Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Thankfully, in my experience, there are certain benchmarks we can aim for, which seem to exist in successful organizations I’ve observed. When we strive for these benchmarks, we at least have a path to guide us. Reflecting back, I could see some of our benchmarks. A great team has been recruited. This is critical.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 2, 2017

Your team is on overdrive. A team member with a trait, a quirk that gets under your skin. And it’s costing you and the team time and energy. Team engagement is always critical. It is natural to go for the obvious team drivers: the alpha, the verbalizer, the workhorse. What is so special about this team member?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

If you haven’t established basic behavioral benchmarks in your business, organization, team, or family, you should. A code that’s not enforced quickly becomes a lie that undermines your entire operation. These seven values are worth considering in any context. They don’t have to be numerous; in fact, they shouldn’t be.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This book is the result of what we have learned teaching leadership and business acumen classes to rising and senior leaders at Fortune 500 companies for twenty years,” share authors Nathan Kracklauer and Bjorn Billhardt. When we're in a book club, we get that social validation. Whew, I thought I was alone, but I'm not" is comforting.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2017

We learned this the hard way in NASA Mission Control’s management team. The management team mantra became, “No ripples in the pond.” Worst of all, most of their criticisms were well founded, and we had become culturally incapable of discussing and doing anything about them as a management team thanks to “no ripples in the pond.”

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

By clearly defining the criteria, organizations can hold board members accountable for their performance and provide them with a benchmark against which they can assess their effectiveness. These indicators are measurable and specific metrics that provide objective insights into the effectiveness of board operations.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. If you check your ego at the door and give a thoughtful, introspective evaluation of your ability, it is likely that you’ll learn something about your leadership abilities or lack thereof.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 14, 2019

As a result, they are viewed as having less leadership potential. The Benchmarking Mindset. Rather than simply benchmarking direct rivals, companies need to think broadly about the full range of substitutes against which they compete. And there seems to be a stigma surrounding creative types. The Focus Mindset.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 26, 2016

While nothing worth doing well is ever easy, there are certain benchmarks we can aim for which seem to exist in successful organizations I’ve observed. Here are 7 benchmarks towards success in an organization: There is a clear vision and strategy. People are operating with reasonable, attainable, measurable and worthy goals.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 7, 2017

Benchmarking, finding new “best practices,” and implementing broad Management of Change documents. The firm performed a benchmarking study between many aspects of this business and its peers: they found about 15% total possible price improvement, with about 10% of that being “achievable.” Suggestion boxes. Broad training programs.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2023

A well-trained team not only ensures a smooth operation but also creates a pleasant dining experience that encourages customers to return. A clear job description for each role serves as a benchmark for identifying the skill gaps that training can address. It starts by defining the roles within your business.

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Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 27, 2017

Is the leadership spine aligned and strong? Does the change team continue to meet on a frequent basis? Hand Off the Project to the Business Ideally the business has been involved in the process all along, but sometimes a small, designated team handles the change while the business continues to run.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

While analyzing these drivers will give you some basic operating information, they are also somewhat myopic. These are the metrics of how an organization performs against its benchmarks. Qualitative Performance Drivers : Measurements in this category are where an organization truly becomes productive with analytics.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Values, customs, beliefs, goals, objectives, benchmarking. Value-added leadership is a healthy way of life that puts collaborations first. Value-added leadership requires a senior team commitment. Operations are sound, professional and productive. You provide leadership for progress, rather than following along.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 16, 2012

But the first six of eight Domains provides a very useful summary and checklist of the critical “soft skills” everyone in a management position needs to build peak performing teams or organizations. Leadership Development and Organizational Culture. HR Leadership. Learning and Talent Development. Employee Relations.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 16, 2013

DiSC Team Building & Leadership simulations and activities can add application and understanding to your existing programs. Below is one example of a DiSC Team Development activity other development options; Using DiSC to create a shared language of team performance. Creation of 360 feedback using DiSC. Instructions.

