In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

by John • September 12, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 4 Comments. In a time of chaos and uncertainty, he established himself as a courageous leader by calming, consoling and urging the public to return to their normal lives; this was how Americans could stand up to the terrorists. Leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Uncertainty: where the past is no longer a predictor of what will come next. -. To download copies of the 2011 Global Leadership Forecast, visit: [link]. VUCA, which may be unfamiliar to some, got its recent origins in the military to help explain the changing nature of warfare. Pronounced voo-ka, it stands for: -. Leaders: [link].

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

The funny thing is, you wouldn’t believe the myriad of ways the fear, uncertainty, and doubt took over in my mind to stop me from doing this. I used the same process I coach with my clients everyday. Same template (modified), same process, same delivery. Not too fancy, should I use my logo? Establish A Contract With Your Team.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Let’s be honest — the only reason why they are still in business is because they sensationalize and titillate to get your attention and spread fear, doubt and uncertainty. Stop reading newspapers, watching TV news, and surfing news sites. Keep Your Options Open. Extreme Mojo (or Driving On The Corporate Autobahn). Unported License.

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Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2010

 The world is awash in depressing media headlines, fear, anxiety, and uncertainty about what the future holds in store for us.  The world is awash in depressing media headlines, fear, anxiety, and uncertainty about what the future holds in store for us.   Now Go Maximize Possibility!

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Strategy Driven

MAY 14, 2020

Given the sudden changes and uncertainty that have occurred as a result of the pandemic, employees are stressed. Kim Cameron and Robert Quinn (2011) have identified four cultures that are indicative of most organizations: clan, adhocracy, hierarchy and market. How leaders respond during times of stress is critical.

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Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

  Tom Foster, Management Skills Blog : Nuclear Winter - Does the uncertainty of the current economic climate still have you hunkered down, playing it safe, and hoping for the return of more prosperous days?

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Sales Wolf Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

With media headlines rife with news about a struggling economic recovery, shareholders demanding seemingly impossible results, and uncertainty around every corner, it is easy for today's manager to forget about top performing high potential employees. Roland Smith, Center for Creative Leadership : What's Going On With Top Talent?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 24, 2010

Do you enter uncertainty with your purpose in mind? Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. Quinn What is your leadership purpose? Are you acting in accord with your purpose?

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Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 28, 2010

  Financial markets seem to be in perpetual chaos, our environment is in peril due to natural and man made disasters, and feelings of uncertainty abound in our everyday lives.  Why You Should Check it Out and Subscribe: The world is awash in fear.    Everywhere you look there are reasons for fear.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

OCTOBER 1, 2010

What strategies do you use to evaluate options when you need to make an important decision? In my work I've found I need to help coach my managers and leaders to nurture the ability to be comfortable with "uncertainty." Skip, I appreciate your stopping by and sharing your insights about uncertainty.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 30, 2012

Hewlett-Packard, another technology company, named Meg Whitman as their CEO in September 2011. Strategy based on uncertainty has high risk; strategy based on certainty has low risk. For example, for the first time ever, IBM chose a woman CEO, Virginia “Ginni” Rometty. And this trend isn’t just in the US.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 17, 2011

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. This content is intended for personal and non-commercial use only. All rights reserved.

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CO2

JANUARY 2, 2011

It is useful to distinction between three motivations for creating partnerships: Optimization and economy of scale, Reduction of risk and uncertainty, Acquisition of particular resources and activities) Cost Structure – The business model elements result in the cost structure. (It This final chapter puts it all together.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 28, 2012

The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses Eric Ries Crown Business (2011) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.”

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

All Posts by Ron Edmondson | Personal Blog | Twitter | Facebook | Share By Email Leave a Reply: Click here to cancel reply. All Posts by Ron Edmondson | Personal Blog | Twitter | Facebook | Share By Email Leave a Reply: Click here to cancel reply.

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Women in the LEAD

JANUARY 5, 2011

People in our lives and work are looking to us to lead the way out of these times of uncertainty. It is the part of that great strategy that builds trust and motivates others to join the mission to make change happen. Learn to embrace change.and most importantly, lead change wherever the opportunity arises.  Mrs.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

For a number of reasons, the size, complexity scale and symmetry of risk are vastly different in 2011 than 1991. How to successfully deal with a new radical state of uncertainty will require leaders to reset their organizations, reframe their perceptions of problems and opportunities, and, most important, rethink the way they think.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

The resulting "have and have not" economy is shaping each retailer's pricing strategy. In the past few years, uncertainty and fear made it necessary for retailers to chop prices. In fact, price matching is a strategy to raise prices. True, with a 9% unemployment rate, the snapshot of our economy is hazy at best. All good, right?

