CO2

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Recently, when working with clients to bring the strategic planning process out of the board room and into mail room, we brought to life Motivation 2.0. Every company can implement strategic planning by involving all or many employees at every level. It becomes an upwardly reinforcing system.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Bottom line, you have to put in the hours, the sweat and tears to adequately build a firm foundation of tools to leverage in the myriad of situations that arise. Operational - Know how the organization works inside and out. Operational - Know how the organization works inside and out. Know this area cold. Smile or Die!

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 8, 2011

More (if not all) of my tools and files are on the cloud, not on my laptop. What’s the impact on organizations like Symantec (virus), Gartner/Forrester (advisory), HP (printing), and Microsoft (operating systems)? I can carry most key files I need on my 64GB Flash Drive (duplicates of course). I hardly print anymore.

Technology 248

Technology Forrester Licensing Software 248

Tanveer Naseer

JULY 10, 2012

”, the results from a number of surveys on the issue of employees and vacation time are discussed, including: An Adweek/Harris Poll survey which found that only 40% of US employees took a summer vacation last year and half of this group admitted that they planned or did work during their vacation.

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Survey Attrition Creativity Stress 206

Tanveer Naseer

JULY 10, 2012

”, the results from a number of surveys on the issue of employees and vacation time are discussed, including: An Adweek/Harris Poll survey which found that only 40% of US employees took a summer vacation last year and half of this group admitted that they planned or did work during their vacation.

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Survey Attrition Creativity Stress 206

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 6, 2013

The innovation initiative was born from our Organizational Growth Team, a cross-functional internal team formed in 2011 to focus on investing in Genecians, evolving our capabilities, and predictably delivering value to clients. space and tools that help drive innovation), and mindset (e.g. The Innovation Group is Born.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 22, 2011

All business operations consume a portion of the organization’s limited resources and each presents its own value proposition. However, the strategic planning process often only considers newly presented initiatives and available resources in excess of those consumed by core business processes and previously approved ongoing initiatives.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 21, 2023

Debbie Laskey: In the CORNER OFFICE section of The New York Times , there was a memorable interview on January 29, 2011, entitled, " Hey, Rock Stars: Take Your Show SomeplaceElse ," conducted by Adam Bryant of Michael Lebowitz, founder and CEO of Big Spaceship, a digital marketing and communications agency. Do you agree with this approach?

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 17, 2012

In other instances, business operations cease altogether. An executable authority succession pan is one such mechanism used to avoid a policy-driven operational stoppage. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Succession and Succession Planning Best Practice 2 – Rotational Development Plans.

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Tactics Execution Succession Constraint 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The most important thing is to actively think about your audience as you start planning your presentation. You can plan your strategy around what the audience knows and how they think. Now that you have all this great information about your audience, how do you use it?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Budgets are the financial representation of an organization’s business plan. As such, they convey a great deal of information regarding the organization’s direction – its ongoing operations, market pursuits, future investments, and staffing levels. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Want to learn more?

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Budgeting Development Competitive Advantage Newsletter 56

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Posted on November 29th, 2010 by admin in Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy , Talent Management By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Bonus or no bonus? There is a tremendous amount of conflicting data as to whether or not incentive compensation in any form is an effective motivation tool. That is the question.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2011

Business planning documents not only seek to communicate the organizational value of a particular ongoing operation, in-progress project, or proposed initiative, they also provide a comparative basis which decision-makers use to determine those activities the organization will pursue. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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Comparison Development Sample Proposal 50

Six Disciplines

MAY 3, 2011

FINDLAY, OHIO, May 2, 2011 - Matt Lauth and Jim Bendt, and their new firm, Strategy Execution Advisors , is now a certified partner of a nationwide network of business coaching practices that offer the Six Disciplines® strategy execution program to its clients. At the end of the day, it is about results. About Strategy Execution Advisors.

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Execution Strategy Executive Coaching Consultative 101

Next Level Blog

JULY 12, 2010

Of course, the capper was when he told the interviewer Jim Gray that of the six NBA teams that had been recruiting him, the only one that knew his decision at that moment was the one that he planned to play for. A few seconds later, he announced that it was the Miami Heat.

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Class Gilbert Leadership Letter 135

Deming Institute

JUNE 30, 2020

Learning to do things “right” is important and all sorts of training exist for doing so, including Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen, Plan-Do-Study-Act, Statistical Process Control, and ISO certifications to name just a few. Note particularly the significant and profound difference between quadrants three and four. Effectiveness/Efficiency Matrix.

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Covey Deming Six Sigma Efficiency 69

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

About the Author Marshall Fisher, co-author of The New Science of Retailing , is the UPS Professor of Operations and Information Management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and co-director of the Fishman-Davidson Center for Service and Operations Management.

Supply Chain 57

Supply Chain Retail Bottom-up Newsletter 57

Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

.  In the latest installment to his Little Big Things video series Tom Peters declares war on these systems and encourages managers to make it easy for all members of an organization to identify problems with an organization's systems and provide bottom-up feedback for improving the way the company operates.

