The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Ever since Drucker proclaimed that “culture eats strategy for breakfast” in 2006, there has been an understandable emphasis on building the right culture within organizations. Suffice to say, culture is an ever-changing sphere so this should be regarded as an ongoing process that should involve people from across the organization.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

Remember that most people who fail just quit a bit too early in the process. This periodic thought processes is a good reminder that I don't want to get myself into the same trap M [link] mikemyatt Hi Mark: Thanks for stopping by and sharing your insights. " Then I refocus on those things and get busy.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Doing that work led, in 2006, to my book, The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success. One of the reasons I’m so excited about launching this course is I’ve seen the difference the process I share in Next Level Leader has made for the leaders I’ve worked with over the years. Those were my people. We got each other.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

At an organizational level have you focused so much on process improvements and incremental gains that you’ve failed to recognize opportunity and innovate? Do your sophisticated screening processes do such a great job of filtering that blind you to new opportunities and critical information?

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Efficiency Blog Brand Depreciation 354

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Put simply…not all inputs should weigh equally in one’s decisioning process. By developing a qualitative and quantitative filtering mechanism for your decisioning process you can make better decisions in a shorter period of time. Another aspect that needs to be factored into the decisioning process is the source of the input.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 13, 2020

Looking back, I thought I’d reveal a few of the lessons I’ve learned running a successful coaching practice (top 5%) since 2006. They get energy from the process and are happy and engaged most of the time. Buckle your seatbelts. It’s frequently harder than corporate, but much more fulfilling.

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Wilde Brainstorming Licensing Learning-by-Doing 284

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., are also not business models.

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Business Model Blog Brand Depreciation 269

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Whether it is aesthetic, functional, creative, process, innovative, intellectual, technical or applicational…design matters. If a newly implemented business process has design flaws, will employees follow the process or circumvent it? Let me make my position very clear…design absolutely matters.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

Don’t be quick to hire based upon gut feel, but rather take time in the interviewing process to let the prospective new hire get a feel for your culture and your company. that can be administered as part of the hiring process. You might also enjoy a post which address the more human side of the hiring process: [link].

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 5, 2022

of the vote in 2006, this soared to 17% in 2010 and 20% in 2014. This process has been something that has happened throughout modern history, and the researchers believe that the financial crisis should definitely be viewed in a similar light. This period also saw a distinct rightward shift in Hungarian politics.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

The next step in the process is learning where to apply your new found listening skills. A key point for all leaders to consider is that it’s impossible to stick your foot in your mouth when it’s closed. Think about it…when was the last time you viewed a negative soundbite of a CEO who was engaged in active listening?

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Blog Brand Consultative Depreciation 419

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

The mandates for compliance along with the accompanying maze of bureaucratic processes and procedures, will often take precedence over doing the right thing. Tenure Inhibits Change and Cripples Innovation : Organizations that favor tenure also tend to be prone to majoring in the minors.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Take an assessment of what you do well and what you don’t and then apply rigor, process, structure and discipline to each of those areas. If you want to become a true standout as opposed to someone who has great potential my message is simple – become very intentional about bringing discipline to every area of your life.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 20, 2013

In 2006 I started blogging about leadership. In a way, it was a diary of sorts, and when all those thoughts got on a page, it gave me a chance to really reflect about, and then process, my actions as a leader. The act of writing down and summarizing my experiences, opinions and lessons was a catalyst for my maturity and development.

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Document Drucker Maturity Blog 308

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Get outside of your old thought patterns and seek out people, technology, collaborative relationships, process and any other solutions that can improve your business. Don’t fall into the rut of allowing your business to be trapped in a perpetual state of static thinking. Great businesses are dynamic, fluid, vibrant and ever changing.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

link] Tanveer Naseer Mike, your piece is a great reminder for organizations to not obsess over their processes or their top talent, but to focus instead on what the purpose is behind their organization. link] mikemyatt Well said Tanveer.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

This type of behavior is proof certain that the entrepreneur is not being effective at leading, team building, delegation, leveraging process and a variety of other highest and best use activities for CEOs. link] ATIG Dear Mike, Reasonably at the crucial moment, We can’t resist and reject that process.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Lack of Feedback : If as a leader you don’t subject yourself to a 360 review process, then you are not earnestly looking for personal growth and development opportunities. I ask myself, what would make the other person have a "WOW" experience and make me feel really good in the process. The boss will never go for that.&#

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Loyalty Blog Leadership Brand 399

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

This is so much the case that the most often overlooked aspect of strategic planning is adequately addressing contingencies as part of the planning process. While this is understandable, it is nonetheless naive, and it constitutes a major flaw in the business logic of most strategic plans.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. Does your organization focus more on process than success? Are any of your executives thought leaders?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Just because someone says something doesn’t mean it’s true…Moreover just because “Company A&# had success with a certain initiative doesn’t mean that “Company B&# can plug-and-play the same process and expect the same outcome. Okay, my question is this: What constitutes best practices in this situation?

