Chart Your Course

JUNE 10, 2013

They ride the ups and downs of the economy more closely than the healthcare, government, or high-tech sectors, and average two to three times the rate of employee turnover, according to 2012 numbers from the Society for Human Resource Management. Managers meet regularly, not just annually, with individual employees.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

How to Cut the Hidden Costs Out of Travel and Expense Management. Learn how to reduce your company’s overall operating costs by taking a strategic approach to your travel and expense management process. Click here for more information on How to Cut the Hidden Costs Out of Travel and Expense Management.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

This article will provide an overview of the primary research that forms the foundation of the Situational Leadership ® framework, as well as a brief synopsis of the collaboration that took place between Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard in its development. Did the team or group the manager led hit their productivity targets?

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Women on Business

MAY 24, 2012

Seventy years have passed since women left the confines of being homemakers and joined the work force en mass. Today, in 2012, there are only 12 Fortune 500 companies are led by women CEO’s. If, as this study suggests, women are deterred by competition no wonder there are more men in power positions! ” That is the first step.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 10, 2013

They ride the ups and downs of the economy more closely than the healthcare, government, or high-tech sectors, and average two to three times the rate of employee turnover, according to 2012 numbers from the Society for Human Resource Management. Managers meet regularly, not just annually, with individual employees.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

And that is the issue of how to effectively manage a multi-generational workforce. In some ways it’s only natural that we see an increase in discussions on potential challenges for organizations in operating under a multi-generational workforce. “How ‘Gen X’ Managers Manage”, in Osland J.S.,

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 8, 2013

We divided the page into cover story, feature article, quotes, sidebar and photos. Not for a moment am I suggesting that we should ignore the strategic, tactical or operational. Tanvi Gautam (Managing Partner, Global People Tree ) helps organizations adopt innovative talent management practices. The year was 2020.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2017

In this article, we’re going to discuss some tricks you can use to ensure you always beat the competition. Photo courtesy of 401(K) 2012 via flickr. Larger companies will always manage to undercut you if you catch their attention. Considering that, we hope you manage to achieve all your business goals this year.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 1, 2012

It’s difficult enough for a manager to align, streamline, and make efficient those business operations under his or her direct control; adding one or more other work groups to a process’s execution exponentially increases this challenge. The text above is only a small portion of this article. No related articles.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

“Project managers must shift their role from team-formation leader to team-operation strategist.” 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 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Congratulations!

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2012

For guerrilla marketers–who strive for a more personalized, one-to-one experience while operating within the confines of limited time, money, and resources–the challenge can be even more complex. Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Their presence in top management positions today remains below 9 percent. In the two decades from 1990 to 2010, our country fell from having the sixth-highest rate of female labor-force participation among 22 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, countries to 17th on the list. percent of the U.S.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

See StrategyDriven ‘s best practice article – advocatus diaboli , The Devil’s Advocate and listen to the StrategyDriven Podcast – The Devil’s Advocate.) The text above is only a small portion of this article. Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 1, 2012

For example, consider a new manager who has to set-goals, develop plans and delegate tasks BUT was never taught a method for how to do this. It was just assumed that once you become a manager you know these things. The manager freaks out ( learning by drowning) YELLS at someone, and poorly delegates the work. Rote Copying.

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CoachStation

AUGUST 11, 2015

It is timely to revisit the message and challenge ourselves as business leaders to ensure we provide the most promising base for our leaders and managers to succeed. Maybe you can relate to the following scenario I originally presented in 2012. 1) That is only part of the story. You started in a company at a lower level.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 25, 2012

’ Whatever is in the mission or values statement is not seen as relevant to the organization’s day-to-day operations. Some of the following thinking and exercises were inspired by an article called Building Your Company’s Vision , by Collins and Porras, the authors of Built to Last. Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 10, 2016

To do that, they must be able to operate unfettered by preconceived plans or flavor-of-the-month investment vehicles. Conor Delaney founded The Good Life Financial Group in 2012. Prior to that, he served as both a top advisor and top manager for Waddell & Reed Financial Services since 2005. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Are budgeting measures used to manage performance? Is the performance management system focused upon outcomes? How well can management interpret and apply findings to the decision process? How do you handle crisis management and preparedness? Supply chain management should be implemented. Collaborate with others.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2014

As data-driven marketers are taking full advantage of collecting, organizing, and analyzing demand management, many are adopting the classic marketing waterfall model from leading experts such as Sirius Decisions. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. About the Author. Book value is not guaranteed.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Become a better leader, better manager, better team player, and better person. When someone asks questions – especially when you as a manager ask questions of a direct report – the listener can’t help but begin to formulate a response. Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Relate Articles: Pure Accountability.

