In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Having come out of a consumer goods background, I’ve seen many a case of cuts to the advertising budget. Fortunately, in the social media world, massive budgets aren’t required to engage consumers. Yet, in cases where budgets are already small, there’s strategic risk to cutbacks.

Short-term 232

Short-term Long-term Advertising Hammer 232

The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 16, 2021

Now as we shift away from crisis management and focus on the current and emerging trends, we see that L&D budgets are expected to grow and an urgency toward closing skill gaps with reskilling and upskilling initiatives.

Outsourcing 75

Outsourcing Training Content Emotional Intelligence 75

The Practical Leader

APRIL 5, 2023

Planning and budgeting focus on maximizing capital and operational dollars. Funnel all the plans and actions down to three or four Strategic Imperatives and set up deployment strategies around those. Avoid the way too common trap of priority overload. How about the other equally vital — and very scarce — resource; time?

Planning 52

Planning Strategic Planning How To Operations 52

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The Big Picture of Business – Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success.

Mission Statement 79

Mission Statement Benchmarking Tactics Strategic Planning 79

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

The Big Picture of Business – Cut the Weeds: Focus on Priorities and Strategy, Avoid the Time Zappers.

Diversity 86

Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 86

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

The following 8 items constitute the basic tenants of branding, which if incorporated into your brand management strategy will help build a solid brand regardless of the size of your company or your ad budget: 1.

Brand 271

Brand Blog How To Public Relations 271

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

The Big Picture of Business – Communications Reflect Your Strategy.

Succession 78

Succession Due Diligence Budgeting Risk Management 78

Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

The Big Picture of Business – Yesterdayism… Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future.

Energy 73

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 73

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 2, 2015

The Big Picture of Business – Cut the Weeds: Focus on Priorities and Strategy, Avoid the Time Zappers.

Strategy 50

Strategy Strategic Planning Budgeting Risk Management 50

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

The UC Berkley budget gap has grown to $150 million, & still the Chancellor is spending money that isn't there on $3,000,000 consultants. Best wishes for continued success Marlyn. moravecglobal Here's another example of disconnected leadership and the consequences for, in this case, students, faculty and taxpayers.

Blog 417

Blog Gordon CEO Consultative 417

N2Growth Blog

MAY 22, 2015

Focus of governance activity is limited to budget, time, milestones, and deliverables only. Risks to realization of expected results are not understood, measured, or proactively managed. There is a lack of integrated participation from the business and support area leaders in strategic initiatives.

Strategy 150

Strategy ROI Planning Organization 150

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2024

This is evidenced by the following statistic : In 2023, over 80% of marketers had a budget dedicated solely to influencer marketing. Yet even if you have a budget, it’s essential you spend those dollars wisely. Moreover, digital PR agencies are adept at crisis management. Back in 2017, it was just 37%.

Influence 86

Influence Media Marketing Strategy 86

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Are the long-range strategic planning and budgeting processes integrated? 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. Questions to ask entrepreneurs: Do you have goals for the next year in writing?

Entrepreneur 50

Entrepreneur Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Each product-service is budgeted. Assets are adequately valued and managed. Cash flow, forecasting and budgeting are consistently monitored. Cost containment is one (but not the only) factor of company operations. Long-term investments plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals.

Succession 50

Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

The Big Picture of Business – Avoid the Tired, Trite Terms: Encourage Original Thought, Focus on Priorities and Strategy.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Futurism: ideas that inspire, manage and benchmark change. The ingredients may include such sophisticated business concepts as change management, crisis management and preparedness, streamlining operations, empowerment of people, marketplace development, organizational evolution and vision.

Benchmarking 50

Benchmarking Crisis Management Rogers Tactics 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

The term Budgeting gets tossed around in many ways. Budgets get blamed for gridlock. Budgets get politicized. Budgets get more attention than the umbrellas under which they rightfully belong: Strategic Planning and Visioning. Budgeting by itself is a minor piece of business strategy. by Hank Moore.

Strategic Planning 66

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 66

Roundtable Talk

AUGUST 5, 2010

Here are the ones that sparked the most discussion within our group: Sponsorship game: hitch your wagon to an influential senior leaders’ star Lording game: lording (whatever little) power you have over a subordinate Expert game: inappropriately exploiting technical expertise and knowledge Empire building game: grabbing as much power-base as you (..)

Politics 53

Politics Organization Mintzberg Loyalty 53

Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The most effective rewards are monetary, so invest as much as your budget will allow in things like pay increases, bonuses, stock options and promotions. Additional Reading you might enjoy: H ow Great Leadership is Generated in Significant Crisis. The One Aspect Of Crisis Management That No One Talks About.

