Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

It’s so tempting, once leaders get their marching orders to deliver profit targets, to dive right into the details of execution. After all, it’s the nature of a business - going from Point A to Point B as quickly and efficiently as possible, to gain a competitive advantage and secure the market share necessary for success.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 16, 2012

Is it the ability to recognize sources of sustainable competitive advantage? And then, drive execution accordingly? From my perspective, succession planning and its sister initiative, talent management, must both be ingrained in a corporate culture. Going through a talent management review, moving people around?

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Although business leaders are rightfully concerned with competitive advantage and profitability, employees and customers typically have other concerns or priorities. Setting direction well means establishing a compelling vision and ethical strategies. People want to feel proud of both the work they do and the cause(s) they serve.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 6, 2023

Lead From Within: Leaders need to accept that by attracting and retaining a strong team of employees it gives that company a key competitive advantage—your people are an asset your competition does not have. #1 But in time, every executive reaches a point when their performance suffers and failure persists.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

He wanted to make a change and ignite a new career fueled by passion. If you’re looking at starting or restarting a career, here are some things to keep in mind: Passion can change. In fields like the arts or professional sports, only a tiny percentage of people manage to make a living, and even fewer do really well.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 19, 2019

Being known as an organization where the best people want to work isn’t just an HR issue—it brings a serious competitive advantage when the best people want to be part of your team. Managers need the skills, the tools, the knowledge and the inspiration to keep employees engaged. But it doesn’t just happen by chance. buy now.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 8, 2016

To survive and prosper in 2017, companies must adopt a way of managing that is based on their capacity to learn and change—consciously, continuously, and quickly. Anticipating and preparing for change is the essence of competitive advantage. Now managers must cope with sudden shifts in the rules of the game.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

When you have reams of unnecessary policies, approvals required for simple things, and an us-versus-them attitude between managers and employees, you need to step back and look at the level of fear vs. trust in your business. You can tell when the good energy that should be flowing in your organization is blocked by fear.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The influencers reap benefits, too: more money, promotions and opportunities to rub shoulders with top executives. Executives say the influencers are sometimes already in jobs that reflect their skills—such as a project manager who works with several departments. Competitive Advantage. Influencers Sell Well.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 4, 2012

I’ve met both over my long career as an executive, a consultant, and a board member. They are staffers, not line managers. Internal Strategic Planning managers do the same thing. Here are the key differences between the species: Strategists are obsessed with bolstering their company’s competitive advantage.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Over my career I’ve seen this scenario several times. Mulcahy spent her career at Xerox and had the credibility to communicate this message. And it identified some of the best ideas for execution. The Competitive Advantage of Connection Cultures. The Competitive Advantage of Connection Cultures.

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Women on Business

JUNE 2, 2011

I gave a presentation yesterday to the Executive Women’s Roundtable in Northern Virginia titled, “Using The Art of War to Find Your Competitive Advantage.” She looked me squarely in the eyes and said something she either was realizing for the first time, or had just come to terms with: “I think that sums up my entire career.”.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

” Those words are printed on the back cover of Five Frequencies: Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Competitive Advantage. Five Frequencies prescribes more than 20 practical Signal Boosts for turning culture into competitive advantage. We’re in the business of helping clients measure and manage culture.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 30, 2019

It’s hard to find an executive who doesn’t believe that his or her people are significant assets and a competitive advantage for the company. 2,500+ Expert Contributor management and leadership articles. Why then are so few employees involved in the strategic planning process?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 24, 2013

It’s also hard to keep a competitive advantage a secret these days, so again, it’s astounding to me that so many companies can’t figure out how to develop leaders by stealing the best practices from those that do or stumbling on proven, tried and true , research-backed leadership development models, tools, and practices.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Now the good news : As much as some people want to create complexity around the topic of leading change for personal gain, the reality is that creating, managing and leading change is really quite simple. All initiatives should include detailed risk management provisions that contain sound contingency and exit planning.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 26, 2017

Lafley’s long career in marketing had taught him how to glean insights by listening to P&G’s customers. Although senior managers were considering several new business initiatives at the time, P&G’s employees felt something different was needed. 3 Ways Pixar Gains Competitive Advantage from Its Culture.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 25, 2013

StrategyDriven Professional Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques business professionals can use to accelerate their careers and personal goals achievement. marketplace shortage of executives and managers with business acumen skills and the impact on companies with this skills deficiency. Additional Information.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 22, 2013

I’ll bet a lot of executives and managers reading this post would enthusiastically agree with the declaration “Employees are our greatest asset”. At the end of the day, in today’s hyper-competitive global economy, talent just might be the only remaining sustainable competitive advantage. How about you?

