Lead on Purpose

MAY 4, 2013

I found two recent articles about Clayton Christensen that have increased my understanding about leadership: The first is published in the BYU Magazine’s Spring 2013 edition. (As As a BYU alum I get the magazine in the mail; it will be available online in a few months.) The second article is an interview in Wired magazine.

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Christensen Disruptive Innovation Health Care Magazine 225

First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Bob''s blog entries Accountability versus Ownership “Be yourself [period] Everyone else is taken” Bibliomotion CIO Career Path Corporate Board Cost versus Innovation David C.

CIO 80

CIO Enterprise Architecture Review CFO 80

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 21, 2013

03-26-2013 3:00 AM, EDT. 2) Operating margins increase: According to the Towers Watson 2012 Global Workforce Study, companies with the highest sustainable engagement scores had an average one-year operating margin of 27% (vs. 3 Business Reasons for Employee Engagement Programs. by Companies4Good ?03-26-2013 By Kate Olsen.

Human Resources 153

Human Resources Talent Management Motivation Analysis 153

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 26, 2013

95 on the 2013 list, Mars boasts employees who love not only the products they make but also the office culture and the company's long-standing principles. For example, a typical Mars plant manager influences associates by his or her ability to pace development of operational systems and innovative approaches. Related articles.

Forrester 130

Forrester Brand Cooper Executive Coaching 130

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

I was struck not only by their disciplined approach but also by their freedom to discover, develop and design within broad operating parameters—conditions I did not typically associate with large, for-profit corporations. There I observed a wide array of Abbott executives, scientists and managers. General Business'

Decentralization 284

Decentralization Organizational Behavior Short-term Public Relations 284

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2014

Kotter For most companies, the hierarchy is the singular operating system at the heart of the firm. We need get off the career ladder and get onto a learning curve. Related Interest: Best Leadership Books of 2013. But the reality is, this system simply is not built for an environment where change has become the norm.

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Books Wiseman Kotter Leadership 285

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 17, 2013

They also felt they were operating at cross-purposes every single day. I’ve been a business leader and leadership consultant for most of my career. Many new international competitors were taking away market share. From an organizational standpoint, the leaders didn’t feel there was a compelling strategy they could commit to.

Human Capital 244

Human Capital Commitment Discount Conference 244

Eric Jacobson

APRIL 20, 2013

AMA Business Boot Camp -- Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career. In his book, he explains that to be successful you need to know more than your industry and just the basic concepts of leadership, management and operations. This book is a wake-up call for every business leader.

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Books Storytelling Delegation Tactics 56

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 9, 2013

This workshop will teach you how to find unique perspectives, think more creatively, enhance your creative expression, and help you manifest positive change for yourself and for your career and company. When: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 8:30am-12:00pm. Event Information.

TRIZ 103

TRIZ Innovation Workshop Hotels 103

General Leadership

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Throughout my own career I have made it a priority to seek out bosses, coworkers, mentors and assignments that would help me grow. When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was selected as the 266th pope of the Catholic Church in early 2013 he immediately showed the world his leadership style would be different than those before him.

Commitment 419

Commitment Mentor Examples Compliance 419

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 27, 2017

You’re able to face criticism with confidence and courage When the collections industry later came under fire, Encore felt confident they had nothing to hide about how they operate. You no longer have to build your life and career at the expense of others or at the expense of genuine personal fulfillment.

Goal 171

Goal Motivation Learning-by-Doing CEO 171

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 25, 2017

Between 2009 and 2013, while many in his industry closed their doors during the Great Recession, Encore's revenues and profits increased 300%, operating cost declined 30%, and the stock price rose 1,200%.

Leadership 70

Leadership eBook Executive Coaching Execution 70

Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Depending on the degree to which a person uses the top and bottom systems in optional ways, he or she will operate in one of four cognitive modes: Mover, Perceiver, Stimulator and Adaptor. Because they can easily embrace the plans of others, those who typically operate in Adaptor mode can be valuable team members.

Bottom-up 84

Bottom-up Self-aware System Operations 84

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 19, 2013

Most salespeople fail because they don't understand the impact of their personalities on the person at the other end of the call.and.they are blindly 'winging it' by operating without a proven sales process methodology. Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, January 14, 2013 and "Ask the Coach". 2013 Business Resolutions.

Health Care 109

Health Care Software Brainstorming Class 109

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The increased communication and collaboration required of Beta organizations demand a new style of leadership and career planning. Copyright © 2013 by Dana Ardi and reprinted by permission of St. Earlier in her career, Dr. Ardi was an operating executive at R. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Decentralization 59

Decentralization Idea Generation Content Document 59

HR Digest

MAY 1, 2019

This has made the company more efficient in dealing with talent issues, matching employees and career opportunities and proactively retaining its most valued skills. The HR Digest: Looking back on your career, what educational influence was the most important in enabling you to become a leader? Diane Gherson | CHRO, IBM.

Agility 90

Agility Self-aware Innovation Human Resources 90

Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Although I sympathize with the challenges they face, and the complexities that now dot the landscape of operating in this 24/7 global environment, the reality that we all have to own up to is that leadership is hard. And it’s meant to be hard.

Leadership 279

Leadership Motivation Teamwork Globalization 279

Coaching Tip

APRIL 1, 2013

Traditionally the thinking has been that employers should appeal to workers’ more obvious forms of self-interest: financial incentives, yes, but also work that is inherently interesting or offers the possibility for career advancement. Sources: The New York Times Magazine, March 31, 2013 and www.LawofReciprocity.com. Grant Ph.D.:

Social Capital 139

Social Capital Cialdini Mentor Incentives 139

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

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. Stereotypes and skewed perceptions remain powerful and still impede the advancement of women.

