Strategy Driven

AUGUST 12, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Value-added leadership requires a senior team commitment.

Mentor 56

Mentor Strategic Planning Leadership Benchmarking 56

You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 4, 2010

Distraction…A Challenge to Good Leadership → January 5, 2010 · 1:37 am ↓ Jump to Comments When the Grasshopper Teaches the Master My son has been helping me learn more about Social Media. Goals will also give you benchmarks against which you can monitor progress. Time for a revolution, I say. So, I’m with you.

Learning-by-Doing 41

Learning-by-Doing Media Blog Technology 41

You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 13, 2009

Monitoring and measuring along the way provides performance benchmarks that allow people to see how they are doing at any given point. In our top-down, manager-knows-all world, we’re a long way from coaching by the leadership being a required skill. This does not mean that you have to concentrate on this all of the time.

Performance Review 40

Performance Review Review PR Blanchard 40

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2016

They prioritize global business expansion by: Reviewing international initiatives at all major internal meetings. Cross-pollinating HQ and international leadership. Proving the “business case” for the initiative despite different overseas standards and practices. laura schneider FOR HBR.

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Short-term Objective 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Business development has occurred primarily by accident or through market demand. Because of economic realities and the increased numbers of firms providing comparable services, the notion of business development is now a necessity, rather than a luxury. Running the business. Business development.

Positioning 50

Positioning Company Strategic Planning Guidelines 50

Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Develop a true corporate culture. Body of Knowledge. Change, Growth.

Strategic Planning 69

Strategic Planning Benchmarking Long-term Consultative 69

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Study the organization’s core business. Business Development.

Strategic Planning 56

Strategic Planning Goal Planning Budgeting 56

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

How effectively has the company adapted its legacy business to change and disruption, giving it new life? How have the firm’s growth, profits, and stock performance compared to a relevant benchmark (NASDAQ for a tech company, for example, or DAX Index for a German firm) during the transformation period? Financial performance.

Franchising 12

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 12

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Businesses should review their Strategic Plan annually. New year projections are the best time to benchmark progress and adjust sights for the coming term. Additionally, corporate executives must have personal goals written, in conjunction with a professional business coach or mentor. Human resources development.

Goal 50

Goal Strategic Planning Benchmarking Budgeting 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. There are three key ingredients in developing deep leadership roots.

Long-term 56

Long-term Budgeting Quality Consultative 56

Strategy Driven

JULY 1, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. There are three key ingredients in developing deep leadership roots.

Long-term 50

Long-term Benchmarking Quality Process 50

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2012

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Training and development of people. Body of Knowledge. Do Nothing.

Planning 50

Planning Consultative Learning-by-Doing Cost 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Can the benchmarking information be accessed regularly?

Strategic Planning 70

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 70

Strategy Driven

JULY 5, 2013

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Benchmarking. Often, it withers and dies an early death.

Planning 63

Planning Learning Curve Budgeting Learning-by-Doing 63

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Benchmarking. Often, it withers and dies an early death.

Planning 61

Planning Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing Budgeting 61

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 4, 2013

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Benchmarking the progress made and communicate it outside the community.

Crisis 60

Crisis Airlines Transportation Crisis Management 60

Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. ou provide leadership for progress, rather than following along.

Strategic Planning 79

Strategic Planning Advertising Consultative Planning 79

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Product-service movement at business-to-business levels.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in Running the business Financial People Business development Body of Knowledge The Big Picture No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Keep it in balance.

Committee 52

Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 52

Strategy Driven

MARCH 4, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Preoccupation with deals, rather than running an ongoing business.

Bottom-up 58

Bottom-up System Learning-by-Doing Execution 58

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Less than three months into the WATTx journey, we had hired a team of 20 amazing people with impressive resumes and personalities across four main domains: data science and software engineering, IoT engineering, digital marketing and sales, and business development.

Company 8

Company Benchmarking Storytelling Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

"Many times a manager feels responsible for finding their people their next step in the organization," says Herminia Ibarra, the Cora Chaired Professor of Leadership and Learning and Faculty Director of the INSEAD Leadership Initiative. At the time, the firm didn't have a staff person dedicated solely to business development.

Learning-by-Doing 15

Learning-by-Doing Motivation Case Study Budgeting 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

What makes it useful, though, is the understanding that has developed over time as these criteria have been used to determine which ideas are truly innovative and which aren’t. In our experience, most leadership development programs give scant attention to these innovation-enabling attitudes and behaviors.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Without Strategic Planning, there is no benchmarking of specific tactics.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57