Six Disciplines

JANUARY 31, 2011

Six Disciplines 1:1 Executive Coaching - Is Now Open for Enrollment for 2011. Recent 2010 research* confirms what we know to be our biggest challenges as executives: 52% of executives don’t feel their company’s strategy will lead to success. 50% consider setting a clear and differentiating strategy a significant challenge.

Executive Coaching 101

Executive Coaching Execution Six Sigma Benchmarking 101

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

We talked extensively in this book about how accounting profits or profit growth as a sole performance metric doesn’t lead to value creation. It turned out that the unit was driving profits by raising prices and cutting marketing and advertising expenditures. So while profits were rising and ROIC was high, market share was declining.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Most companies can claim an element of success in some aspect of CRM proficiency such as sales force automation, database marketing, development of a knowledgebase, etc., In short, most CRM practitioners have traditionally assumed an internal (inside-out), operationally centric approach to customer management and strategy.

Blog 304

Blog CRM Management Brand 304

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

I want metrics that mirror experience. Ideas For Changing Your Leadership View from What’s Wrong to What’s Right: 3 Tweets Loyalty vs. Tenure | N2Growth Blog By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth After my last post Focus on Performance I [.] Tenure is too qualitative. I agree that loyalty is critical.

Loyalty 419

Loyalty Blog Brand Follow-up 419

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Even if you don’t find yourself having to frequently deal with extreme situations, it is often nothing more than normal dealings in the ordinary course of business that can place you at a nexus…Do you make your decision based upon the facts at hand and sound decisioning metrics, or do you let your emotions drive your decisions?

Blog 419

Blog Leadership Emotional Intelligence CEO 419

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

blog comments powered by Disqus Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer N2growth Author/Moderator Facebook Twitter LinkedIn You Tube Blog Feed Favorite Posts Dont Negotiate.Facilitate Leadership and Opportunity Leadership & Political Correctness How To Make Great Leadership Decisions Buzzwords Arent All Bad Success vs.

Blog 326

Blog Survey Talent Management Brand 326

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Is the pursuit of success or significance driving your quest in 2011? It's one of my great drivers to achieve significance in what I do – even if that doesn't necessarily mean success as defined by any metric you care to choose… Thanks for an interesting read! Best Neil Ron Inspiring post! Success is temporal.

Blog 416

Blog Succession Influence Brand 416

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

If you incorporate the following metrics into your decisioning framework you will minimize the chances of making a bad decision: Perform a Situation Analysis : What is motivating the need for a decision? They make bad decisions. And in some cases they compound bad decision upon bad decision. What would happen if no decision is made?

Blog 416

Blog Analysis CEO Brand 416

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2018

How do emotions shape strategy making? Recall that Nokia dominated the mobile and smartphone markets in 2007-2008 when Apple launched the iPhone and Google the Android operating system. Recall that Nokia dominated the mobile and smartphone markets in 2007-2008 when Apple launched the iPhone and Google the Android operating system.

Strategy 8

Strategy Analysis Operations CFO 8

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

blog comments powered by Disqus Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer N2growth Author/Moderator Facebook Twitter LinkedIn You Tube Blog Feed Favorite Posts Dont Negotiate.Facilitate Leadership and Opportunity Leadership & Political Correctness How To Make Great Leadership Decisions Buzzwords Arent All Bad Success vs. link] Principal (le?)

Consensus 388

Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

Strategy Driven

MAY 8, 2011

How can you harness the total power of social media with Return-on-Investment (ROI) metrics that satisfy your CEO? Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Leveraging the Power of Social Media. by Oracle Corporation. Learn how to utilize social media to increase customer loyalty. All rights reserved.

Media 50

Media White Paper Power Resources 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2011

When we drew up our plans and budgets, the key metric was consumer impressions: how many people would see, hear or read our ad? Now information flows in many directions, consumer touch points have multiplied, and the old, one-size-fits-all approach has given way to precision marketing and one-to-one communications.

Marketing 16

Marketing Content Brand Metrics 16

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

On your road to success (whether it be to increase profits, become an industry leader, capture more market share, etc.), I saw literally millions and millions of dollars flow into projects that had no real metrics and timeline in place. In other words, these projects had no guardrails. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

Project 50

Project Wilde Entrepreneur Goal 50

Strategy Driven

JUNE 17, 2011

Front Runners – Lap Your Competition With 10 Game-Changing Strategies For Total Business Transformation by Mahesh Rao. Discover how industry leaders get ahead and stay there and apply the same skills and strategies to your business and personal lives. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Prepare and Adapt.

Learning-by-Doing 62

Learning-by-Doing Industry Follow-up Skills 62

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. While my list had more "diversity" it was a larger list based upon specific metrics as the standard for qualification – diversity was not one of these metrics.

Diversity 350

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2011

This is the essence of Groupon's declaration last week that it will remove the controversial accounting metric called Adjusted Consolidated Segment Operating Income (ACSOI) from its financial statements. In the first quarter of 2011, Groupon posted a net loss of $113.9 Yet, the company reported ASCOI of positive $80.1

Christensen 17

Christensen Fixed Costs Metrics Venture Funding 17

Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2011

How to start measuring the factors that are most critical to the success of the business and identify the metrics that express them. The modern corporation that has evolved as a result consists of many specialized functional departments, such as sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, operations, and finance. All rights reserved.

