2011, Management, Marketing and Strategic Planning

My Best Blogs of 2011

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

I began blogging about leadership, strategy, marketing and life last February. So, with the help of WordPress analytics and content judgment, here’s my list of the top ’CEO Afterlife’ blogs of 2011. The Nuts and Bolts of the Strategic Plan [link]. Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader [link].

Blog

Blog Mission Statement Strategic Planning Brand

What goes into our strategic plan

CO2

DECEMBER 28, 2010

When your strategy is so ingrained into the culture do you still need to list it as a strategy in your strategic plan ? Does Nordstrom’s have to say that they will be known for exceptional service in their strategic plan each year or is it so ingrained in the culture that it does not have to be said any longer.

Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning Planning Executive Coaching Film

What Goes Into Your Strategic Plan : Blog | Executive Coaching.

CO2

DECEMBER 28, 2010

When your strategy is so ingrained into the culture do you still need to list it as a strategy in your strategic plan ? Does Nordstrom’s have to say that they will be known for exceptional service in their strategic plan each year or is it so ingrained in the culture that it does not have to be said any longer.

Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning Executive Coaching Planning Execution

The Essence of Strategy | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 23, 2011

by John • October 23, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. Steve Jobs managed to harness the resources of 49,000 employees to introduce and successfully market a slew of breakthroughs. October 24, 2011 at 12:57 am. October 24, 2011 at 7:28 am. December 2011.

Strategy

Strategy CEO Human Resources Brand

Learn How to Market Like Google

CO2

AUGUST 31, 2010

The book that is being presented is written by Aaron Goldman entitled Everything I Know about Marketing I learned from Google. 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. I bet the book is great too.

Marketing

Marketing How To Executive Coaching Strategic Planning

Navigate Your Path to Success

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

A “GPS Buddy ” could make a huge difference in how well you navigate in 2011 toward your life and career goals. In this fast paced business environment, people are just too busy to seek you out so you need to strategically plan how to create your visibility, how best to communicate your value proposition and to whom.

Press Release

Press Release Succession Discount PR

Complimentary Resource – Explode 6 Direct Marketing Myths.

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 19, 2010

This paper focuses on six myths that surround direct marketing best practices and discusses how you can use specific analytical techniques and tools to beat these myths, increase response rates and boost ROI. Click here for more information on Explode 6 Direct Marketing Myths. Publications are entirely FREE to those who qualify.

Direct Marketing

Direct Marketing Resources Marketing Newsletter

When to Restructure | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

Give me real leaders who possess courage, vision, and a bias toward action, and spare me the timidity of mediocre managers posing as leaders. If change and innovation weren’t key contributors to sustainable success, and the enterprise could just run on auto-pilot, you could replace the CEO with a General Manager.

Restructuring

Restructuring Blog CEO Brand

Contingency Planning | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

While this is understandable, it is nonetheless naive, and it constitutes a major flaw in the business logic of most strategic plans. 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.

Contingency Plans

Contingency Plans Planning Blog Ryan

Complimentary Resource – Employee Performance Management

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 9, 2011

SAP ERP HCM helps you effectively plan, assess, optimize, and analyze the performance of your workforce from end to end. Click here for more information on Employee Performance Management. No coupons, credit cards, special codes, or purchases are necessary. Publications are entirely FREE to those who qualify.

Resources

Resources Management Newsletter Strategic Planning

Management and Leadership – Leadership Lessons from the United.

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 4, 2011

Original Author Unknown How much time do you waste waiting for meetings to start late? How much time does your organization waste? Ever thought about the aggregated cost that wasted time represents?

Management

Management Leadership Newsletter Strategic Planning

Leadership Inspirations – Unspoken Truth of Inadequate Management.

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Warren Buffett American investor, industrialist and philanthropist Email This Post | Print Post | Sign up for our Email Newsletter Speak Your Mind Tell us what youre thinking. and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar ! and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar !

Management

Management Leadership Newsletter Strategic Planning

Winning in the Market Place – Do you have what it takes? : Blog.

CO2

AUGUST 2, 2010

He said, ‘the managing partner would replace one of the forty consultants every quarters.’ 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. He said, ‘it fits his personality of being an achiever.

Blog

Blog Marketing Executive Coaching Strategic Planning

Complimentary Resource – 21st Century Human Capital Management.

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 23, 2011

Click here for more information on 21st Century Human Capital Management : Adapting to the Demands of Change. No coupons, credit cards, special codes, or purchases are necessary. Publications are entirely FREE to those who qualify. Email This Post | Print Post | Sign up for our Email Newsletter Speak Your Mind Tell us what youre thinking.

Human Capital

Human Capital Resources Management Newsletter

Complimentary Resource – Employee Performance Management

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

SAP ERP HCM helps you effectively plan, assess, optimize, and analyze the performance of your workforce from end to end. Click here for more information on Employee Performance Management. No coupons, credit cards, special codes, or purchases are necessary. Publications are entirely FREE to those who qualify.

Resources

Resources Management Newsletter Strategic Planning

Project Management Best Practice 6 – A+ Players

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

In fact, some projects are so important that board members and company officers literally bet the company’s very existence on the successful outcome of the initiative.

Project

Project Management Long-term Newsletter

Management and Leadership – Leadership Lessons from the United.

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

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Leadership

Leadership Management Newsletter Resources

Project Management Best Practice 8 – Roles and Responsibilities.

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 21, 2010

While project schedules should assign individuals or groups of individuals to each task, the schedule itself is not likely to include minute tasks or to clearly assign the very specific nuanced contribution of each individual within a group assigned to a task.

Project

Project Management Newsletter Strategic Planning

Business Model Architecture | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., Business models must be designed with great care at the outset, but they must also be fluid in order to react to changing market conditions and avoid becoming stagnant.

Business Model

Business Model Blog Brand Depreciation

Portfolio Management Best Practice 2 – The Project Registry.

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 28, 2010

The subsequent dispersion of management responsibility and encapsulation of attention on distinct business functions can cause leaders to lose sight of all the initiatives being authorized across the organization.

Project

Project Management Newsletter Diversity

Complimentary Resource – How Do You Know if Your Talent Management.

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 30, 2011

Posted by StrategyDriven on January 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment How Do You Know if Your Talent Management Strategy is Creating Value? The natural cycle of talent management creates an ever changing priority list coming from multiple directions for HR. No coupons, credit cards, special codes, or purchases are necessary.

Talent Management

Talent Management Resources Management Newsletter

Project Management Best Practice 7 – Use of Administrative Support.

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Email This Post | Print Post | Sign up for our Email Newsletter Comments One Response to “Project Management Best Practice 7 – Use of Administrative Support&# Alexandre Gauthier says: December 8, 2010 at 11:08 am A lot of team members in a project find it painstakingly difficult to feed information to other members of the team.

Project

Project Management Newsletter Diversity

Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

JANUARY 2, 2011

Process : This business model design has 5 phases; Mobilize, Understand, Design, Implement and Manage. It may be that I use many of the strategic models that the book integrates into their process. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). I really enjoyed this book.

Business Model

Business Model Executive Coaching Execution Blog

The 5 Goals of a Project Manager | StrategyDriven

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.

Project

Project Goal Management Budgeting

1:1 Executive Coaching Program – Now Open for Enrollment

Six Disciplines

JANUARY 31, 2011

Six Disciplines 1:1 Executive Coaching - Is Now Open for Enrollment for 2011. If any (or all) of these seem too familiar, we have good news: we’ve just opened the doors for enrollment to Six Disciplines 1:1 Executive Coaching – proven to get the results you need to be a more effective executive in 2011. ” ~ D.

Executive Coaching

Executive Coaching Execution Six Sigma Benchmarking

Best Wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year from.

