideas in Your Organization (2010). How to Get a New Management Strategy, Tool or Concept Adopted (2010). Deming and Software Development (2014) *. Dangers of Forgetting the Proxy Nature of Data (2004) *. Peter Scholtes (2009).

Blog 53

Blog Management Deming Software 53

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Fostering the formation of positive relationships in organizations is a topic that has been well examined. Positive energizers benefit their organizations not only by performing better themselves but also by enabling others to perform better. Sources: Kim Cameron: Positive Leadership: Strategies for Extraordinary Performance.

Charisma 177

Charisma Taylorism Taylor Social Capital 177

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Bill George – He has taught leadership since 2004 and is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, where. Dorie Clark – Dorie is a marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker, and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, TIME, Entrepreneur, and the World Economic Forum blog.

Porter 150

Porter Christensen Consultative Influence 150

Coaching Tip

APRIL 19, 2016

The Trusted Executive: Nine Leadership Habits That Inspire Results, Relationships and Reputation” helps leaders develop a strategy for building organizational trust. Ironically, Kodak had developed the world’s first digital camera in 1975, but dropped it because it felt it was a threat to its core business. Related articles.

Leadership 70

Leadership Film Reputation eBook 70

Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Planning and governance processes that ensure leaders of the company stay on track, executing a thoughtful strategy. Information gathering and analytics acumen that looks externally at markets, competition, and the company’s reputation, and internally at the organization’s culture, teams, and performance levels. And it did.

Leadership 217

Leadership CEO Planning Long-term 217

LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2012

Like most bloggers, I write about what I know; that’s strategy, leadership and branding. More recently, I delved into the business of “cult” energy drink brands, Red Bull and Monster, and I strongly advise anyone in consumer products or services to examine Red Bull’s strategies and culture. Strategy has never been more important.

Entrepreneur 154

Entrepreneur Bureaucracy Brand Creativity 154

The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

It isn’t overstating the obvious to establish that, just like the muscles in our bodies, EI skills must be used and developed, then used and developed some more. This is true for all leaders no matter their level in the organization or years of experience. 2 Stein S, Book H. The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success.

Emotional Intelligence 98

Emotional Intelligence Training Goleman McKinsey 98

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

In 2001, a new approach to technology development was created by a daring group of developers. Called Agile, the process put customers at the center of product development, encouraged rapid prototyping, and dramatically increased corporate speed and agility. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Insight Center.

Agility 8

Agility Development Organization Software 8

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The consistent and ongoing misassumption of almost all leadership development programs is “if they understand, they will do.” ” This assumption is not valid in any aspect of our lives, and leadership development is no exception. Some of these profiles are organized around values and some around competencies.

360-Degree Feedback 166

360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Ethics Learning-by-Doing 166

Strategy Driven

MARCH 23, 2016

While the presenting issue – resolving a budget shortfall, agreeing on a new strategy, or choosing which products to develop – is undoubtedly important, it’s often an unstated, underlying issue that stands in the way of a solution. Great decisions make people and their organizations great—and lucrative. About the Author.

Bond 50

Bond Participative McKinsey Learning-by-Doing 50

Strategy Driven

MARCH 25, 2016

As early as 2004, research by Catalyst, Inc. Moving the needle: Strategies for success. Look for a track record of building inclusive cultures when evaluating executives you’d like to attract to your organization. “The Bottom Line: Connecting Corporate Performance and Gender Diversity” January 15, 2004 Catalyst, Inc.

Diversity 50

Diversity McKinsey Team Leadership 50

LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2012

Like most bloggers, I write about what I know; that’s strategy, leadership and branding. More recently, I delved into the business of “cult” energy drink brands, Red Bull and Monster, and I strongly advise anyone in consumer products or services to examine Red Bull’s strategies and culture. Keep it simple.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Bureaucracy Brand Creativity 92

Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

Example 1: During the 2004 election season, I connected with a new friend through a grassroots Asian Pacific Islander political group. We attended activist training together, went for lunch in Chinatown, and kept in loose contact through our organizing efforts. Who do you think I will do business with?

Press Release 174

Press Release Discount PR Media 174

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 10, 2020

At a firm level, this is usually translated into higher wages for employees at the most innovative firms, with new research from the London School of Economics showing that over 12 years, from 2004-2016, the typical worker in a non-innovative firm in the U.K. was paid around 20% less than their peers at one of the most innovative firms.

Skills 80

Skills Emotional Intelligence Stress Storytelling 80

Marshall Goldsmith

JANUARY 19, 2015

Many years ago, a VP participant of a training session I facilitated asked me the perfectly reasonable question, “Does anyone who goes to one of these leadership development programs ever really change?”. Most leadership development revolves around the false assumption that if people understand they will do. I thought about it.

