QAspire

JANUARY 21, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Lessons in Using Checklists for Managing Processes Most quality management theories and modern management practices rely heavily on checklists as an important tool to get things right the first time. For this, a checklist review process can be very helpful.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

Remember that most people who fail just quit a bit too early in the process. Have you bought-off on the myth of multi-tasking, or do you believe in the power of restraint and focus? Don’t delude yourself into thinking that changing direction mid-stream will produce better results as it rarely will. Have a "focused" day.:)

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer A Story on Importance of Processes: From Subroto Bagchi Subroto Bagchi ’s book “ The High Performance Entrepreneur ” has shaped up my entrepreneurial thinking to a very large extent. The gentleman was explaining why process orientation is the key to building competitive success.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 23, 2018

So to get the most out of innovation processes such as design thinking, truly creative leaders also need to master the social dynamics of… [wait for the punchline}…humor! The purpose is to reduce power-distance. Social humor is practiced as part of the IDEO design thinking process that “encourages wild ideas” to take root.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2010

Probably the greatest example of the power of brevity comes from what is widely considered to be the greatest speech in American history: “The Gettysburg Address.&# Contrast Lincoln’s brilliant example of the power of brevity with the keynote speech that day. Don’t underestimate the power of brevity.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

As one significant example, in 2008, while personally leading substantial organizational change that ultimately resulted in 14 staff redundancies, my practice of Fullan’s approach enabled a breakthrough in service delivery configuration way different to any previous models. Of course, we all know that change is messy.

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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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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? Thanks for stopping by James. Efficient v.

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Chris Brady

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Commitment means you will persist with the process long before it appears to be working. Any one of those truths could take an individual years to discover on his/her own, and any one of them has the power to immensely improve that individual's life. It's what we know that just isn't so that holds us back the most.

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CO2

JANUARY 16, 2011

If you ask the wrong questions you will likely end up with the wrong answer. What questions are you asking? About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc., Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant.

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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. The central idea is both simple and powerful: the job or position is a shared situation. A key point for all leaders to consider is that it’s impossible to stick your foot in your mouth when it’s closed. Julia Fernandes Very nice post.

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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

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 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. Smart leaders will do everything in their power to keep a decreae in velocity from becoming a self imposed adversary due to a lack of contingency planning.

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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. Bottom line…Just because a business has a particular advantage doesn’t mean that it can disregard sound business logic. Thanks again for the comment Mark.

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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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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

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. Tenured organizations also tend to embrace comfort zones and are often built upon the “DITWLY&# (Did It That Way Last Year) principle.

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CO2

JANUARY 17, 2011

About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc., Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc.,

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Opposing positions, competitive tensions, power struggles, ego, pride, jealousy, performance discrepancies, compensation issues, just someone having a bad day, etc. It is essential for organizational health and performance that conflict be accepted and addressed through effective conflict resolution processes.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 31, 2010

In addition to planning new goals, you can also improve the process in which you achieve them. What also helps is, before you plan for the coming week, is to reflect on the week just past to evaluate if you’ve achieved the goals you’ve set for yourself. Reviewing your past goals and achievements will help you as you look forward.

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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

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

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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Leading Blog

MAY 16, 2020

Six powerful new technologies, all reaching maturity simultaneously in the early 2020s, will each act like a new color in the palette of creators, designers, and innovators. Sensors coordinate the activities of humans and machines as they work together, semi-automating business processes. citizen in 2008. He was born in the U.K.

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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. WORDPRESS! [.]

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

As a result, Dominos stock has risen 5000 percent since 2008, outperforming all of the world’s largest tech companies. He says, “Culture is a corporate immune system that protects against variance, decline, or abandonment by identifying and combating threatening forces like toxic partners, disjointed processes, and bad decisions.”.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

Intuition is a powerful thing. When I was working for an employer, I knew going through the recruitment process that there was some bad “juju&# around the opportunity. Check-in To Harness the Power of the Start It seems that someone is always keeping score. We know what we know. where my intuition kicked in. 500,000 can.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Diana Peterson-More shared The Power of Apology: It’s Not If, Rather How. Although Vaughan died in 2008, she continues to stand out as an exemplary leader for us today. Chamber of Commerce outlining the importance of political power for business leaders. Access it here. ” Follow David on Twitter at @ThoughtPartner.

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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

OCTOBER 20, 2010

They understand the power of, and necessity for contextual leadership. 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.

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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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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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Lead on Purpose

JULY 19, 2010

After hearing it I started to break it down to see if I could come up with a new statement for Lead on Purpose readers: Feedback: The word feedback is a technical term meaning “a mechanism, process or signal that is looped back to control a system within itself.&# You receive power from eating.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 28, 2009

John Maxwell — author of the book The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership — does a masterful job of explaining the leadership principle of influence through the five myths about leadership: The Management Myth: Management focuses on maintaining systems and processes. Influential leadership is about influencing people to follow.

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Lead on Purpose

APRIL 10, 2010

The sales process now is about providing value to customers on their journey to figuring out what it is they are going to buy. They expect marketers to stop pitching things and start helping them understand how they can get what they need. They expect product managers to show them how their products can solve problems and help them succeed.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

I do it one “D” at a time: Discover (what is important or of value to my customer), Decide (what their experience will look like), Deliver (what I set as their expectation) and Do It Again (it’s an ongoing process that changes and improves with feedback). It’s an ongoing process that is never complete.

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