Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2019

Their greatest fear is no longer their closest competitor, but the startups which, although they live in metaphorical garages and have hardly taken off, have an innovation power that established organizations can only dream of possessing. Optimizing innovation makes up the majority of what established organizations already do today.

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Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2018

In Leading Clarity , Brad Deutser states that “Clarity operates on the truth that everything is connected.” The powerful point is that the box is of your own making. The box has four sides—Direction, Operations, People, Engagement—a bottom—Organizational Identity—and a top—Environmental Factors. We are in clarity.

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Constraint Operations Bottom-up Energy 191

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The primary motivation for this was to make a positive contribution to society, but there was also a strong belief that speaking up helped to express corporate values. ” The kyosei process can be thought of as a pyramid, with the strength of each layer dependent on the layers preceding it. Focus on operational efficiencies.

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Cooper Long-term Politics Energy 102

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Leaders who don’t understand the value of distributable and actionable knowledge not only limit opportunities, but they’re also building huge contingent operating liabilities. It’s one thing to possess knowledge, but it’s quite another thing to leverage it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Organizations have many walls that hamper culture, development, and operations. This expands the capability and power of every individual. While we love our “bottom line” tangible measures of results, Beth Beutler of H.O.P.E. “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”

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Follow-up Bottom-up Teamwork Porter 450

Strategy Driven

APRIL 14, 2020

Bottom-line performance is a vital aspect of any business. Managers and people in higher positions, in general, are always looking for ways to improve bottom-line operations and minimize the risks. Some of the strategies we will see are process automation and streamlined communication, both internally and externally.

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Risk Management Analysis Management Market Risk 112

Strategy Driven

APRIL 21, 2021

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 20% of startups collapse in the first year of their operations. Technology can enhance your business operations while reducing the effort you may need to manage it. Reducing operation cost. The bottom line is to keep thinking of things you need to implement to achieve your objectives.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

You know you’ll have to work smarter and harder every day to improve your bottom line. You should also know that this year brings with it new taxation and new regulations that may add expenses and affect the way you operate your business. Start with a post-mortem of how your business operated last year.

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Succession Bottom-up Marketing Operations 240

Coaching Tip

AUGUST 20, 2011

The role of other individuals within an organization now contribute to institutional operations and change. Leadership has expanded to be considered a process that involves groups and is not executed only by individuals; such as team-based, shared and distributed leadership.

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Bottom-up Leadership Delegation Tactics 102

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

AUGUST 13, 2012

In high performance organizations, affirming the purpose and values and reviewing the vision is an ongoing process. Conversely, when an organization does not live up to its stated values, employee and customer trust and commitment erode, impacting the bottom line. Supportive systems and structures. Results focused.

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Organization Teamwork System Learning-by-Doing 222

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Operating in excess of that threshold will cause increased stress, lack of attention to detail and errant decisioning. Remember that most people who fail just quit a bit too early in the process.

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QAspire

MARCH 18, 2013

They operate out of fear: They take decisions with an objective of covering all their bases to avoid blame and criticism. We all take up higher roles when we may not be capable at some point. They don’t get into details: When leaders care about work, they also care about details that make up the work.

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Leadership Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up Self-aware 178

Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Data abounds supporting the bottom-line and societal benefits of diverse groups whether as boards of directors, mock juries or product developers. Learn how time away can actually lead to more productivity and creative thinking through the power of writing. Diversity, Language & Miscommunication. Creativity/Inspiration.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 97

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. The bottom line in regard to today’s thoughts on business modeling can be summed up in the following three points: 1.)

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Business Model Blog Brand Depreciation 269

Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 18, 2010

You should have the same process for your career. And rather than be judgmental, the profiling should help the client understand how they operate and boost their confidence in who they are. recent posts 3 Tips To Take More Powerful Notes During Meetings. How To Pick Yourself Up After You Fail. Plan — I help you plan.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

There is no doubt that strong culture translates into a powerful competitive advantage. Hiring for Culture Doesn’t Matter: Hiring people that don’t believe in your values doesn’t make sense because they are harder to acclimate with the processes and people you already have in place. Jason Richmond. Authenticity matters a great deal.

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How To Middle Management Reputation Short-term 107

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Bottom line…Just because a business has a particular advantage doesn’t mean that it can disregard sound business logic. Great businesses are in constant search of improvement, innovation, change, disruption, knowledge and other strategic leverage points that lead to a competitive advantage or operational enhancement.

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HR Digest

APRIL 11, 2019

Yes, because managers don't have time to take up multiple jobs or direct their subordinate on every move. They see a clear line of sight between their individual performance and the cumulative impact to the bottom line. Deliver compelling and authentic processes. Weed out unnecessary processes that add no value.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Companies with greater diversity not only have higher retention, but they have higher revenues and operating results, as well as higher brand recognition in their marketplaces. As these technologies mature at record-speed, they will only be as powerful as the training available to help employees understand how to deploy, use and manage them.