Follow-up 70

Follow-up Learning-by-Doing Participative Training 70

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

After expending considerable effort on formulating a strategy, most executives would like to see their company’s strategic plans fully executed. However, compliance with the strategy doesn’t necessarily correlate directly to performance. Such organizations experience strategic burnout. Insight center.

Strategy 8

Strategy Strategic Planning Stress Hamel 8

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The consistent and ongoing misassumption of almost all leadership development programs is, “If they understand, they will do.” ” This assumption is not valid in any aspect of our lives, and leadership development is no exception. Some profiles are organized around values and others around competencies.

360-Degree Feedback 96

360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Ethics Training 96

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

StrategyDriven advisors work with executives and managers to define their organization’s needs and develop and manage the complex, mission critical projects needed to improve operational effectiveness and lower costs in response to today’s most pressing challenges. To read Nathan’s complete biography, click here.

Chief Executive Officer 50

Chief Executive Officer Execution Operations Asset Management 50

Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Our most successful coaching clients are executives who are committed to being great role models for leadership development and for living their company’s values. We have published research on leadership development that involved input from over 86,000 respondents. 7) Develop an ongoing follow-up process. I was wrong.

Learning-by-Doing 123

Learning-by-Doing Long-term CEO Follow-up 123

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

In an ongoing global survey of senior executives , more than half of the respondents said they didn’t think their company had a winning strategy, and two-thirds said they didn’t think their organization had the right capabilities to execute its strategy. What other capabilities do we need to develop?

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Fashion Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Successful companies shape their high-level strategies by relying not on complicated frameworks but on simple rules of thumb. It illustrates how simple rules can help companies shape strategy in an uncertain environment. Its new management team took over an organization that was bureaucratic, overstaffed, and bleeding cash.

Strategy 8

Strategy Proposal Guidelines Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

It is rare to find an American company that is not developing a market strategy to benefit from the rapid growth of emerging markets such as Brazil, India, and China. As the recent deadlock in the latest Doha Round talks in the World Trade Organization (WTO) illustrates, it's not clear that U.S. It is time for U.S.

Strategy 9

Strategy Globalization Politics Telecommunications 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

Ever since the idea of strategy came to the business world in the early 1960s, the goal of differentiation has been paramount. The heart of differentiation therefore is your company’s ability to develop and promote distinctive products, services, and branded experiences on a consistent basis.

IAM 10

IAM Productivity Products Company 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2018

” — Bono, singer for U2, 2004 University of Pennsylvania commencement. ” You may know the sage souls who offer quiet, invisible productivity to your organization. Develop a mutual mentoring program. Developing these could lead you to your calling. So, go forth and build something with it.”

Wiseman 10

Wiseman Mentor Hammer Learning-by-Doing 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

And a majority of leaders themselves — the ones who set the tone for organizations and model behavior for everyone else — think work-life balance is “at best an elusive ideal and at worst a complete myth.” But does it have to be that way? “We all wanted to do work and life differently,” DeGroot told me.

Banking 15

Banking Conference CEO Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Through my leadership development work with the United Nations (UN), I’ve been privileged to work with professionals who operate in some of the world’s most challenging contexts. Kristin Dadey has managed programs for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN migration agency, for the past 15 years.

Stress 14

Stress Learning-by-Doing Report Project 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

Most of the executives I meet with, regardless of their industry, now promote UX as key to their product strategy. The nitty-gritty of product design has become a badge of pride in many organizations, like Facebook, which has embraced a "learn by making" executive culture. This product-centric mindset is not entirely new.

Leadership 10

Leadership Ries CEO Productivity 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2015

First and foremost, it’s time for leaders to focus on strengthening their organizations’ employer brands. The term “employer brand” was first defined in the mid-1990s : it denoted an organization’s reputation as an employer, as opposed to its more general corporate brand reputation.

Brand 8

Brand CEO Reputation Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

When most organizations design new work processes, they assume that team members will make the best possible use of them to improve team performance. Like many companies, Exotech struggled with serious time delays in its product-development projects. But they didn't for the software-development team. The results?

Team 12

Team Software Project Tools 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2013

By 2004, RIM had acquired 1 million subscribers and only three years later surpassed the 10 million mark. A second accelerant of IT delivery is the iterative software development philosophy known as "agile development." Basic budget and scheduling data are important signposts to steer the IT project organization.

Technology 8

Technology CIO Agility Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2016

Admittedly, it is hard, but it forces you to get creative with your strategy and come up with solutions you would never have thought of. In 2004, I attended my first trade show. I had borrowed a trade show booth and bartered with the event organizers to give me the booth space for free.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Long-term Short-term Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

In the past 25 years, CEOs of many major corporations have relied on a flawed set of beliefs to lead their organizations. The market favorably receives projects with long-term payoffs, particularly those in research and development. Research by Michael Mauboussin , the chief investment strategist at Legg Mason, supports this view.

CEO 15

CEO Short-term Long-term Restructuring 15