Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Values, customs, beliefs, goals, objectives, benchmarking. Organizational purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. Value-added leadership requires a senior team commitment. Learn to pace and be in the chosen career for the long-run. Plan and Benchmark. Philosophy. The Big Picture.

Leadership 50

Leadership Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Ethics 50

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

Rather they should benchmark their decisions against the question of “is it the right thing to do?” I don’t know about you, but it’s almost as if we have raised a generation of leaders who feel they have a moral and ethical obligation to be politically correct – WRONG. How sad is this? Are these extreme statements?

Politics 375

Politics Blog Leadership Diversity 375

Leading with Trust

MARCH 20, 2022

I’m sure you’ll enjoy his wisdom about the intersection of character, trust, and ethics. If you have good character, how long does it take to lose it and how do you keep from losing it? If you don’t have good character, how long does it take to gain it? If you lose it, will people ever trust you again?

Ethics 95

Ethics Servant Leader Execution Survey 95

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

“Ethical situations at work can be cause for alarm, and are also a normal part of doing business,” says Detert. That’s why it’s important to not only know how to recognize an ethical issue but how to raise it — especially one that may be more of a gray area, she says. That’s because fear takes over.

Ethics 8

Ethics How To Morale Information 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Some years ago, the then-CEO of Air Products told me that it took his team two months to decide and plan layoffs, two weeks to do them, and two years to recover. If the analyst didn't like the fact that this might constrain profits in the short term, he could sell the stock. The people working for the bank weren't idiots.

CEO 13

CEO Benchmarking Long-term Banking 13

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

I really don't think there is just one - it is competence (having skills listed on the job description), willingness to listen and learn, adaptability, dependability, honesty, team work. The times of having one job for a long time are long gone, so while it's good to have some plan and direction, it's good to be adaptable.

Career 74

Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

HR Digest

JUNE 24, 2023

The term Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) emerged as organizations recognized the critical role HR plays in driving business success. This type of analytics is commonly used for reporting, benchmarking, and monitoring HR metrics.

Metrics 98

Metrics Trends Compliance Analysis 98

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2016

Blending internal company experts with the international team. They assure that the firm’s legal and ethical practices allow for overseas flexibility while maintaining corporate compliance by: Benchmarking competitive practices in country to ensure willingness to compete. Hiring required external skill sets.

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Short-term Objective 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 12, 2011

Upper management is most effective when it frames business decisions toward values, customs, beliefs, goals, objectives and the benchmarking of tactics. These are the visionaries who advise management in refining the organizational purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics and contributions toward the company’s long-term growth.

Mentor 56

Mentor Strategic Planning Leadership Benchmarking 56

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Organizations get people caught in activity traps…unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. Programs must be competent, effective and benchmarked. View goals as long-term, rather than short-term. Human beings live to attract goals.

Strategic Planning 56

Strategic Planning Goal Planning Budgeting 56

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Long-term success for the company and a healthy career for the individual are attributable to: The manner in which an organization or professional lives and conducts business on a daily basis. Applications for the concept and durability of the product for the long-run. Who should be the arbitrator and benchmark?

Long-term 56

Long-term Budgeting Quality Consultative 56

Strategy Driven

JULY 1, 2011

The multiple parts of a successful company require care, attention, grooming and benchmarking. Long-term success for the company and a healthy career for the individual are attributable to: The manner in which an organization or professional lives and conducts business on a daily basis. There’s very little great wine.

Long-term 50

Long-term Benchmarking Quality Process 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Gaining confidence is crucial… as business relationships with professionals are established to be long-term in duration. Your key management team is dynamic, in terms of business issues. Benchmarks for measurement. Risk management team. Benchmarks for measurement. Ethics Statement.

Positioning 50

Positioning Company Strategic Planning Guidelines 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

Remember the public shaming – and heavy sentences — heaped on Enron and Worldcom for their accounting (and more importantly, ethical) failures? I’m not against benchmarking and norming. While benchmarks are useful inputs for compensation decisions, they shouldn’t be a straitjacket. Let’s take pay.

Benchmarking 10

Benchmarking Company Short-term Long-term 10

Strategy Driven

JULY 17, 2015

Every astute organization assesses the status of each branch on its Business Tree™ and orients its management and team members to meet constant changes and fluctuations. Failure to benchmark results and accomplishments. Addictive organizations show frozen feelings and ethical deterioration. Team empowerment suffers.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware System Open-book Learning-by-Doing 50

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2012

This approach costs six times that of doing things correctly on the front end… meaning planning, sequential execution and benchmarking progress. He spent more time doing chores at his farm and taking long naps than taking care of the nation’s business. Repairing ethically wrong actions. Recovery and Restoration.

Planning 50

Planning Consultative Learning-by-Doing Cost 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

Every astute organization assesses the status of each branch on its Business Tree™ and orients its management and team members to meet constant changes and fluctuations. Failure to benchmark results and accomplishments. Addictive organizations show frozen feelings and ethical deterioration. Arrogant attitudes. Inability to plan.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware System Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Values in terms of savings: Time and motion savings. Values in terms of efficiencies: Meantime between new product introductions. Team the project. Organizations get people caught in activity traps… unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Executives never stayed long. These observations are intended to contextualize the Enron case studies in broader terms than were reported in the news media: Conditions Which Allowed It to Occur. The company did more than 4,000 deals…most risky and without research, planning and benchmarking. Accounting.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57