Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Planning, tactics, organizational development. Organizational purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. Operations are sound, professional and productive. You have and regularly update-benchmark a strategy for the future, shared company Vision, ethics, Big Picture thinking and “walk the talk.”

Leadership 50

Leadership Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Ethics 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Many a Strategic Plan was written by piecing together song fragments, nostalgic remembrances and movie scenarios, then were aptly converted into contemporary corporate nomenclature. Mistakes, niche orientation and lack of planning lead businesses to failure. Strategic planning, how-to instructions.

Strategic Planning 51

Strategic Planning Planning Ethics Learning-by-Doing 51

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Acknowledge that there are forces far greater than yourself that operate within you. You also need a plan. Most leaders have no plan when it comes to soul-building at work. We’re often short on moral, spiritual and ethical language in the corporate sector. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Morale 50

Morale Ethics Education Planning 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

I’m a big advocate of Strategic Planning and Visioning. I know from experience that planning while going through the ‘alligators’ is the most effective way to conduct the process. By seeing the daily changes resulting from the planning, companies are poised to rise above the current daily crises.

Energy 78

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 78

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2015

One plans for business success through careful strategy. It is an ongoing process of evaluation, planning, tactical actions and benchmarking accomplishments. Futurism is a continuum of thinking and reasoning skills, judicious activities, shared leadership and an accent upon ethics and quality. Quotes on The Future.

Benchmarking 50

Benchmarking Crisis Management Rogers Tactics 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

By taking stock and planning creatively, then we can and will embody diversity. Every professional must embrace a set of ethics: Things for which each professional holds himself/herself accountable. Copyright 2007-2014 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. It means making the most of the organization that we can.

Diversity 91

Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 91

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

From 2007-2011, forced turnovers due to ethical lapses were 3.9% On a regional basis, the share of all successions attributable to ethical lapses rose most sharply in the U.S. of all successions in 2007–11 to 3.3% of all successions in 2007–11 to 3.3% and Canada (from 1.6% to 8.8%).

Ethics 8

Ethics CEO Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 28, 2017

So, if you plan to climb the career ladder as a nurse, pursuing further higher education may well be the answer for you! Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. The list goes on. The bulk of dental nursing training often takes place on the job with you picking up experience and knowledge as you go along.

Career 50

Career How To Education Content 50

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In evaluating any relationship in the value chain I’m looking for value, talent, performance, leverage, efficiency, economy of scale, work ethic, integrity, character, discipline and many other traits irrespective of your skin color, age, etc. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve.

Diversity 350

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Here is a 21-step plan that I’m going to try for 21 days – you can try it, too: Before you get out of bed, breathe in through your nose and out making a “ha” noise. Kelly Evers, founder of [link] 3 Sheri B January 16th, 2011 at 11:55 am Thanks for the 21 day plan. Is it possible, you ask? I think it is! Thanks for the good read!

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Press Release Fraser Discount PR 182

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. The 1970′s brought the first wave of strategic planning. The quality audit by objective outside communications counsel can also examine the production, marketing and strategic planning functions. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

Take ownership of planning programs, rather than abdicate them to human resources or accounting people. Long-term track record, unlike anything accomplished by any other individual, all contributing toward organizational philosophy, purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. Let the buyer beware. How will we evolve?

Article 50

Article Strategy Long-term Mentor 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2016

This requires planning, purpose and commitment. Truth and ethics must be woven into how you conduct business. Copyright 2007-2016 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. If you cannot take the dirtiest job in any company and do it yourself, then you will never become “management.” Consider leaving a comment!

Mentor 50

Mentor Learning-by-Doing Open-book Career 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Organizations of all sizes must have the Think Tank.which delineates future operations, including education and training. Training is unfairly blamed and scapegoated for pieces of the organizational mosaic that Strategic Planning and cohesive corporate Vision should have addressed early-on. Trainers Write the Training Plans.

Education 50

Education Company Succession Mentor 50

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Budgets get more attention than the umbrellas under which they rightfully belong: Strategic Planning and Visioning. By itself, Budgeting does not constitute full-scope planning and business strategy. Does your strategic plan adequately describe what you do? How diverse is the planning committee? Know your values.

Strategic Planning 71

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 71

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In 2007 Harvard Business School professor Ethan S. In Precision’s case, good tactical performance required developing rules, checklists, and standard operating procedures and then following them closely. A great salesperson will operate much more efficiently with a defined process for reaching out to prospects.

Organization 11

Organization Tactics Call Center Metrics 11

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. Adopt a policy of strategic planning. Without goals, one cannot operate under self-control. 7 Measurements of Successful Budgeting and Planning: The business you’re in. Operations continue to streamline and are professional and productive. Portfolio analysis.

Strategic Planning 56

Strategic Planning Goal Planning Budgeting 56

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

A young, inexperienced, but talented associate had what he thought was a plan for a powerful new marketing initiative. That’s when the usual ethical and moral constraints are sometimes abandoned – always for good reasons, and always ‘just this once’ – in the name of expediency. All rights reserved.