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 1, 2011

Best Wishes Always, Karen Juliano Editor-in-Chief and Director, Communications and Marketing StrategyDriven Email This Post | Print Post | Sign up for our Email Newsletter Speak Your Mind Tell us what youre thinking. We look forward to continuing the journey to becoming a truly StrategyDriven organization with you.

Newsletter

Newsletter Strategic Planning Comparison Diversity

AARP – The Last Membership Card You Will Ever Need!

CO2

JANUARY 23, 2011

I remember when I was at the beginning of my career and calling on AARP as a direct marketer to do their work. 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. Where has time gone. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

Executive Coaching

Executive Coaching Strategic Planning Direct Marketing Taylorism

Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Financial management. Strategic planning. Strategic thinking. Change management. The following functional areas exist within XYZ Widget: Finance, HR/Admin, Sales, Customer Service, Planning & Procurement, Materials Management, Manufacturing, and Quality Control. •Communication. Creative thinking.

Case Study

Case Study Training Development Leadership

Manage Yourself Smart: Ten Guidelines for Making Smart Choices in.

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2010

I call this ‘managing yourself smart,’ and here are some guidelines to help navigate social media. As a leader and manager, you’ll learn how to use these tools to harness social interactions to improve your business and to create your own social nation. To learn more about Barry, click here.

Guidelines

Guidelines Management Media Newsletter

StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 54 – An Interview with Gail.

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2011

Special Edition 54 – An Interview with Gail Martin, author of 30 Days to Social Media Success explores approaches to effective business marketing using social media outlets such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and blogging; marketing that drives traffic and ultimately results in increased sales.

Media

Media Newsletter Tools Diversity

Employee Productivity Improvement Project ROI Calculation.

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 25, 2011

Tweets that mention Employee Productivity Improvement Project ROI Calculation | StrategyDriven -- Topsy.com says: January 26, 2011 at 1:38 am [.] Loss of productivity costs resulting from acts of incivility and poor managerial behavior are staggering and yet goes largely unrecognized. This post was mentioned on Twitter by WorkMeter, TSO, Inc.

ROI

ROI Project Productivity Products

Decision-Making Best Practice 12 – Diverse, Redundant Data Sources.

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 14, 2010

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Diversity

Diversity Newsletter Strategic Planning Comparison

Leadership Inspirations – Producing Happiness | StrategyDriven

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 22, 2011

William Ralph Inge (1860 – 1954) English author, Anglican priest, Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, and Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral Email This Post | Print Post | Sign up for our Email Newsletter Speak Your Mind Tell us what youre thinking. and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar !

Leadership

Leadership Newsletter Strategic Planning Comparison

Leadership Inspirations – Believe None of What You Hear.

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 15, 2011

Lewis Cass (1782 – 1866) American military officer and politician Email This Post | Print Post | Sign up for our Email Newsletter Speak Your Mind Tell us what youre thinking. and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar ! and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar !

Newsletter

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Leadership Inspirations – Steps to Effectiveness | StrategyDriven

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2010

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Leadership

Leadership Newsletter Bottom-up Strategic Planning

Tactical Execution Best Practice 5 – No Co-, Only Vice

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 11, 2011

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Tactics

Tactics Execution Newsletter Strategic Planning

Leadership Inspirations – Recovery

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2010

Confucius (551 – 479 BC) Chinese thinker and social philosopher Email This Post | Print Post | Sign up for our Email Newsletter Speak Your Mind Tell us what youre thinking. and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar ! and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar !

Leadership

Leadership Newsletter Strategic Planning Comparison

StrategyDriven Welcomes Hank Moore | StrategyDriven

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Hank has overseen 400 strategic plans and corporate visioning processes. He is a mentor to senior management. Hank speaks and advises companies about growth strategies, visioning, planning, executive-leadership development, futurism and the Big Picture issues which profoundly affect the business climate.

