Strategy Driven

JANUARY 12, 2014

Best Practices in HR Technology. This paper explores 4 tools and technologies that empower HR to create positive interactions that lead to greater engagement while enhancing workflow processes. Click here for more information on Best Practices in HR Technology. Copyright 2007-2014 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2012

Recruitment Technology. From the days of medieval guild apprenticeships, to help-wanted classified ads, to the modern job boards and social networking practices, organizations have been working to improve the process of finding, hiring, and deploying new employees. Click here for more information on Recruitment Technology.

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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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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 26, 2014

When organizations first start doing process improvement they use a myriad of ways to decide which processes to improve first, such as: IT bought some software and needs to install it, so let’s look at the current process first. A department wants to improve the process because it would help in a key initiative.

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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. All business (for profit or not) provide goods, services, or intellectual property/capital to a market (or markets) for some form of consideration.

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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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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

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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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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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 19, 2012

Using Technology to Increase Small Business Productivity. Learn how you can save time and money by using these four technology trends to support your small business. In this eBook, you will find valuable information about some of the latest technology trends that can help support your business by saving you time, money and resources.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2010

The second trend is technology’s recognition of the first trend. 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. First is the time pressure for our attention. simply don’t lend themselves to the indulgence of pompous grandeur.

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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

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. Identify problems upstream and spare the organization a lot of stress and expense.

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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. We must slow down the technology speed and its consequences. You identify leaders by their actions and their performance. Real leaders will find you…you don’t need to go looking for them. Dare I ask for comments?

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 8, 2021

The researchers conducted their work in a manufacturing firm that makes advanced electro-optic technologies. In 2007 the company launched an ideation platform that encouraged employees to suggest ideas for improving the workplace. Instead, many other factors outside of the individual affect the creative process.”.

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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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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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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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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 19, 2020

The researchers conducted a comprehensive analysis of the economic impact of industrial robots over 17 countries between 1993 and 2007 across 14 different industries. A second paper from LSE found that there was no real relation to the return of jobs after a recession, and the investment in automated technologies in a particular industry.

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Chris Brady

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Commitment means you will persist with the process long before it appears to be working. It's what we know that just isn't so that holds us back the most. Be willing to do well what most people won't do at all. Deliberate practice over time is what separates the great performers from the great pretenders. I needed to hear that.

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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

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

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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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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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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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

An organization's purpose often changes over time as advances in technology, changes in customer demands/preferences, etc. With these fundamentals in place, it is helpful to have a roadmap to outline the process for setting strategy and tactics. link] Laurie Young Hi Mike, thanks for the explanation. impact the competitive arena.

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QAspire

JANUARY 2, 2011

New business models, new ways of working, cooler tools and technologies. Regards, Jay Chhaya By Ajay, January 3, 2011 @ 1:18 pm Keep up with all technology, do everything. Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer A Worthy Goal for 2011 and Beyond New year brings with it new predictions, agendas, resolutions and trends.

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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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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

DECEMBER 22, 2010

What I like to refer as “positional gaps&# are best closed by listening to all sides, finding common ground and then letting the principle of doing the right thing guide the process. It is essential for organizational health and performance that conflict be accepted and addressed through effective conflict resolution processes.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 2, 2018

There is a three-step process this article will outline. First, the hiring process, followed by the day-to-day communication tactics and lastly the ‘meet up.’. Hiring process. Throughout the process, you must keep in mind to look for people who would be cut out for remote work. Using technology. A physical meet up.

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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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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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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

There are a wide variety manufacturing businesses, and whether you have chosen to begin in the food sector, selling delicious beverages, or you produce technology parts for the latest smartphones, there are always changes to make to your processes to improve them. Copyright 2007-2018 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

The advent of automating certain aspects of factory line production is nothing new, but now with smarter technology, we are seeing that we are relying less on human hand to put certain aspects together. Motion capture technology has been used by Ford to help refine their production line. Smart Products. Virtual Reality. 3d Printing.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

It was this taste of disappointment that led me to share my personal process for finding and implementing game changers – I call it SMARTS(C) ( S imple- M eaningful- A ctionable- R elational- T ransformational- S calable). The way I view the process it’s something like this. Flash-analysis/trial again and again until it clicks.

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