Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Gerald Adolph is a New York-based Senior Partner with Booz & Company with a specialty in strategy and operations for technology-driven businesses. His work primarily focuses on assisting clients with growth strategy, new business development, and industry restructuring. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Gerald Adolph is a New York-based Senior Partner with Booz & Company with a specialty in strategy and operations for technology-driven businesses. His work primarily focuses on assisting clients with growth strategy, new business development, and industry restructuring. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 27, 2010

We were productive to no end! Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. Also, I remember a time when I worked for a big University. Thanks for the mention and for the great post. It’s up to the leader to uncover it.&#

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Improve productivity, Enhance the bottom line… StrategyDriven Premium Subscriber Login Align Your Organization and Become StrategyDriven! To read Kathryn’s complete biography, click here. and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar ! Click here to cancel reply.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

– How to Create and Implement a Knowledge Transfer Program, part 1 Posted by Ken Ball and Gina Gotsill on November 10, 2010 · 2 Comments The clock is ticking: next year, in 2011, the oldest of the 76 million Baby Boomers turn 65. Many will decide to stay in the workforce and replenish their savings and retirement accounts.

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How To Tacit Knowledge Intellectual Capital Newsletter 72

Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 26, 2010

Consider how Apple has been able to capitalize on the first I-Pod with additional, similar products that capitalize on its attractive design and user interface features. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Competition without relationships turns products and services turn into commodities. One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. Then come down—whether it is getting published or getting a new product into stores. Design stems from USE.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

On this Labor Day, I give homage to those who shaped my own early career: Mom: Who taught me the art of domestic engineering: how to wash dishes, vacuum floors, make beds, and do the laundry with a sense of pride in the finished product. Supervisors too numerous to remember when I worked in factories during the summers of my college years.

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Influence Blog Bottom-up Learning-by-Doing 174

Deming Institute

AUGUST 30, 2018

Guest post by David Kachoui (previously published in Quality Progress, August 2014): Director of Business Development at Natech Plastics. Students ran operations. Back to the classroom: The scene was just as chaotic as a real restaurant yet just as productive on more than one level. Parents were patrons.

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Quality P&L Deming Education 51

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Tanveer Naseer helps leaders’ to protect their blind side with tips on how to ease someone back into the team after an absence in Helping Employees Regain Their Productivity After A Prolonged Absence. the birds are flocking and the leaves are falling. Lessons from Gilbert and Sullivan. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The power to communicate is the key to forging productive relationships. A simple change of tactic can bring you from “you have a problem with your piece of the product,&# to “I could be wrong, but it seems there’s a problem with the piece you worked on.&# Your comments and answers to the questions are most welcome!

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Self-aware Blog Learning-by-Doing Greenleaf 140

Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 20, 2010

The thankyou doesn’t cost the company anything and consider the benefits in productivity and loyalty! Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. When I have been thanked in the past I am so ready to work harder.

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Blog Greenleaf Maslow Open-book 206

Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Greg helps gang members who are looking for a way out to become productive members of society through the motto, “nothing stops a bullet like a job&#. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services.

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Collins Blog Greenleaf Maslow 188

Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 31, 2010

I especially enjoy working with groups of people and getting them to talk together and learn from each other and to find ways to work together more productively. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

A strong personal brand is so much more than a memorable name or product. It is arguably even more important than a business' brand, as businesses may come and go, but your personal brand is yours forever. Unlike a business, your personal brand doesn't have hours of operation, it simply is 24/7/365.

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Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

I agree it is hard to confront your boss and it is even harder to go over your boss but it can hurt the organization and its productivity. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Leadership Follow-up Blog Greenleaf 150

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

At my last job, even as my supervisors were mainly focused on efficiently fulfilling tasks, such as acquiring products and delivering orders, they were open to helping us and allowed us to grow as workers. Among my colleagues, we saw the good intent of everyone to produce their best work, while we rushed to fill orders.

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Cooperrider Leadership Altman Blog 169

Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Having a manager who can positively inspire her employees creates a positive and productive atmosphere. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. to infuse (breath, life, etc.) by breathing (usually fol. by into ).

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This concept has really helped my collegues and I to be more productive as well as more satisfied. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. Ricky Medina: September 19, 2010 at 2:40 pm Hello Mary Jo, Great post.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. We partner with great leaders to help them become even greater at developing, improving, and sustaining relationships with the people who are essential to their success.

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Leadership Blog Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 257

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 17, 2010

Christian Fey : October 18, 2010 at 4:58 pm Asking for assistance is, I think, a very underutilized and under-esteemed productivity gain. Namely, that there can be a productivity gain, and you can make new connections. It seems to me that most people are happy to help and actually enjoy it, so theres no good reason to get frustrated.

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Delegation Learning-by-Doing Blog Mentor 154

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2013

” Marketing can sometimes slip through the cracks given the constant and pressing demands of sales, client service, and internal operations. However, under-investing in marketing is short-sighted, and this article will explain how “smart marketing” can be a key driver of business growth.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Different operational skills. If you're a product guru, maybe you need a business development or sales-oriented leader to get your vision to market. He has been named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer for 2011. Diversity on your founding team will give you strength. Similar work habits.

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How To Long-term Learning Curve Entrepreneur 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2014

Most midsize companies lack the breadth and depth of skilled corporate development professionals whose jobs are to source, make, and integrate acquisitions. General Electric’s corporate business development group (about a dozen professionals) is bigger than the entire executive team in many midsized companies.

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Company Due Diligence CEO Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

Sure, size can often be correlated to maturity, but we want to know that the service, curriculum, or product the organization is offering has a significant impact on the problem it aims to solve. In our view, those types of growth don't necessarily translate to real and significant impact. I'm not sure either frame is right.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

How successful has the company been at creating new products, services, and business models? How effectively has the company adapted its legacy business to change and disruption, giving it new life? That vision prompted Danone to divest product lines such as biscuits and beer while broadening its core dairy franchise.

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Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

In fact, in 2011 BMW had also founded a corporate venture capital (CVC) unit, called BMW iVentures, but it exclusively invested in service startups. Only around 20% of technologies funded by CVC&A grab enough attention of business units to start co-innovation pilot projects with portfolio startups.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

When business news gets on Page 1 of every day’s newspaper and every evening TV newscast, then the public notices and cares. The recent years succeeded in exploding a great many myths and presumptions about business. Operational Statistics. One out of every 12 businesses fails. 90% of all e-businesses will fail.

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Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. In 2011, the Department of Commerce estimated that there were 27.5

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Budgeting Succession Consultative Crisis 83

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Validate your worth to the overall company operation. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development.

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Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. People-Productivity. Promotions of products and sales.

Strategic Planning 79

Strategic Planning Advertising Consultative Planning 79

Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. How to make the process productive in the longrun. The Big Picture.

Strategic Planning 69

Strategic Planning Benchmarking Long-term Consultative 69

Strategy Driven

MARCH 31, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Welcome to the paradigms that many of us have operated under for some time.

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Transportation Consultative Film Strategic Planning 68

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Leaders who operate in this mode lose their peers in no time flat. Because my peers understand and respect my personality differences as well as differences in communication styles, we have a much more productive working relationship. They over focus on short term results and under focus on relationships.

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Bottom-up Short-term Executive Coaching Open-book 177

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Body of Knowledge.

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Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 60

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in Running the business Financial People Business development Body of Knowledge The Big Picture No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Honor the employees.

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P&L Books Definition Strategic Planning 56

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in Running the business Financial People Business development Body of Knowledge The Big Picture No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Consider leaving a comment!

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