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Motivation Tactics Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 63

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 5, 2012

No entity can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities. Potlache is the ultimate catalyst toward Customer Focused Management. Even after they have ceased operation in certain communities. In today’s economy, no business can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities.

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Loyalty Bottom-up Strategic Planning Bond 63

Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2014

However, the full name didn’t have the same meaning as it once did, so we changed one word that encapsulates aspects of our culture, our operating philosophy, and our service to our customers: “Ingenuity.” When Kraft split off its snack division in 2012, they named it Mondelez. No wonder there’s a smile on the box. About the Author.

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Brand Marketing Engineering Competitive Advantage 59

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

The great thing about operating a small business is that you are inherently more agile than your larger competitors. Operating on a smaller scale means you have a core group of customers, so make sure they know how much you value their business by connecting with them through their preferred method. About the Author.

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Tim Milburn

JUNE 27, 2012

I found this article to be very challenging to my own thinking and current paradigms. When people operate from low levels of well-being, they dwell on their differences. © 2012 Garret Kramer, author of Stillpower: Excellence with Ease in Sports and Life. I am excited to read more in Kramer’s book, Stillpower. Author Bio.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Organizations get people caught in activity traps…unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals. Managers lose sight of their employees’ goals. Most management subsystems succeed or fail according to the clarity of goals of the overall organization. Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2012

This review is the basis for most elements that will appear in a strategic plan, including the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, actions, challenges, teamwork, change management, commitment, future trends and external forces. Management is concerned that resources are not concentrated on important things.

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The Idolbuster

OCTOBER 26, 2012

In 1968 Frederick Herzberg reminded us of this in his now-classic Harvard Business Review article entitled “ One More Time: How Do You Motivate Employees? And yet, too many distressed managers believe employees are out for themselves and motivated primarily by money.

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Cooper Motivation Herzberg Maslow 48

HR Digest

APRIL 30, 2019

Through culture, organizations are able to establish and manage their sustainability goals such as social impact, environmental footprint, employee engagement, satisfaction, etc. Philip Morris International Operations Center Lausanne, Switzerland. This article first appeared in the April 2019 issue of The HR Digest magazine.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The cover of the January-February 2012 Harvard Business Review featured a yellow smiley face with dollar signs as crinkles at each end of the smile. And the movement to measure national well-being on factors other than GDP could be game changing: As we know, what gets measured gets managed. We’d be stupid not to use that knowledge.”

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You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

Well, as I read through the variety of articles on offer, I picked up ten elements that figure prominently in the cultures of these highly successful organizations. Operating from a platform of respect and civility seems like such a simple thing to do and yet its potential for making productive conversations easier is enormous.

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Diversity CEO Bottom-up Commitment 84

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

It has also helped shape the practice of management. Staying true to its roots as an engineering-centric company, Google has stood out both for its early skepticism of the value of managers as well as for its novel, often quantitative approaches to management decisions. How Google manages.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2012

Critical topics include leadership development of executives, mindset changes in the evolution from manager to executive to leader, executive mentoring, insights into how top professionals evolve, plateaus of professional accomplishment, developing a winning work ethic, lifelong learning and the accrual of business wisdom. Mid-Manager.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

That’s why many of them, particularly the largest ones, rely on full-time “talent management” professionals, who work in coordination with other parts of HR. These talent management people create processes for assessing leadership capabilities and set the strategy for upgrading leadership talent over time.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Furthermore, many field volunteers in the article complained that they had never really been briefed about the program — some thought it was an app they downloaded from iTunes or Android, others complained about the 60-page information packet they received the night before the election.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

For example, the finance department approves what to buy, facilities maintains equipment, HR tells employees how to conserve energy, and marketing manages the company’s corporate sustainability reporting. Managing utilities has also become more complex as the energy landscape has evolved. At best, it can manage costs.

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

In meat plants, tens of thousands of operators are “whizzing” meat products everyday in over sixty countries around the world. By the end of 2010, we have a prototype adaptation of our Whizard trimmer for tissue processing operating with the original customer, but we know that the tool is unsatisfactory in many ways.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2018

As part of this research, we conducted 120 interviews, including nine with board members and 19 with top managers. Recall that Nokia dominated the mobile and smartphone markets in 2007-2008 when Apple launched the iPhone and Google the Android operating system. Practice #1: Increase trust by defining new conversational norms.

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