Motivation 218

Motivation Crisis Politics Crisis Management 218

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.

Godin 34

Godin Blog Class Crisis Management 34

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.

Motivation 34

Motivation Godin Blog Crisis Management 34

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Crisis management is so much more than handling of the media. We therefore mounted a full-scope crisis management initiative that focused heavily on after-the-crisis help for the victims and their families. There are three aspects to Crisis Management and Preparedness. Thinking Through the Strategies.

Crisis Management 75

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 75

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

I'm also talking about those individuals (and I have one in mind right now) who work tirelessly in some unknown village to help their own people rise up out of poverty and ignorance, without a budget and without recognition from the world. but you’ll not find that here. These are the leaders who go unnamed and unrecognized.

Blog 321

Blog Covey Learning-by-Doing Video 321

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Improved crisis management. Increased budgets and team headcount. They too attributed a wide array of benefits to their practice, including: Stronger relationships with superiors, peers, and subordinates. Heightened output. Better project outcomes. Being trusted with sensitive organizational information. Promotions.

Emotional Intelligence 15

Emotional Intelligence Self-aware Report Micromanagement 15

Roundtable Talk

OCTOBER 28, 2010

While you’re competing to get more budget, headcount, resources for your team, the guy in marketing is doing the same. Look long-term at the effects of your short-term battles: the reality of peer relationships at the leadership level is that they are often competitive.

Management 34

Management Short-term Politics Long-term 34

Roundtable Talk

MAY 5, 2010

Running a leadership development organization is not exactly the way to become a billionnaire overnight and during recessions, the first thing people cut is the development budget. But, when people asked me how our fledging business was doing, my response was “Great.

Godin 31

Godin Blog Career Learning-by-Doing 31

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.

Sports 31

Sports How To Follow-up Blog 31

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Every person in the company matters to its success. Every job is important, as is filling them with the best people for each job. The art and skill of being great support staff is a cornerstone of business success. From pop culture, think of the great role models that we grew up watching: Della Street was the loyal secretary to Perry Mason.

Rogers 62

Rogers Henderson Mentor Learning-by-Doing 62

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 5, 2018

In times of crisis, people came together to help each other. The month of September saw natural disasters. Forces of nature: from disasters came citizens with noble hearts and a willingness to serve others. Young people sought to help, thus inspiring lifelong commitments to community stewardship.

Crisis 62

Crisis Teamwork Marketing Commitment 62

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Among the lessons which we learned from the Y2K Bug exercise were: When they want to do so, company leadership will provide sufficient resources to plan for the future, including crisis management and preparedness (of which computer glitches are one set of “what ifs.”). Intervention.

Crisis 58

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

The Big Picture of Business – Yesterdayism… Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future. The Big Picture of Business – Becoming a Legend.

Budgeting 79

Budgeting Succession Consultative Crisis 79

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2011

We are also progressively increasing the IT share on our municipal budget because we know the value technology can bring to raise efficiency and improve the quality of services to citizens. I follow everyday activities of the municipality on a dashboard from my office and the mayor´s official residence.

Software 14

Software Early Adopters Technology Crisis 14

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

The same planning process that nurtures Crisis Preparedness can and must also accommodate for Crisis Management. This is regarded as a premiere textbook case of quality crisis management. The Big Picture of Business: Putting Budgeting Into Perspective, The Bigger Picture of Strategic Planning.

Crisis 71

Crisis Crisis Management Budgeting Risk Management 71

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Organizations should coordinate management skills into its overall corporate strategy, in order to satisfy customer needs profitably, draw together the components for practical strategies and implement strategic requirements to impact the business. This is my review of how management styles have evolved.

Management 70

Management Hostile Takeover Management by Objectives Objective 70

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2018

I was at a service counter, and the clerk was bad-mouthing the customers. “I I don’t know what their problem is,” he declared. Every one of them has a problem today.” He then pointed to others standing in line, not yet having been served. He added that “every one of them has a problem.”

Company 50

Company Self-aware Creativity Marketing 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 4, 2013

It’s not enough just to handle a crisis effectively. The follow-through and crisis preparedness planning process helps to divert other crises from transpiring. Recommendations for crisis management and preparedness as part of macro planning are offered. In times of crisis, advisors are called upon more frequently.

Crisis 57

Crisis Airlines Transportation Crisis Management 57

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

In order to succeed and thrive in modern society, all private and public sector entities must live by codes of ethics.

Ethics 50

Ethics Mission Statement Strategic Planning Benchmarking 50