Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

This holds for corporate operating units and departments. You must always educate corporate opinion makers on how you function… and the skill with which you operate. Operating units and departments must schedule and follow a program to market their worth to their companies. Benchmarks for measurement. Case studies.

Positioning 50

Positioning Company Strategic Planning Guidelines 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Programs must be competent, effective and benchmarked. Without goals, one cannot operate under self-control. Operations continue to streamline and are professional and productive. You develop-champion the tools to change. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. Training is vital.

Strategic Planning 56

Strategic Planning Goal Planning Budgeting 56

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2015

At Cisco, we designed an in-depth executive assessment to help us profile each of our topmost leaders: strengths, development needs, aspirations, strategic capabilities, blind spots, operational capabilities, how they develop their teams, how they fare in big-stage versus one-on-one communications, and so on.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback CEO Leadership Pipeline Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

Mainstream software companies are beginning to hold “ data mirrors ” up to their customers, allowing scoring and benchmarking of their customers’ strategies. One of its business units, Fieldglass, provides insights and benchmarks to customers on external workforce management.

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Software B2B GAAP 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Can the benchmarking information be accessed regularly? Growth, defined as increasing revenues each year (rather than improving the quality of company operations). Continuous quality improvement within your own operation. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. Productivity gained.

Strategic Planning 70

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 70

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2011

New year projections are the best time to benchmark progress and adjust sights for the coming term. Programs must be competent, effective and benchmarked. Without goals, one cannot operate under self-control. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. Training is vital. Reward risk takers.

Goal 50

Goal Strategic Planning Benchmarking Budgeting 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Validate your worth to the overall company operation. Become top management’s partner in efficiency of operations. Readily measurable values: Time and cost of product development-service delivery cycles. Continuous quality improvement within your own operation. Programs must be competent, effective and benchmarked.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2011

Pressures continue and accelerate for companies to stay in operation, become competitive, keep ahead of the marketplace and perform quality work. There is a need to develop better information to help management make better decisions. There is a sense that company operations are out of control. External-Marketplace.

Strategic Planning 79

Strategic Planning Advertising Consultative Planning 79

Strategy Driven

MARCH 4, 2011

As companies operate, all make honest and predictable mistakes. This article studies obsolete management styles and corporate cultures that exist in the minds of out-of-touch management. Failure to benchmark results and accomplishments. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article.

Bottom-up 58

Bottom-up System Learning-by-Doing Execution 58

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

There is no converting them to your more enlightened way of thinking and operating. People selling everything from stocks to used cars badger you… under the banner of the leadership program. The same personality types tend to be attracted to leadership programs, along with the networkers. Spot them and avoid them.

Committee 52

Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 52

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Generating new knowledge by conducting research, benchmarking, or bringing in “resident” artists or scientists whose interactions with employees can spark creativity.

Organization 8

Organization Development Mentor Incentives 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The company did more than 4,000 deals…most risky and without research, planning and benchmarking. Without Strategic Planning, there is no benchmarking of specific tactics. Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. Accounting. Who are the customers?

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57