CEO Insider

APRIL 9, 2024

The term VUCA was first used in 1987 at the US Army War College in 1987 to describe the context of strategic military leadership as being Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous.

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The Empowered Buisness

JUNE 16, 2015

But according to The Law of Planning by Brain Tracy, every minute spent in planning saves ten minutes in execution. Gabriel is an internationally recognized expert in negotiations, management consulting and business training. Some of us may think we’re too tight on time and money to start on any course of strategic planning.

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 6, 2023

These words have a nasty reputation, most especially when mixed with growth-focused business and professional leadership. Miscalculation. According to conventional wisdom, failure is simply the absence of success.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 3, 2011

Here’s a tip: learn about search engine optimization (SEO) techniques and use of keywords. Get started by contributing content to sites that utilize freelance writers. Some will take unsolicited articles, many will give assignments to freelancers.

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CEO Insider

APRIL 19, 2024

Vulnerable moment, I am a recovering people-pleaser. Doing or saying something that made someone else not like me was one of the worst feelings I could possibly feel. Even if, deep down, I knew it had nothing to do with me, it would eat me up inside.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

The business you’re in. Study and refine your own core business characteristics. Understand “The Business You’re In” and how it fits into the core business. Design and re-engineering of products-services. Development of technical abilities, specialties and expertise.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 15, 2010

Mentors, peers, and an executive coach may work. A simple example – when I was in engineering college, in the final year, my dad bought me a car after much begging and pleading. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services.

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CEO Insider

MARCH 9, 2024

As an investment management leader for over 30 years, I learned that GOOD leaders follow obvious leadership practices. However, GREAT leaders learn to think differently.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 20, 2010

Inspiration when given as a gift is like the fuel that feeds the engine of prosperity for your organization. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. What keeps you from gifting your kindness? Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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CEO Insider

MARCH 1, 2024

During Apple’s recent meeting with its shareholders, CEO Tim Cook unveiled the company’s forthcoming plans to delve deeper into the realm of generative artificial intelligence later this year.

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CEO Insider

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

When a new year begins, we think of it as a fresh start. It’s when we claim we will break negative habits, replace them with positive ones, and set goals for the year. Sixty days (or what seems like 5 minutes) later, we may be off track.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

On this Labor Day, I give homage to those who shaped my own early career: Mom: Who taught me the art of domestic engineering: how to wash dishes, vacuum floors, make beds, and do the laundry with a sense of pride in the finished product. An Executive Director I worked with (I was board Chair) taught me a great deal about accepting people.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2013

The more you are out speaking about topics related to your business, the more your business will grow. Connecting with audience members after a speech is a great way to develop qualified leads for your business. After all, you carry your brand and your business’ image with you everywhere you go! Social Media.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 22, 2011

We are considering offering something like the following on a monthly basis: Review trends of your specific keywords Identify potential hotspots for blog links Update Facebook Fans page = 25-50 postings Identify and connect with potential Facebook friends Update Twitter account = 30-50 Search Engine Optimized postings Leave comments on blogs and websites (..)

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

In the State of Nevada we, Professional Engineers, have to have 30 professional development hours of learning to renew our licenses every two years. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

When testing ideas are part of the creative process for product, service, or business development, this triangle must be a business priority: To test product, watch prospects interact with it—whether they use a tool, read a book, choose a necklace, or scan an airline ticket. So when the opportunity arises (i.e.,

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Now, back to your point, throw in a class after work and studying for an eight hour professional engineering exam it makes it pretty difficult to exercise and eat healthy. In the case of “do it all&# , choice can certainly be executed. One could choose to not “do it all&# by saying no.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

Concurrently, a new digital engineer role will emerge: a highly analytical, digitally savvy data scientist who manages, models, and tweaks the algorithms, alert protocols, and parameters guiding the automated decision-making planning systems. Thyssenkrupp is overcoming skill mismatches through AI.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2013

To sustain a competitive edge, your company''s new business development engines must similarly fire on all cylinders at supersonic speed. As a CEO or a leader of a business, how do you build this competency? Every team, business unit and/or company as a whole, has an underlying execution rhythm.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

Our research focuses on agility not as a broad ideal, but rather on where it matters most — at the point of execution, where teams are working on new products, strategic initiatives, or with top clients. This insight produced the business case for holding brainstorming sessions to build connections and improve communication.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Executives never reach the pinnacle of their industry by consistently taking timid action. In the first part of this series , I argued that the reason most mature businesses can't innovate is because they're not designed to innovate. Instead, they've been carefully organized to execute. They must be patient and committed.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

Could that presence of failure guide me to execute my mission? We moved some of the engineers to business development so they could meet face-to-face with potential clients and explain our services. Within days of this, business picked up. I had given lectures on what has to be done. Then failure struck.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

You are the newly promoted vice president of business development at an oil company. The punishing, pressure-cooker work environment meant that Volkswagen engineers were apparently loath to say no or admit failure to superiors. Do the C-suite executives emphasize a win-at-all-costs mentality? Picture this.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2014

Walter Frick, an HBR editor, contrasts the enthusiasm of executives for spending money on digital initiatives versus their relatively unsupportive boards. When I cite these numbers, many business people and most twenty-something MBA students are surprised. Two recent blogs published by HBR.org are representative and, I believe, wrong.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Every business leader should be able to hire the external or internal consultants of their choice. Like any firm in need of business development, we build relationships with executives across the company, and pitch proposals. ” We do not execute a central mandate (e.g., Our group welcomes the competition.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2016

But simultaneously managing today’s business while creating tomorrow’s goes beyond being ambidextrous. Managers exploiting current businesses develop mindsets based on what they have experienced in the past. While these core businesses continued to generate cash flow, IBM struggled to find The Next Big Thing.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Yet these executives also had an outsider role where they worked on an emerging growth business or consciously explored external opportunities, giving them critical distance from the core. He got the top job because of that, and then as CEO he accelerated cloud-business development to make it the company’s primary strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

I came to a stark realization that day: sales is at the heart of every commercial enterprise and that being the revenue-generating engine of a business was actually a good thing. And my favorite, “I’m not in sales, I’m in business development.” Sales is the engine powering all business. The perception.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Executives never reach the pinnacle of their industry by consistently taking timid action. In the first part of this series , I argued that the reason most mature businesses can't innovate is because they're not designed to innovate. Instead, they've been carefully organized to execute. They must be patient and committed.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

If you're a product guru, maybe you need a business development or sales-oriented leader to get your vision to market. You'll discover that different people will cotton to each of you, and that pattern will have more to do with the third parties' personalities than anything else. Diversity on your founding team will give you strength.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2012

"If you take a typical group of mid-level executives and ask if they've ever been promoted to lead their peers, 90% of them will say yes," says Michael Watkins, the chairman of Genesis Advisers and author of The First 90 Days and Your Next Move. But being in good company doesn't make it any easier. Case study #1: Get them engaged.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2012

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Often, it withers and dies an early death. Body of Knowledge.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

For example, in the Twin Cities, a diverse group of policymakers, corporations, foundations, and community organizations have come together to link and integrate previously disconnected efforts around transit planning and engineering, land use planning, affordable housing, workforce development, and economic development.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 31, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Janitor | custodian | sanitation engineer. Body of Knowledge.

Transportation 69

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Seasoned executives face burnout daily. Body of Knowledge.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Often, it withers and dies an early death. Body of Knowledge.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Often, it withers and dies an early death. Body of Knowledge.

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