Hammer 50

Hammer Chief Executive Officer Metrics Process 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2017

But Slack is generally aimed at the enterprise market and doesn’t specialize in intimate relationships. It’s proven hard to solve these problems partly because of metrics: It’s hard to identify and measure the factors that lead to high-quality information or connection.

Media 9

Media Quality Metrics Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. We then narrowed the list to 18 finalists using three sets of metrics: New growth.

Franchising 14

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Its stock price peaked weeks after the company went public in 2011 and is down about 80% since. The market has come to question whether its growth can be sustained, and with what underlying earnings. Focus on growth and growth alone is always a temporary strategy. What is your predictability metric? Predictability.

Quality 8

Quality Metrics Diversity Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

From where I sit as the Global Head of Digital AT Pepsico Beverages, charged with navigating our brands foray into the digital world, I see three big changes: The value we put on an advertisement will change as we seek to account for engagement metrics in the pricing. But what are the implications of this for marketers today?

Advertising 15

Advertising ROI Brand Self-aware 15

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Ideas in and of themselves do not constitute a philosophy, principle, or strategy. However while most anyone can cobble together a high level strategic plan, very few can author a strategy that can be successfully implemented. Deliverables, benchmarks, deadlines, and success metrics must be incorporated into the plan.

Blog 413

Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 413

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2016

In 2011 Avaya had a major likability problem, and the according market performance you would expect. Avaya’s 2011 Net Promoter Score (NPS) was in the 20s (on a scale of -100 to +100), suggesting that it would have a hard time keeping the customers it had, let alone grow on word of mouth.

Agility 8

Agility Innovation Metrics Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Map a strategy. Marcy Shinder, chief marketing officer at Work Market, the New York City–based firm that helps businesses manage their freelancers and consultants, was working on establishing herself as an influential member of the team before she even started the job. The new Work Market website will go live this spring.

Influence 20

Influence How To Case Study Learning-by-Doing 20

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

They all speak of the quality of their talent as a key success metric…in fact, many of them will emphatically state that talent is their single biggest competitive advantage. In today’s post I’ll examine one of the most frequent offenders; “ Talent is our biggest asset.&#

Blog 366

Blog Politics Mission Statement Brand 366

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

environmental, social and governance) metrics relevant to long-term sustainable corporate performance. By the end of October in 2010, the market value of the 100 constituent stocks reached 582 billion RMB, accounting for 31% of the total market value of the Shanghai Stock Exchange's A shares. Stay tuned.

Long-term 14

Long-term Sample Report Pharmaceuticals 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

For many companies, a shrinking middle class means a shrinking top line, as their traditional consumer base migrates to the lower end of the market. For 2011, it all added up to $4.8 But a closer look at Smucker's reveals a powerful set of growth strategies driving these results: A strategic approach to acquisitions.

Brand 13

Brand Strategic Fit Retail McKinsey 13

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I wasn’t nearly as dazzled by Jim’s statistics and metrics as I was his outlook on life. Where Jim fell short in my opinion was that if you’ve heard Jim before, there wasn’t a lot of new information. Jim went to his staples of Level 5 Leaders, the Hedgehog principle and the Flywheel concept.

Blog 360

Blog Brand Media Influence 360

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

Profitability isn’t a useful metric. ’ the questions must be asked, ‘WHY did we start doing WHAT we’re doing in the first place, and WHAT can we do to bring our cause to life considering all the technologies and market opportunities available today?’”

Brand 8

Brand Merchandising Retail Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2013

However, much of our success is due to our highly unusual compensation strategy that motivates everybody in the business to help the company grow. For a junior programmer who might make a market-rate salary of $60,000, we'd offer perhaps $48,000 plus commission. How have we accomplished it?

Motivation 8

Motivation Planning Company Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In 2011, when I came to Centura Health in Colorado as President of its largest operating group (Mountains and North Denver Operating Group or MNDOG) and CEO of its flagship health organization, Saint Anthony Hospital, I saw a clear mandate for change. This new group became the implementation team charged with executing on the strategy.

Health Care 8

Health Care How To Operations Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

This is reflected in the drop in stock price from an April high of about $45 to about $35 in late May (a market cap decline of more than $35 billion). Some news stories say Dimon generally approved the specific strategy at issue here and perhaps the broader risk-taking by this risk management office (beyond more cautious hedging of risk).

CIO 8

CIO Committee Risk Management Banking 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

SAS – Providing organizations with THE POWER TO KNOW ® SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Becca has also acted as the product marketing manager for a wide array of technology solutions.

Resources 50

Resources Process Constraint Objective 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2018

.” They encouraged companies to go beyond CSR (corporate social responsibility) and integrate social impact into companies’ competitive strategy. And in 2011, Nathaniel Foote and Russ Eisenstat proposed a “better way to manage in the 21st century.” “We talk purpose at the highest level strategy meetings.

Marketing 10

Marketing Porter Metrics Brand 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

Among the notable findings in Booz & Company's annual study of CEO succession was an increase in leadership turnover in the face of 2011's improved economic outlook. How We Choose Which Causes to Support (Business Strategy Review). BONUS BITS: When IT Meets Marketing. MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS PRIVILEGES. CSMonitor.com).

CEO 19

CEO Metrics Uncertainty Reputation 19

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2013

As noted management expert Geoffrey Moore told me with respect to high-velocity competition, "I''m not sure you ever want to be in the public markets." Its RAZR thin phone was a huge success in the mid-2000''s, and the market raved. Take Motorola, for instance. Take Motorola, for instance. So, how does this get resolved?

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Restructuring Competitive Advantage Short-term 8