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 295

N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2010

Over the years I have found that you really can't change anyones wiring until they are committed to being part of the rewiring process. That said, changing behavior really only requires one thing – the willingness to do so. Thanks for adding to the discussion Randy.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

Bottom line…the way you identify leaders is not through psychological profiling or some miraculous transformative process. As much as most companies don’t want to admit this, it is highly unlikely that you have anyone in your organization that has great leadership attitude and aptitude that hasn’t already been identified.

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Leadership Blog Consultative Brand 419

QAspire

JANUARY 9, 2011

Processes (and improvement) are seen as costs. They create focus groups on process improvements, document the lessons, relentlessly train teams and incorporate preventive measures in their processes. They treat processes and improvement as an investment in future. Same challenges show up in each project. The end result?

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QAspire

JANUARY 20, 2011

To deliver higher value to customers, business leaders implement complex strategies, restructure the organization periodically, lay out new initiatives, improve upon they existing processes, focus on sales, training, people etc. Somewhere, in this process of constant realignment and improvement, ‘waste’ is introduced.

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Directory Restructuring Quality Blog 138

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 16, 2019

In 2006, one of my CEO clients in Sarasota, FL shared with me his annual employee engagement survey. In 2006 I launched the Culture Compass™. During culture change implementation, leaders need to be flexible, understanding that the environment will shift actions and initiative throughout the process.

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Leadership Survey Strategic Planning CEO 297

QAspire

JANUARY 12, 2011

We write our processes to get certified against a certain standard. When we continuously meet these demands, adhere to processes and improve upon them, we build repeatability in our success. Processes given them a firm base on which they can build excellence. It is driven by external demands. Excellence is always intrinsic.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I have found that business-speak can be particularly beneficial in using just a few words to explain situations, scenarios, processes, trends, attitudes and any number of other ethereal and esoteric concepts that might have otherwise needed several sentences or paragraphs to describe.

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QAspire

JANUARY 16, 2011

Leaders frame complex strategies, use heavy weight terminologies to describe their plans, set up complex processes and use a lot of jargons when communicating for a change. Simplicity is to know what to keep and what to let go , be it the complexity in your processes, or removing excessive clutter around.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

It is essential for organizational health and performance that conflict be accepted and addressed through effective conflict resolution processes.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

Consequently ownership of any delegated task is a necessary, ongoing and never ending process where we also take ownership of the persons results as a product of our teaching. Kicking the bird out of the nest and saying go fly with the project is short sighted and very weak leadership.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

First released in 2006, The Next Level is now in its third edition and has sold around 50,000 copies. I remember one Fidelity Investments program manager back in 2006 or 2007 who had multiple opportunities to watch me deliver one of my early workshops on leading at the next level. I love the leverage and multiplier effect of that.

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Development Long-term Workshop Learning-by-Doing 241

QAspire

JUNE 29, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Enjoy The Process We live in a hyper-competitive world. This anxiousness does not allow us to enjoy the process. We rush through the process to see if our efforts are delivering results. It’s necessary to enjoy the process and ways of attaining those results.

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Quality Blog Management Process 137

QAspire

AUGUST 24, 2010

You can ask your team member to perform a task or you can ask them to complete a deliverable (complete with all product and process requirements). Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture.

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PPM Management Directory Quality 149

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

There is much research written about “deliberate practice”- a specific and detailed process that enables the leader to identify the new behavior and practice it in a way that leads to sustainable change. Of course traits like poor character/lack of integrity probably don't get changed through any deliberate practice.

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Blog Meyer Short-term Learning-by-Doing 420

QAspire

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

So what does these lessons have to do with process improvement? This also means that when people implement change in their day to day work, there will be a lot of realignment and fine tuning in the process itself. Bottom line: Teaching, process improvement and change initiatives - they all involve people.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Continuity should flow from values to vision, mission to strategy, and objectives to tactics to process. Be consistent: Consistency in all things throughout the value chain is critical. Mixed messaging or practices has killed many a brand.

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