In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 10, 2011

by John • July 10, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 0 Comments. And although our business leaders may have the “will” to transform their companies, the “way” is continually blocked by inefficiencies, higher costs and unacceptable returns on the investment in technology. December 2011. November 2011.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 3, 2022

A big excuse managers have for not having a conversation is “I already know what they’re going to say.” You don’t have the energy for listening to them try to convince you, so you say yes. When we’re at capacity, we use the one or two tools in our toolbox to manage conflict: shaming, intimidating, or some other tactic.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2015

If senior management cuts your budget, says no to replacing broken equipment, or reduces your headcount, what is the first feeling that wells up inside you? According to India’s most recent census data (2011), only 11.04 Irritation? A sense of unfairness? Probably not gratitude. According to recent estimates, somewhere between 97.8

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QAspire

JULY 4, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Final Part: 7 Things Managers & Leaders Should Never Do I wrote earlier about “ 11 Things Project Managers & Leaders Should Never Do ” and then continued the chain of thoughts with another post titled “ 7 (More) Things Project Managers & Leaders Should Never Do.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

This is so much the case that some CEOs will avoid restructuring initiatives at all costs. Give me real leaders who possess courage, vision, and a bias toward action, and spare me the timidity of mediocre managers posing as leaders. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle.

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QAspire

AUGUST 17, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer The Pursuit of Getting It “First Time Right” (FTR) Building quality involves cost. You spend efforts and energy on preventing the errors (prevention cost) and then checking your work (appraisal cost). That, to me, is the essence of project management.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 4, 2011

Ever thought about the aggregated cost that wasted time represents? Original Author Unknown How much time do you waste waiting for meetings to start late? How much time does your organization waste? If you have, the number is most assuredly staggering.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

The achievement of current goals and objectives free up the time & create the resources to move on to bigger and better things…Trying to do too many things at once will impede progress, dilute effort & energy, add to chaos and lead to burn-out. Bottom line…success equals focus.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Ranking third in Popular Science ‘s list of ‘America’s Greenest Cities,’ Boston is putting its recovery money toward clean-energy initiatives. Partner with local R&D brainpower to start your own clean-energy venture. Capture those dollars with an electronic medical records business.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Another tool, the roles and responsibilities matrix, provides the needed performance assignment clarity for those minute undocumented tasks and group activities; helping eliminate the risk of redundantly performed work that would unnecessarily slow progress and raise costs. Please login using the box in the sidebar.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 20, 2013

Human energy is a precious commodity. This post from 2011 explores some ways of preserving and generating energy both for leaders and their organizations. “ For some reason, we believe ourselves to be capable of expending unlimited amounts of energy without attending to the restoration process with equal dedication.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2011

Regardless of your level of experience in project management, set these 5 goals for every project you manage. Jason Westland introduces us to a Method123 Project Management Methodology (MPMM TM ), which defines the best practice phases, activities and tasks required to complete a project on time and within budget.

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QAspire

JANUARY 16, 2011

One thing that really struck me was the simplicity of his life and his messages (like the one below): Photo by Tanmay Vora at Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad Gandhi was a simple leader who used simple language and lived a simple life – yet he was able to concert energies of an entire nation towards achieving Indian Independence. Don’t Kill It!

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

by John • August 29, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. October 8, 2011 at 5:19 am.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2010

If singularly assigned to project specialists, this work detracts from these individuals’ productivity; unnecessarily inflating time and monetary costs. Let’s face, I think communication is a major part of ANY sound (and successful) project management team! Please login using the box in the sidebar. Not registered? Try it out!

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Positive Attitude : To the one, the best leaders I’ve ever known all smile, listen, engage, have a positive outlook, and have a high energy level. I think loyalty cost us nothing, yet delivers great reward to a team. Would love to teach my staff this lesson with your permission. I would like to add one.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 8, 2011

The cost of an iPad, new shoes or a dress? Not just if we are a business owner, Brand, Marketing or Sales Manager, or someone else traditionally responsible for price, but for all of us as leaders, thinking about how people invest of themselves, their time, energy and more. What about The Price of Happiness? The Price of Life?