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 9, 2011

2011 Northeast Regional Conference is April 8-10 at Berkshire Outdoor Center and Becket-Chimney Corners YMCA. With an unclear foundation of work, facilitators operate off the culture, norms and expectations (whether implicit or explicit) of the organization who they are working with and their direct managers. What is Work?

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Group Facilitation Process Skills Reference 114

Strategy Driven

APRIL 27, 2011

Leaders face the difficult challenge of selecting those few operational activities their organization will pursue from the multitude that are proposed every planning cycle. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Selecting those activities the organization engages in requires a degree of both art and science.

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Content Sample Proposal Document 50

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Now that you have your grade in hand, create a plan for consistent and sustainable growth in your leadership ability and review it regularly taking measure of your progress or lack thereof. Leaders who operate behind a veil of secrecy are only setting themselves up for a rude awakening. Thank you for sharing this freely.

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Blog Leadership Benchmarking Tactics 366

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

This was no accident…it took hard work, careful planning, and extreme attention to detail with a focus on execution…This example is exactly how a great customer experience is created. Employees directly impact the consumer experience and are expected to use all the tools that the bean counters have implemented.

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Blog CRM Management Brand 304

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Organizations that fail to continuously revise assumptions about their operating environment (i.e. The Debrief Imperative : The Secret Tool That Is Transforming Businesses The World Over by William M. Accelerate performance… learn and leverage this secret tool to organizational success. But how is this done?

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Short-term Tools Learning-by-Doing Schein 63

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 28, 2010

These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website. To read Kathryn’s complete biography, click here. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:51 — 42.4MB) Email This Post | Print Post | Sign up for our Email Newsletter Speak Your Mind Tell us what youre thinking.

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Newsletter Career Tools Execution 58

Strategy Driven

APRIL 19, 2011

When considering various operations to continue or new initiatives to pursue, there tends to be a singular focus on the revenue generation potential or regulatory compliance necessity of the activity. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. That's only a small sample of this article. Not a StrategyDriven Premium Member ?

Compliance 50

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CO2

OCTOBER 29, 2010

By Robert Strohmeyer , PCWorld Apr 25, 2010 8:00 pm You know all about Google’s smorgasbord of Web tools, but have you tried Measy, Topicfire, or Yammer? 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.

Executive Coaching 79

Executive Coaching Execution Blog Travel 79

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

It examines methods for assessing a company’s knowledge gaps, creating a knowledge transfer plan, and nurturing a culture that encourages knowledge sharing and collaboration. What are your employees’ retirement plans? How do your organization’s strategic and operational goals inform what work roles will be needed in the future?

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How To Tacit Knowledge Intellectual Capital Newsletter 72

Strategy Driven

JUNE 14, 2011

Beginning with the end in mind, it is important for those developing business cases for the organization’s various ongoing operations and proposed initiative alternatives to do so in such a way that leaders can compare the cost and benefits of the proposed activities. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

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. My company, Time Diagnostics, have worked with Phil Zimbardo to integrate the ZTPI into a coaching tool called the Time Intelligence Report.

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Zimbardo Parcell Executive Coaching Strategic Planning 143

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2010

About the Authors Randy Dobbs, author of Transformational Leadership , is a Senior Operating Executive at Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe; one of the largest and most successful private-equity firms in the United States. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 31, 2011

Everyone was happy – except Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM), which handled the administrative side of Ford’s insurance plan. Blue Cross wrote that TheraMatrix’s operations were “competitive and damaging not only to BCBSM’s financial interests, but also to its business relationships.&#

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Crisis Health Care Insurance Newsletter 63

CO2

JANUARY 2, 2011

The Empathy Map looks like this: In this chapter the authors walk you through processes to arrive a enhanced design like Customer Insights, ideation, providing an introduction to the value of visual thinking, how to use prototyping, story telling, and Scenario Planning. It is worth taking a closer look at their work.

Business Model 141

Business Model Executive Coaching Execution Blog 141

CO2

OCTOBER 29, 2010

By Robert Strohmeyer , PCWorld Apr 25, 2010 8:00 pm You know all about Google’s smorgasbord of Web tools, but have you tried Measy, Topicfire, or Yammer? 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.

Executive Coaching 79

Executive Coaching Travel Strategic Planning Video 79

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2010

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. For example, adopt new methods to share information, and use tools like discussions and wikis to communicate and collaborate. Say please and thank you.

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Guidelines Management Media Newsletter 62

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

In your paragraph on implementing a tool set, that I agree with, calling any methodology or process a 'best practice' is at best, a mediocre way of attempting to copy what worked for someone else, not necessarily for you. Their core is the design and the idea, the operating system, plus the network environment such as iTunes.

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 334

CO2

JULY 22, 2010

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. About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc., His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009).

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Executive Coaching Strategic Planning Execution Taylorism 87

CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

By doing this, you will accelerate the entire planning process and the manner decisions are being made throughout the organization. Top Tools to Elevate Your Decision Making: iPhone App Decision Making Tools Decision Maker Pro – This is really a straight forward app that allows you to create templates for decision making.

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