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Women in the LEAD

JANUARY 5, 2011

People in our lives and work are looking to us to lead the way out of these times of uncertainty. It is the part of that great strategy that builds trust and motivates others to join the mission to make change happen. Learn to embrace change.and most importantly, lead change wherever the opportunity arises.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Great by Choice : Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck – Why Some Thrive Despite Them All. Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen represents a detailed assessment of companies thriving in times of uncertainty compared with similar organizations not performing so well. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Relate Articles: Performance Measurement StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Expanding Uncertainty in the U.S. All rights reserved.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 5, 2011

Here is a terrific article written by John Horn for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, and featured online (March 2011). To read the complete article and check out the wealth of free resources as well as obtain subscription I formation, please click here. * * * War games can be a powerful [.].

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Our most-read slideshow in 2011 was " Difficult Conversations: Nine Common Mistakes." We sat down with Gartner's Anthony Bradley, author of The Social Organization , and HBS's Misiek Piskorski, author of " Social Strategies that Work ," to talk about the future of this fast-growing phenomenon. Well, a girl can dream.). Audio podcast.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

There was so much fear and uncertainty. Ironically, or providentially, I had just graduated from the Defense Language Institute in Monterey and was preparing to go into the intel field to catch these kinds of "bad guys." It was a humbling time to serve in uniform. link] 9/11: Heroes and Leaders « The Alpha Elephant [.]

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2011

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Consider leaving a comment! This content is intended for personal and non-commercial use only. All rights reserved.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 28, 2012

Paul Schoemaker is the founder and chairman of Decision Strategies International, Inc., a consulting and training company specializing in strategic planning and executive development. He is also a co-founder and chairman of Strategic Radar Inc. He specializes in decision [.].

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

’ Here are twelve draining behaviors to watch out for – and what you can do to counteract them and create a more nourishing workplace in 2011. ’ Here are twelve draining behaviors to watch out for – and what you can do to counteract them and create a more nourishing workplace in 2011. part 2 coming next week.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2011

Best Practice – Open, Honest, Timely Communications During Times of Uncertainty [ StrategyDriven Premium Content]. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. The following articles, podcasts, documents, and resources cover those topics critical to an exceptional internal and external organizational communications. Principles.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 31, 2011

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Consider leaving a comment! This content is intended for personal and non-commercial use only. All rights reserved.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2014

In the 2011 Thailand floods, both hard drive makers and auto giants realized that having a sole key component made in one place made for a fragile system ( Toyota took a $1.5 This is all smart strategy, but the challenge for business specifically is that companies don’t like keeping two of anything – that’s not lean or (seemingly) efficient.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2012

It's emerged as this season's hot holiday pricing strategy for online retailers such as Amazon and Best Buy: dynamic pricing. That's the strategy, employed by industries such as airlines, in which a seller moves prices up and down quickly, charging similar customers different prices for the same product or service.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 26, 2014

They are not afraid of uncertainty or ambiguity, they embrace it. The more we are committed to believing that we are on the right path, the less likely we are to believe that our strategy is flawed, even in the face of initial evidence that indicates we may be wrong. They take more risks and achieve greater returns.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Effective leadership requires an individual to take in both positive and negative messages, recognize their respective merits, and use the data to pursue a strategy that is most likely to yield positive outcomes in the future. And they must demand the same mentality of their people. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

including CNOOC's attempt to purchase Unocal in 2005 and Huawei's attempt to buy 3Leaf Systems in 2011. billion in 2011 , but then had to retract because the companies could not agree on terms and struggled to get Chinese regulatory approval. To do so, they must: Make sure that acquisitions are aligned with strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2012

And business strategies are chosen because of an expectation of a market in one or the other of those states. To understand the surprises in the other 12 boxes, we contrast the strategy that seems sensible to each firm, with the responses the resulting tactics will provoke in each of the actual worlds.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

One reason for the uncertainty is that we don’t know yet what kind of acquisition this is. And, frankly, a pure PE approach would not be consistent with Satya Nadella’s efforts to forge a new strategy for Microsoft. Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn is big and bold — and likely to be consequential.

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