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Houston energy magnate Dan Duncan who died earlier this year had an estimated net worth of $9 billion, and television industry mogul John Kluge died with a $6.5 This is a change from the 2010 law which based taxation of inherited assets on their original cost basis, instead of their current fair market value. billion estate.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 25, 2011

Loss of productivity costs resulting from acts of incivility and poor managerial behavior are staggering and yet goes largely unrecognized. Loss of productivity costs resulting from acts of incivility and poor managerial behavior are staggering and yet goes largely unrecognized. Not a StrategyDriven Premium Member?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

A mouse running on a mousewheel can perfect their stride and reduce the amount of energy it takes to get "moving." mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. " If the goal is to get somewhere the mouse is efficiently ineffective. I can use a hand grenade to kill a mosquito. Our Freedom.

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QAspire

AUGUST 15, 2010

It drains the energy! with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL When working with the team, be cheerful and make things more interesting that way. Don’t talk small : You have a goal to achieve as a team. Don’t let that focus dilute with small talks and gossiping. Motivate others : Motivate others to raise their game.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

I got some great books on Quality, Management, Self-Help and Motivation. Why not now?” – James Allen (Success Coach) “It is important to remember that we are energy. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL The ambience at Crossword is so good for reading, I have to push myself out. Why not me? Don’t Kill It!

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 31, 2011

It’s easy to see why competition drives down costs. The favored insurer passes along artificial cost increases directly to their customers, while disadvantaged competitors have to charge even higher premiums to continue offering access to offending providers. Johns Hopkins is not alone. Patients, of course, lose.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 12, 2011

Tweets that mention How to Discourage Digital Distractions: Conquer CyberOverload : StrategyDriven -- Topsy.com says: January 14, 2011 at 2:40 am [.] Businesses $650 billion per year in lost productivity. This post was mentioned on Twitter by Emily C. Rushing, TSO, Inc. Speak Your Mind Tell us what youre thinking.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

We put a call out to some of our favorite management thinkers and asked what challenges they were going to take on next — and what an inspiring set of projects it yielded. The first, we will admit, is a self-inflicted pattern: Several of our thinkers are setting their sights on aspects of managing people. Because it just did.)

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

If you believe the hype, social media will immediately solve all your problems and require no time, energy or effort on your part. I forget who it was, but some researcher determined that a person can really only manage relationships with about 150 people. Well, most people were already around 150 before social media arrived.

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QAspire

JULY 25, 2010

It is about seeing others as human beings, understanding them, their energies and establish a deeper connection. Maxwell Books/Reviews , Improvement & Development , Managing Communication , Managing People , Self Growth | Tanmay July 26, 2010 6 Comments By Jay Chhaya, July 26, 2010 @ 8:21 am Very nice topic brought to scene.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Book Review: Lead Well and Prosper by Nick McCormick Being a good manager (self-management and team management) is essential ingredient of success in today’s business environment. Looking at all the bad examples of poor management around, we all know what good management is not.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2011

These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. In fact, in most cases I actually prefer to have my thinking challenged – this doesn’t threaten me as a leader, it improves my leadership ability.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Before you resign yourself to living in your own not-so-amusing TV show, let me offer some commonsense management advice. If option number two sounds better to you, then read on to learn about the three most common types of challenging performers, and how best to manage them: The Prima Donna Modus Operandi (M.O.):

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

Peter Turney, CEO of Cost Technology, suggests using activity-based management techniques to recognize which business activities and which customers are causing a drain on your bottom line. Gabor George Burt encourages organizations to defy conventional wisdom, and then simultaneously pursue a differentiated strategy with lower costs.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2011

You have to devote a huge amount of psychic energy to being closeted — changing pronouns, switching names. A new study by the Center for Work-Life Policy published in the July/August 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review quantifies just how high the cost is for both closeted LGBTs and their employers.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 20, 2011

What poor retention is costing you. However, when performed together, your department, plant or organization will be transformed into a sophisticated retention machine that will be the envy of your fellow managers or competitors. Certain managers tend to churn thru people… even the ones the managers hire themselves.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 5, 2011

And with today’s abundance of easily accessible product pricing and performance information these individuals face increasing pressure to lower product costs and increase value. Sales Strategy from the Inside Out examines how businesses employing a consultative sales method realize dramatically increased revenues.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2010

A special gift for StrategyDriven readers… We are pleased to announce that Rick has made his ebook, Introduction to Change without Migraines TM , available for download at no cost to our readers. Simply click on the link above to download your copy of this remarkable ebook on effective change management.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

In harsh economic times, the gut reaction of many companies is one of prudence and cost control: to take short-term actions that reassure shareholders and citizens. While there’s no silver bullet, performance management philosophies suggest there are positive options before us. Start by focusing on three areas: Cost reduction.

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