Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

This article addresses the frequently forgotten and unanticipated factors diminishing the return on process reengineering projects. Companies invest $10,000s, $100,000s, and even $1,000,000s in the transformation of their business processes only to realize all of the cost but far less of the value than originally projected.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer The Quest of Better Outcomes: Hierarchy And Process In quest of better outcomes (efficiency, results, productivity, improvements etc.), These structural changes won’t produce the desired outcomes if the flow (process) aspect is not addressed. Because, work flows horizontally.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

This article addresses the frequently forgotten and unanticipated factors diminishing the return on process reengineering projects. Companies invest $10,000s, $100,000s, and even $1,000,000s in the transformation of their business processes only to realize all of the cost but far less of the value than originally projected.

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Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Perhaps it was an idea for a new product or service, or a process change to solve a complex problem. Perhaps it was an idea for a new product or service, or a process change to solve a complex problem. Jeff is Professor of Strategy at Brigham Young University and Wharton.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Invisible Cost of “Toxic” Leadership Many organizations today are plagued by so-called leaders who don’t carry a leadership mindset. This (invisible) cost is huge and most of the times, beyond the scope of recovery.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 7, 2011

Document Process Management : The Case for an Integrated Lifecycle Approach. Learn how you can manage enterprise information and evidentiary records in a well documented and consistent manner, while reducing costs and increasing productivity. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. by Oca Business Services.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 27, 2011

Home About Consulting Church Family Leadership Navigation: Home » Encouragement » 5 Step Process to Take a Dream to Reality 5 Step Process to Take a Dream to Reality January 27, 2011 in Encouragement , Innovation , Leadership with 8 Comments I like to see dreams and goals become reality. I hope this post helps.

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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. Checklists help in controlling quality of the products in verification stage.

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QAspire

JANUARY 20, 2011

Companies are working ways out to deliver more value, people in organizations are evaluated based on value they create and clients seek “value-adds” in products and services they purchase. Somewhere, in this process of constant realignment and improvement, ‘waste’ is introduced.

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CO2

OCTOBER 13, 2010

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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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

by John • February 5, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. When I was a young product manager back in the ’70s, the only people I could talk to about brands were my colleagues in the marketing department and the advertising agency. February 9, 2011 at 6:09 pm. Main menu Home.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

That means their productivity is suffering, and so is yours. It also means they’re probably looking for another job right about now and are in the process of forcing you to go through the entire painstaking hiring process once again. And it’s not just the new hires that think so, HR agrees. Because people are complicated.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 17, 2011

by John • July 17, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. The senior folks charged with crafting the plan must enter the process with a mindset that is analytical, intuitive and creative. Low-cost producers watch their costs, productivity, sales/profit per employee and overall employment.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 6, 2010

When she received them, we spoke, and she instantly saw that the re-crafting process did indeed make the shoe smaller. how much will it really cost you? How To Be More Productive When You Work From Home. I contacted Beth at customer service and she had me resend the shoes back to her to inspect (for free). Guess what happened?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity. Rather entering the productivity zone is found working at about 60% to 70% of capacity. Fact : bright, talented executives with a bias to action will often take on more than they should. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Show me someone who hasn’t made a bad decision and I’ll show you someone who is either not being honest, or someone who avoids decisioning at all costs, which by the way, constitutes a bad decision. Put simply…not all inputs should weigh equally in one’s decisioning process.

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CO2

OCTOBER 13, 2010

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

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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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 is where processes and FTR approach can really help.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 25, 2011

Design by 12GrainStudio Team Building & Leadership: Case Study; Increased Trust=Faster Implementation of Decisions & Problems Solved Cheaper Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 Posted by: mike The following is a true story, of value added results that come from Create-Learning’s Team Building & Leadership Processes.

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QAspire

JANUARY 12, 2011

We write our processes to get certified against a certain standard. We develop our products and services in line with the demands of our customers. When we continuously meet these demands, adhere to processes and improve upon them, we build repeatability in our success. It is driven by external demands. Don’t Kill It!

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe What a Leader Can Learn From 20 Cents Postage Due by Kevin Eikenberry on December 3, 2010 in Collaboration , Innovation , Leadership , Video I received a package in the mail this week. With 20 cents postage due on the envelope.

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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? If efficiency starts diluting productivity rather than increasing it something is woefully amiss. Are you efficient or effective, or do you know?

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Join us for this live and interactive TeleSeminar to: Explore the pros and cons of Blogs, Websites, FaceBook, Twitter and maybe LinkedIn for marketing of your company’s products and services. Explore why giving more stuff away creates a magnetic pull of fans and people who value your services and products. COST FREE for IATF members.

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QAspire

JANUARY 16, 2011

Leaders frame complex strategies, use heavy weight terminologies to describe their plans, set up complex processes and use a lot of jargons when communicating for a change. Simplicity within a team is a product of leading them well. They spend heavily on getting those strategies across the board and aligning people to it.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Standing up and speaking on a topic commands respect — for you and your product. You can guide them to other products you offer. When my venue was full all I had to do was create handouts, and process the money. My time was a cost, and postage for the receipted invoices was a cost, though I sent most as pdfs by email, free.

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Under pressure to cut costs and boost productivity, employers are trying to predict specific outcomes, such as whether a prospective hire will quit too soon, file disability claims or steal. The process could get companies into legal trouble if it ends up excluding minorities or the disabled.

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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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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? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Our Freedom.

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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. Miller Mike, In this speed-at-all-costs world we've created, there is a complete lack of Plan B. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Our Freedom.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service? Get outside of your old thought patterns and seek out people, technology, collaborative relationships, process and any other solutions that can improve your business. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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CEO Blog

JANUARY 22, 2011

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Saturday, January 22, 2011 Secrets of Business Success I am having a productive morning. For some reason I find early mornings in themselves tend to yield productivity. 3 - Systems and process. I reflect on the charmed life I lead. Simple things like regular exercise, getting up early, etc.

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CO2

JANUARY 2, 2011

Key activities can be categorized as: Production, Problem Solving, Platform/network) Key Partnerships – Some activities are outsourced and some resources are acquired outside the enterprise. (It

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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. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. are also not business models. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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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. When was the last time you rolled-out a new product? Do people in your organization laugh at new ideas?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? link] ATIG Dear Mike, Reasonably at the crucial moment, We can’t resist and reject that process. Which hat, or hats do you wear?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

Therefore any items that don’t constitute $375 dollar an hour work that can be leveraged down to someone with a lower hourly rate provides positive arbitrage both in terms of cost savings and time recovered for higher and better use activities.

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