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 29, 2019

The data highlighted clear divergence in how various layers of the business view upskilling, with senior executives placing more emphasis on technology than skills, whereas those on the frontline had understandable concern about their future career path. ” A competitive advantage. . ” A competitive advantage.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Integrity, passion, and teamwork – these are the values that Walmart looks for in its employees and fosters through its talent management. We have an active talent development program and focus on building leaders from within, highlighted by 75% of our store management starting in hourly associate positions. . Donna Morris.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

Whether you are a working at a company-wide, business unit, functional, or product level, formulating strategy, planning it, and executing it has become too complex, too structured, too rigid, too slow, and more than half of the time does not produce the promised results. IT’S TIME TO INNOVATE STRATEGY. STRATEGY INNOVATION.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

“When it comes to culture, one of the most glaring issues is that far too many leaders do not recognize it as one of their greatest competitive advantages,” says Matt Mayberry , author of the new book, Culture Is The Way. Don’t just manage people, coach your people. Perseverance in the face of adversity.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

While challenging, this process brought a discipline into Neustar that has served as the foundation for a heightened focus on our employee experience – a formal and regimented change management process. Several key programs, co-created by management and employees, have set the tone and course for how we have navigated Neustar’s evolution.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 29, 2019

“Brand helps us engage customers and employees, unleash our competitive advantage, and fuel enduring growth,” explains Lindsay Pedersen, author of the new book, Forging An Iron Clad Brand: A Leader’s Guide.” “And And yet, despite this power of brand, it is grossly underused.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 5, 2017

Many of the executives I work with are brutally honest and give themselves an F. Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted Four Solutions if You’re Feeling Overworked and Underappreciated at Work. John Hunter of Curious Cat submitted Technological Innovation and Management. The same applies in life and business.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

Negative thinkers have a competitive advantage in the face of difficulties. After decades of coaching powerful executives around the world, Lolly Daskal has observed that leaders rise to their positions relying on a specific set of values and traits. Negative thinkers are two steps ahead of everyone. THE LEADERSHIP GAP.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 16, 2014

Cash flow, receivables, intellectual property, brands, careers everything flows from the idea. But only 3 out of 10 managers are strategic. Elevate shows executives how to combine strategy and innovation to form a truly competitive advantage.". So, why don''t companies give more resources to strategic innovation?

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Leaders are debating the changing nature of work and the perceived decline in job security (the lifelong career at a benevolent company is a fading memory) and the erosion of corporate loyalty. ” In fact, many managers cited cases of younger employees who were contributing more to the company but made less money than older employees.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

I believe the same characteristics that are present in the heart of a warrior are also present in the most successful executives and entrepreneurs. There are many so-called management gurus in today’s politically correct world who would take great exception to what I’m putting forth in today’s post.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2012

Young women today are entering the workforce better prepared and more ambitious than ever, with more education and higher career aspirations than men. In the executive suite, the idea is no longer even controversial. Choosing to take the appropriate measures to advance our careers is a significant decision.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

Guest post from Robert (Dusty) Staub : “Perhaps the only sustainable competitive advantage is increasing your ability to learn faster than your competition.” - Arie de Geus, former head of Strategic Planning, Shell Oil Company Are you getting the best results from the people–the embedded collective intelligence–in your organization?

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2014

And since study after study tells us that the most important driver to employee satisfaction is the manager-employee relationship, it only stands to reason that companies should be placing their bets on middle managers to hold the ship together. Use a management cascade so that information goes to them before employees.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“When it comes to culture, one of the most glaring issues is that far too many leaders do not recognize it as one of their greatest competitive advantages,” says Matt Mayberry , author of the book, Culture Is The Way. Don’t just manage people, coach your people. Perseverance in the face of adversity.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Executives play in a bigger league; they play for higher stakes; and the game is for keeps. Doing the day-to-day, hands-on work doesn’t fit the job description of the executive; driving the strategy, developing the bench, and making high-caliber decisions have become the new coinage of the realm.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

For most of my career, I operated within intensely competitive arenas where fractions of market share points were worth millions of dollars. From my experience, these six characteristics encapsulate the competitive business culture. This is a tremendous competitive advantage for the smaller player.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 17, 2012

Much sought after executive coach Joel Garfinkle reveals his signature PVI model -- Perception, Visibility, and Influence in his new book, Getting Ahead, Three Steps to Take Your Career to the Next Level. According to Garfinkle, you need to take the fate of your career in your hands and not leave it in someone else's hands.

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