Company 62

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Validate your worth to the overall company operation. Under the rules of supply chain dynamics, one must study your supplier relationships, formalize a plan of outsourcing and develop collaborations. Become top management’s partner in efficiency of operations. Continuous quality improvement within your own operation.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

A young, inexperienced, but talented associate had what he thought was a plan for a powerful new marketing initiative. That’s when the usual ethical and moral constraints are sometimes abandoned – always for good reasons, and always ‘just this once’ – in the name of expediency. All rights reserved.

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

Here are some of the most significant statistics that relate to your ability to do business: Only 2% of the businesses have a plan of any kind. What many of them think is a plan include some accounting figures or sales goals. That is not a full-scope plan. Poor premises, policies, processes, procedures, precedents and planning.

Budgeting 84

Budgeting Succession Consultative Crisis 84

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Ethics and standards… those are for chumps. Not engaging in planning for future operations: So what are you gonna do about it? There’s too much talk about planning. Technology should be addressed as a tool of the trade… the bigger issues being a cohesive plan of action and organizational vision.

Budgeting 77

Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 77

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Two of Wells Fargo’s key values are “ethics” and “what’s right for their customers”. How can a company with those supposed ethics commit such an act? Think of this as a strategic culture plan, requiring years to execute, not months. Copyright 2007-2016 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. About the Author.

Company 50

Company Organizational Behavior Human Resources Ethics 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. How much further should we extend ethics? Sadly, many of the perpetrators did not see lapses in ethics… it was legal and just business to them. Formerly sainted icons went down in disgrace.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

I’m a big advocate of Strategic Planning and Visioning. I know from experience that planning while going through the “alligators” is the most effective way to conduct the process. By seeing the daily changes resulting from the planning, companies are poised to rise above the current daily crises. Consider leaving a comment!

Energy 58

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 58

Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2011

Pressures continue and accelerate for companies to stay in operation, become competitive, keep ahead of the marketplace and perform quality work. Responding to crises is a good way to get in the research-planning habit. Planning for the Future. The company that does not plan will not achieve staying power. Niche Review.

Strategic Planning 69

Strategic Planning Benchmarking Long-term Consultative 69

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

As companies adjust comfort levels and acquire confidence in the arena of business development, there is a direct relationship to billings, client mix diversity, market share, competitive advantage, stock price and levels of business which enable other planned growth. This holds for corporate operating units and departments.

Positioning 50

Positioning Company Strategic Planning Guidelines 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

(Because Jamie Dimon always gets bent out of shape when people tar all bankers with the same brush, it should be noted that JP Morgan Chase and a few other institutions were improving credit quality and building up capital before 2007. That is the plan, right? But the industry as a whole was not. There's a lesson here.

Finance 13

Finance Motivation White Paper Banking 13

Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2012

Critical topics include leadership development of executives, mindset changes in the evolution from manager to executive to leader, executive mentoring, insights into how top professionals evolve, plateaus of professional accomplishment, developing a winning work ethic, lifelong learning and the accrual of business wisdom. by Hank Moore.

Business Development 51

Business Development Development Learning-by-Doing Ethics 51

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 5, 2012

In eras following downturns and scandals, it is incumbent upon good companies to go the extra distance to be ethical and set good examples. No entity can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities. Even after they have ceased operation in certain communities. Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

Loyalty 61

Loyalty Bottom-up Strategic Planning Bond 61

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

As companies operate, all make honest and predictable mistakes. Addictive organizations show frozen feelings and ethical deterioration. The emphasis is upon the latest slogans of mission but does not look closely at how its systems operate. Inability to plan. Multiple factors cause momentum, or the lack thereof.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware System Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 50

Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2013

It occupied one counter at 2-J’s Hamburgers, an established Austin restaurant, owned and operated by Ralph Moreland. Ethics cannot be edicted from afar. The ethical conduct of business has a direct relationship on the ability to grow and prosper.). Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Franchising 65

Franchising Budgeting Pryor Consultative 65

Strategy Driven

MARCH 7, 2014

Ethics and integrity. Copyright 2007-2014 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. The Big Picture of Business – Yesterdayism… Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future. These are the ingredients that make a legend: Significant business contributions. Mature confidence and informed judgment. Courage and leadership.

Balanced Scorecard 74

Balanced Scorecard Budgeting Risk Management Learning-by-Doing 74

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Businesses should review their Strategic Plan annually. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. Adopt a policy of strategic planning. Rules for Budgeting-Planning: Use indicators and indices wherever they can be used. Without goals, one cannot operate under self-control. Portfolio analysis. Cost containment.

Goal 50

Goal Strategic Planning Benchmarking Budgeting 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Going ‘outside the box’ to shift perceptions enables any company to think, plan and operate in productive new ways. He guides companies through growth strategies, visioning, strategic planning, executive leadership development, Futurism and Big Picture issues which profoundly affect the business climate.

P&L 56

P&L Books Definition Strategic Planning 56

Strategy Driven

JULY 8, 2011

Building a clear, cohesive, operational Vision for the individual. Conceptualizing a specific action plan to be effective on all branches of the tree. Taking concepts (quality management, ethics, outside-the-box thinking) out of the esoteric and into daily operation. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

Learning-by-Doing 57

Learning-by-Doing Career Strategic Planning Mentor 57