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QAspire

JULY 22, 2013

Where there are human beings, there will be dynamics of how they operate. If you want to ENLIST people onto your vision, you have to LISTEN – probably a reason why both the words are made up of same letters. If everyone belongs to a similar background or have similar thought processes, how will the team think different?

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

It is a mindset that must permeate organizations from top-down as well as bottom-up. In either, one element still sinks to the bottom. Diversity is a continuing process where we keep the elements mixed. This process creates more job opportunities for multicultural professionals. It makes good business sense.

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QAspire

AUGUST 8, 2010

Whether measuring a project or a business, here are a five steps to map your metrics with your business objectives: Know your goals : Identify what are your strategic, tactical and operational goals. Reducing overrun on your project can have direct impact on your bottom lines. You get the point. Check it out if you haven’t already !

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Business Objectives Metrics Objective Directory 142

Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

His book, Lessons from the Navy: How to Earn Trust, Lead Teams, and Achieve Organizational Excellence is loaded with advice to help all leaders aspiring to operate at the highest levels. Think about the power of this maxim. Would you briefly share that because it is incredibly powerful? Yes… of course!

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Leadership Crisis Learning-by-Doing Team 132

Experience to Lead

JANUARY 25, 2022

Find inspiration to master 2022’s balancing act: You are looking ahead, while still processing the turmoil of 2021 and taking stock. Both blogs offer powerful stories and resources relevant to today’s leaders and organizations. This robust leadership blog from INSEAD features incisive pieces on strategy, operations and management.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

These silos are staffed with legions of “tenured&# COBOL and C++ programmers, as well as &# tenured&# IT managers overseeing the operation. The mandates for compliance along with the accompanying maze of bureaucratic processes and procedures, will often take precedence over doing the right thing.

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Loyalty Blog Brand Follow-up 418

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

From my perspective, the issues surrounding conflict resolution can be best summed-up in three words…&# Deal With It. &# While you can try and avoid conflict (bad idea), you cannot escape conflict…The fact of the matter is that conflict in the workplace is unavoidable. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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Blog Fashion Brand Self-aware 413

Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 8, 2017

As SVP of Operations, I approached my first visit to the field after his death with a great deal of trepidation. I’ll never forget how, in 1994 when I was looking for a job, he found my resume in his stack of papers, and personally picked up the phone and called me, inviting me to come to his office in suburban New York.

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Leadership Bottom-up Metrics Mentor 192

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

At an organizational level have you focused so much on process improvements and incremental gains that you’ve failed to recognize opportunity and innovate? As I’ve said many times before, things don’t always have to boil down to either/or types of decisions – not everything must end-up on the altar of sacrificial decisioning.

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Efficiency Blog Brand Depreciation 344

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Visioning is the process where good ideas become something more. This process helps to define and develop value systems to create success. In reality, the Mission Statement is rewritten several times, as the planning process ensues. Periodically, test and review the process. What do we want to become? How will we evolve?

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Mission Statement Benchmarking Tactics Strategic Planning 80

N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2010

Probably the greatest example of the power of brevity comes from what is widely considered to be the greatest speech in American history: “The Gettysburg Address.&# Contrast Lincoln’s brilliant example of the power of brevity with the keynote speech that day. Don’t underestimate the power of brevity.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Just because someone says something doesn’t mean it’s true…Moreover just because “Company A&# had success with a certain initiative doesn’t mean that “Company B&# can plug-and-play the same process and expect the same outcome. Okay, my question is this: What constitutes best practices in this situation?

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. Does your organization focus more on process than success? Are any of your executives thought leaders?

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Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 300

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best? What I like to refer as “positional gaps&# are best closed by listening to all sides, finding common ground and then letting the principle of doing the right thing guide the process.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Bottom line…unproven leaders come with a high risk premium. They understand the power of, and necessity for contextual leadership. Bottom line – leaders who build a static business doom themselves to failure. Long story short; if a leader receives a vote of non-confidence from their subordinates…game over.

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Building Personal Strength

APRIL 17, 2012

I wasn't one of the lucky ones ultimately chosen, but during the selection process it was my was good fortune to sit next to John Gardner during lunch. It was an authoritative answer, the kind that required no follow up and inspired no rebuttal. As an adult, you can continue to improve your powers of judgment by exercising them.

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Leadership Self-aware Creativity Bottom-up 92

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Computers wouldn’t just speed up processes or automate certain tasks — they could upset nearly all business processes and allow executives to rethink operations from the ground up. As a result, business processes are being machine-reengineered. And so the reengineering movement was born.

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Process Company Market Segmentation Early Adopters 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

To correct for the measurement inversion other methods, like applied information economics, introduce the ‘value of information analysis’ step in the process so that metrics focus on high-value measures. It is a mindset that permeates organizations from top-down as well as bottom-up. Nonconformance is costly.

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