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QAspire

JANUARY 8, 2014

Over to the posts from Jesse that I enjoyed reading: Why Good Teams Make Bad Decisions. Poor decisions occur when one or even a few team members have important information but aren’t heard because their style of communication is ineffective, because others are not listening, or because there is no means to communicate their concerns.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

Rather they should benchmark their decisions against the question of “is it the right thing to do?” In the end, leadership that adopts politically correct behavior and thinking places themselves and their organizations at great peril. It has become more important to “do things right&# rather than to “do the right things.&#

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HR Digest

MARCH 22, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic is proving to be one of the most difficult leadership tests of company executives around the world. All of these factors should not be important for the company’s HR teams when the new candidates want to become part of the company. Involve the entire team. Keep reading to find out more.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

The three most critical items to focus on when conducting your planning are: Insure that personal accountability is present on any major benchmark, milestone or deliverable. link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] In most cases your wins won’t put you out of business, but your losses most certainly can.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The last draft of the statement will be an executive summary of collective ideas and works of the Visioning team. By benchmarking activities and accomplishments against planned objectives, then the company has a barometer of its previous phase and an indicator of its next phase. Identify strategic objectives and goals.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Understanding the Concept of Governance Excellence Governance excellence refers to the strategic oversight conducted by a company’s board of directors that ensures ethical, sustainable, and profitable organizational operations. The strength of governance can be significantly amplified with the employment of a dedicated leadership team.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 29, 2018

For this reason, any business should take the time to really think about what their company culture is and how to ensure it’s pervasive throughout their business operations and employee behavior. Sometimes, the standards that you set in the workplace can be a benchmark for how well your employees choose to perform. Better Performance.

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Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

First and foremost, your senior leadership has to be on the same page with a crisp and clear long term vision. This is a haphazard way to operate. Step 2 above should have identified the main points, and the next step is to chunk things down into broad benchmarks with completion deadlines and personnel/budget allocation. .

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

What excites me about S&B at Audible is that we work to improve the lives of those without privilege in the cities and countries in which we operate, because Audible seeks to exemplify what a company can mean beyond what it does. We believe in giving people a chance, and we work to make this so, particularly in the urban core.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

What excites me about S&B at Audible is that we work to improve the lives of those without privilege in the cities and countries in which we operate, because Audible seeks to exemplify what a company can mean beyond what it does. We believe in giving people a chance, and we work to make this so, particularly in the urban core.

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Diversity Katz Learning-by-Doing Globalization 52

Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Every manager and team member will be more effective with greater skill in this arena. But, tackling the topic head on will save a lot of wasted time and emotional energy, for you, and your team, while preparing your team members for larger roles in the process. 7 Ways to Help Your Team Deal With Ambiguity.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Continuous quality improvement means that we benchmark accomplishments and set the next reach a little further. Grooming – The team let you down. A 90 percent success rate for a person with a good attitude and responsible behavior is unbeatable. There is no such thing as perfection. We venture down roads where we find success.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2016

As a reaction to industrial reforms and the strength of unions, a Hard Nosed style of leadership was prominent from 1910-1939, management’s attempt to take stronger hands, recapture some of the Captain of Industry style and build solidity into an economy plagued by the Depression. In this era, business started embracing formal planning.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 26, 2014

To do that you have to go "beyond the job description" and identify unique ways to contribute increasing value to your team and organization. To succeed in the world of work you have to operate within the mutual agenda where these two factors intersect.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 21, 2014

To do that you have to go "beyond the job description" and identify unique ways to contribute increasing value to your team and organization. To succeed in the world of work you have to operate within the mutual agenda where these two factors intersect.

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Books Goal Sports Commitment 70

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 15, 2013

To do that you have to go "beyond the job description" and identify unique ways to contribute increasing value to your team and organization. To succeed in the world of work you have to operate within the mutual agenda where these two factors intersect.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 9, 2021

A team with high levels of trust will have the agility necessary to make decisions and react quickly to fluctuating situations. Designating only one priority means your team will be able to follow through. There’s nothing that builds clarity more effectively than aligning a team around a single, achievable priority.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. Life-threatening experiences (loss of business or market share, economic recession) signal the urgency for the team to collaborate. The empowered team is trusted to seek quality on their own. The team will not be judged by the superstars but, instead, by the average.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2015

As a reaction to industrial reforms and the strength of unions, a Hard Nosed style of leadership was prominent from 1910-1939, management’s attempt to take stronger hands, recapture some of the Captain of Industry style and build solidity into an economy plagued by the Depression. In this era, business started embracing formal planning.

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Hostile Takeover Management by Objectives Objective Scientific Management 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

Captive offshore operations centers — company-owned delivery units located in low-cost countries such as India and the Philippines — have come a long way. Since 2008, we've benchmarked the performance of nearly 250 operations centers working on both core operations (e.g., But that's not by accident.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

By now, we all know that leadership is tough, hard, exciting and demanding. Leading organizations and teams to respond using the best tactical approach will determine if the organization can really deploy the needed projected force with the ability to move freely by means of sufficient sustainability for prolonged operations.

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