Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2018

She was the model for executive assistants and office managers everywhere. Some performers made careers as supporting players. Those vital employees in the business world might include the IT guy, the receptionist, the mailroom manager, the ethics adviser and the secretary to the Board of Directors. Be mentored by others.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Make an equitable blend of ambition and desire: Fine-tuning one’s career is an admirable and necessary process. There are no fast-forward buttons or skipping steps inn developing an effective organization, just as there are no shortcuts in formulating a career and Body of Work. Entrepreneur is as entrepreneur does.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2018

Above that, Customer Focused Management needs to be implemented, meaning that all actions and decisions should be tied to customer outcomes. Where mid-managers buy the hype of the marketing slogans but stonewall the progress that would enable the company to live up to its claims. Celebrate great customer outcomes. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2016

I have had many excellent ones in my long career and have in turn mentored hundreds of others. The mentor becomes a role model, offering insights about their own life-career. The mentor stands for mentees throughout their careers and celebrates their successes. ” Approach your career as a body of work.

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Roundtable Talk

AUGUST 5, 2010

Using materials provided by our colleagues at Coaching Ourselves , our lively group of mid-career leaders explored the topic of politics in organizations and reinforced my own view that “playing the game” is a daily reality in organizations… and may even spill over into your personal life. Whether you’re aware of it or not.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

This ladder holds true for managers and employees within the organization, as well as outside consultants brought in. When all succeed, then profitability is much higher and more sustained than under the Hard Nose management style. Managers and employees begin seeing themselves as leaders and grow steadily into those roles.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

He had a successful career in ministry and was in good churches, but he felt God calling him to this assignment. I spent some time talking with Peter Anderson, the manager of the Mologne House. Peter has been the manager at Mologne since it opened 14 years ago. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here.

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Roundtable Talk

AUGUST 20, 2010

Whether you’re chasing a sales budget, a promotion, a new job, a raise, delivering a project on time… spending time worrying about the outcome isn’t going to make it happen. Never truer words were spoken. The only thing that will get you there is to focus on the tasks and actions that will get you to your goal.

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Roundtable Talk

MAY 5, 2010

← The gig triangle: what you can learn from the Rolling Stones Fast Friday with Jacoline Loewen, Managing Partner of the Loewen Group → Have you been brainwashed into mediocrity? In fact, this behaviour puts you at extreme career risk. RoundtableTalk Where ambitious leaders meet. Skip to content Home Welcome!

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Roundtable Talk

MARCH 3, 2010

People had achieved their budgets/targets and there was this feeling of “ugh… now I have to start from ground zero again.&# After running a business and running sales teams for years, I always noticed that the first month after year-end was a tough one for many of my team.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Our research and analysis has revealed a complicated relationship between mindfulness and executive performance—one that is important for leaders to understand as they seek to develop in their careers. He will tell you that mindfulness played a critical role in transforming his career. Improved crisis management.

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Roundtable Talk

JULY 13, 2010

Ask for money AND time… launching new initiatives on a shoestring budget is often a recipe for disaster. (Hands up everyone who has a great orientation program… not just for new hires but for people who are promoted from within?) Without adequate funding and support, your initiative will slowly derail.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2014

The wise employee has the building of knowledge a part of their career path… sharing with others what we most recently and most effectively learn. Managers and employees with the most to lose are most fearful of change. Tie activities to customer outcomes (the tenet of Customer Focused Management).

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 7, 2014

The art with which we build our careers and our legacy is a journey that benefits many others along the way. I remarked to Sonny that I often quoted his song “The Beat Goes On” as analogous to change management, and he was pleased. Understands that careers evolve. As an integrated process of life skills, career has its place.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Over the past six years, we have put in place a 30-person consulting team at EMC Information Infrastructure (EMC II) using a model we have found to be successful, winning projects away from external management consulting firms at a fraction of the cost, and with great “client” (that is to say, EMC) satisfaction.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

I often observe ego centered conflicts among senior executives, which turn into a competition for turf, budget, power, influence, control, and ultimately survival. How can we improve the risk management, governance, control, and reporting functions for this? How will we measure them, and what hurdles do we need to hit to be successful?

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

In it, Bogey reprised the 1930’s Broadway hit and movie that launched his career. It was written by Rod Sterling and starred Jack Palance and Ed Wynn. The Petrified Forest , starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Henry Fonda. The Ford 50th Anniversary , a two-hour musical starring Ethel Merman and Mary Martin.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

As a crisis-fighting measure, it worked — the best measure of which is that the actual cost, as calculated a couple of months ago by the Congressional Budget Office , has dwindled to $32 billion. Politicians put their careers at risk when they take the big, bold, often ugly moves that end financial crises.

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Roundtable Talk

JULY 29, 2010

← Mid-career blues: Are Xers being sidelined? Diddy) → To be or not to be: can authenticity at work limit your career options? But is this a realistic… especially when you’re starting out your career? Is this compromising your authenticity or just smart career management? Happy leading!

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