Diversity 66

Diversity Competitive Advantage Participative Committee 66

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2013

Gallup''s 2013 State of the American Workplace study found that as many as 70% of working Americans were unfulfilled with their jobs, 18% to such an extent that they are actively undermining their co-workers. See your career as a series of stepping stones, not a linear trajectory. Let go of the idea that careers are linear.

Career 14

Career Project Planning Skills 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

Transitioning from a military career to the corporate world can be a fraught process for the nearly 360,000 U.S. In addition to networking their way into new professional circles and learning new cultural mores, veterans have to face down the even more fundamental questions: what career will best suit them?

Career 11

Career Skills Real Estate Learning-by-Doing 11

Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

Herminia Ibarra – Thinkers 50 #8 Management Thinker 2015-17, #1 Leadership Thinker 2013-15, Professor at London Business School, former professor Harvard, best-selling author of Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career. Mike Sursock – Head of Operations Group at Baring Private Equity Asia.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching Human Resources Magazine CEO 70

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

In it, Bogey reprised the 1930’s Broadway hit and movie that launched his career. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. It was written by Rod Sterling and starred Jack Palance and Ed Wynn. The Petrified Forest , starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Henry Fonda. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

Energy 59

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 59

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2013

You are missing clues, haven’t developed a wide network, and operate more like individual contributor than a leader. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. These ‘leaders’ have very little emotional intelligence in terms of self-awareness and organizational awareness. Blame others for outcomes.

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Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Construction Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2013

We were a mediocre, at best, institutional operation with a sense of entitlement. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Our real problem was we were not holding our leaders and staff accountable. High quality service was not a value before we started. FREE StrategyDriven Trial Membership. Consider leaving a comment!

Leadership 64

Leadership Training Peer Review Budgeting 64

Deming Institute

JANUARY 5, 2017

After escaping GM, I had an opportunity to attend graduate school at MIT, to study operations management, system dynamics, and other topics. To this day, I say (only half-jokingly) that learning about Deming was both the best thing and the worst thing that ever happened in my career. More about that in a later post in this series.

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Deming TQM Kaizen Crisis 46

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Nearly all physicians take on significant leadership responsibilities over the course of their career, but unlike any other occupation where management skills are important, physicians are neither taught how to lead nor are they typically rewarded for good leadership. STOCK4B-RF/Getty Images. Medicine involves leadership.

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Training Leadership Health Care Education 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2014

Manager, Operations. Manager, Operations. To: Ioana Romana, VP Operations. Manufacturing is not the most glamorous business, and MBA recruiters are known for tempting people into more “prestigious” careers. He’s part of my operations team now, and he hopes to transition to a management position. To: Raji Hopskin.

Case Study 11

Case Study Engineering Commitment Operations 11

Deming Institute

JANUARY 16, 2017

Mark also co-authored Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Continuous Improvements, which was released in June 2012 and also a Shingo Research Award recipient in 2013. I’ve blogged about some of the problems and chaos on my blog before.

Kaizen 28

Kaizen Deming Lean Manufacturing Handbook 28

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

You’re ready to make a career move, up to a higher level or into a different industry or an entirely new field. Described by faculty as “the Hope Diamond among the many gems on staff” when received 2016 and 2013 Staff Excellence Awards. Equally adept at managing people and operations. Expand from U.S.

COO 13

COO Chief Operating Officer Transportation Real Estate 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2017

In July 2013 we implemented a randomized controlled trial in five factory units in Bangalore operated by Shahi Exports Pvt. She signed on as a low-level machine operator at a Bangalore factory in 2012, but working in the formal sector for the first time was fraught with challenges. India’s biggest garment export firm.

Company 9

Company Training Bottom-up Rate of Return 9

Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2013

It occupied one counter at 2-J’s Hamburgers, an established Austin restaurant, owned and operated by Ralph Moreland. ” KFC was a watershed in my career (at that point 21 years long). Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. I wrote editions of the Kalendar for radio and newspapers. All rights reserved.

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Franchising Budgeting Pryor Consultative 66

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

At these locations, any money made goes first to fund operations, and additional profits go to local charities. North American restaurant chain Panera Bread is experimenting with a nonprofit variation, where the company donates a number of existing stores to its "Panera Cares" foundation. BONUS BITS: Telecommunications Takedowns.

Apparel 8

Apparel Telecommunications Transportation Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Today, many high-profile companies— Cisco , Google , IBM , Samsung , Siemens , Disney , Volkswagen and Deutsche Bank , to name a few—contain such roving consulting groups to help solve the most critical strategy and operations problems throughout the business. Exceed client expectations. Attract top talent. Measure success.

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

GE’s talent management people, for example, play a critical role, at both the corporate and business-unit level, in filling key positions, insuring smooth successions, driving company-wide review processes, and building tools that managers can use to direct their own careers. On paper, this approach makes perfect sense.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Delegation Management Document 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

In fact, the percentage of millennials with full-time careers is rising at a brisk clip from 45% in 2016 to 66% in 2018, according to the data we collected. Consider Jody Greenstone Miller who has had a stunning career from the White House to the Walt Disney Company.

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Quinn Entrepreneur IPO Survey 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

In mid-September 2013, 10 professionals returning from multi-year career breaks walked into 270 Park Avenue in New York City to begin the J.P. The OnRamp Fellowship operates on a different model. Morgan ReEntry Program. All of the programs are paid.

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Ulrich Cooper Gordon Diversity 8