Drucker

Drucker Senge Strategic Planning Newsletter

Leadership Inspirations – Issuing Orders | StrategyDriven

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 29, 2011

It does take continued discipline to study the variety of people you are leading in order to understand what it take to motivate them – and to inspire them to do their very best to make the company and themselves a success.&#

Leadership

Leadership Newsletter Strategic Planning Comparison

The Four Cornerstones of a High Performance Culture, part 4

Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2012

Strategic planning creates the platform for a healthy company. Strategic planning is a critical part of growing a successful business. The fact is that many small- to mid-sized companies do not have a structured process from which to conduct strategic planning. Alona has been with CMI since February 2011.

White Paper

White Paper Strategic Planning Newsletter Learning-by-Doing

Complimentary Resource – Three HR Trends You Cannot Ignore.

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Learn the value of an Enterprise Content Management system for HR professionals. However, each can be reasonably managed with the right technology, like an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system that can tie the information in different systems together and keep control of it through its lifecycle.

Trends

Trends Resources Newsletter System

Employee Productivity Improvement Project ROI Calculation.

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Surveys conducted by the Gallup Organization identified an 18 percent difference in productivity between the best and worst performing companies. 1 Yet, as we shall explain, even the best performing companies have room for improvement.

ROI

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Leadership Inspirations – Communications Excellence | StrategyDriven

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

Peter Drucker (1909 – 2005) ‘Father of Modern Management’ and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2002 Email This Post | Print Post | Sign up for our Email Newsletter Speak Your Mind Tell us what youre thinking. and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar !

Leadership

Leadership Newsletter Drucker Strategic Planning

Complimentary Resource – HR Best Practices: Delivering Strategic.

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 2, 2011

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Resources

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My Best Blogs of 2011

What goes into our strategic plan

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What Goes Into Your Strategic Plan : Blog | Executive Coaching.

The Essence of Strategy | In the CEO Afterlife

Learn How to Market Like Google

Navigate Your Path to Success

Complimentary Resource – Explode 6 Direct Marketing Myths.

When to Restructure | N2Growth Blog

Contingency Planning | N2Growth Blog

Complimentary Resource – Employee Performance Management

Management and Leadership – Leadership Lessons from the United.

Leadership Inspirations – Unspoken Truth of Inadequate Management.

Winning in the Market Place – Do you have what it takes? : Blog.

Complimentary Resource – 21st Century Human Capital Management.

Complimentary Resource – Employee Performance Management

Project Management Best Practice 6 – A+ Players

Management and Leadership – Leadership Lessons from the United.

Project Management Best Practice 8 – Roles and Responsibilities.

Business Model Architecture | N2Growth Blog

Portfolio Management Best Practice 2 – The Project Registry.

Complimentary Resource – How Do You Know if Your Talent Management.

Project Management Best Practice 7 – Use of Administrative Support.

Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

The 5 Goals of a Project Manager | StrategyDriven

1:1 Executive Coaching Program – Now Open for Enrollment

Best Wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year from.

AARP – The Last Membership Card You Will Ever Need!

Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

Manage Yourself Smart: Ten Guidelines for Making Smart Choices in.

StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 54 – An Interview with Gail.

Employee Productivity Improvement Project ROI Calculation.

Decision-Making Best Practice 12 – Diverse, Redundant Data Sources.

Leadership Inspirations – Producing Happiness | StrategyDriven

Leadership Inspirations – Believe None of What You Hear.

Leadership Inspirations – Steps to Effectiveness | StrategyDriven

Tactical Execution Best Practice 5 – No Co-, Only Vice

Leadership Inspirations – Recovery

StrategyDriven Welcomes Hank Moore | StrategyDriven

Leadership Inspirations – Issuing Orders | StrategyDriven

The Four Cornerstones of a High Performance Culture, part 4

Complimentary Resource – Three HR Trends You Cannot Ignore.

Employee Productivity Improvement Project ROI Calculation.

Leadership Inspirations – Communications Excellence | StrategyDriven

Complimentary Resource – HR Best Practices: Delivering Strategic.

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