HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

It’s essential for high-tech companies to maintain their competitive advantage, but how we’ve handled that change has been one of the pillars of our success over the past four years. Our employees embraced our values and so too did our executive leadership. Change is inevitable in any company.

Leadership 52

Leadership Agility Diversity Competitive Advantage 52

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

All businesses have competition, serve stakeholders and other various constituencies, and must do certain things to avoid failure while on the path to creating a sustainable endeavor. Let me give you a great example…It is not at all uncommon for an executive to tell me that his/her business doesn’t really have any competition.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Donna Morris, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Walmart, discusses the world’s largest retailer’s priorities when selecting future leadership pipeline, and why companies who hire a diverse talent do better than others. The HR Digest: When you set out to recruit new talent, what do you look for?

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Environment Diversity Leadership Supply Chain 98

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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Power Sports Competitive Advantage Advertising 208

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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Execution Competitive Advantage Transportation Leadership Styles 50

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. Innovative high-technology corporations are currently paying employees large bonuses to recruit top talent. These seven steps can help you: 1.

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Bureaucracy Intellectual Capital Kotter Telecommunications 151

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. The more I began to ponder the heroism of our military (past and present), the more I began to consider the traits possessed by our nation’s warriors.

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Brand Depreciation Blog Politics 299

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Chief Executive An online magazine written exclusively for chief executive officers and their peers. ** N2′s Top pick for C-suite insights and information. CFO.com Web magazine targeted to senior financial executives. … Executive Development Opportunities. Business2.0 Inc.com Inc.

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Directory Magazine Blog Brand 167

N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain.

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Business Model Brand Blog Supply Chain 295

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 26, 2011

While mid-managers and staff professionals have not had the relative increase in compensation enjoyed by executives, they have still been moving ahead at a much faster pace than the general population. If you wore a white shirt, showed up, and met minimal expectations, you had a job for your entire career.

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Health Care CFO Competitive Advantage Outsourcing 132

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 19, 2011

o Enhance their ability As job security has decreased - and global competition has increased - the need to update and refine skills continually has become critical in maintaining professional careers. As multiple job - and even career - changes become the norm, companies will begin to experience professionals who leave and then return.

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McKinsey Loyalty Competitive Advantage Learning-by-Doing 152

Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2014

Internships can be a valuable stepping stone for college students to start on their career path. Should they pursue a big-name firm that offers prestige, or will a small company offering practical, hands-on experience that is directly related to their career goals be a better choice? Getting to the Top: Strategies for Career Success.

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How To Competitive Advantage Open-book Career 58

QAspire

JUNE 1, 2014

In a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) business environment where technology is constantly changing how people collaborate and work, the paradigms of leadership are changing. Beth Miller of Executive Velocity asks “ Does Your Leadership Fear Transparency? ” Dr. Dean Schroeder of Dean M.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership McCarthy 185

N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

In today’s post I’ll share two events which occurred over the past week that inspired me to write about why I believe all business executives can learn valuable leadership lessons from those in uniform. From personal experience I can absolutely guarantee you that these same traits will serve you well as a business leader.

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Leadership Gordon Blog Brand 284

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Therefor by definition it is not unique or likely to generate any competitive advantage. Again a core that keeps customers loyal & provides a competitive advantage. By definition 'best practice' is something codified by someone else. I always appreciate your insights William. Manufacturing, oh yes!

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 293

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

This is the time to start thinking about who could be your mentor when you need to make career decisions. Be prepared to discuss the highlights of your academic career – Your GPA and even your SAT scores matter. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. About the Author.

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Advice Reference Competitive Advantage Benchmarking 63

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

It’s perfectly acceptable for executives to have a resume that’s as much as three pages long, but longer than that is overkill and employees looking for more junior positions should shorten their resumes even further. Always dress like you achieved career success but leave your fur coats and very expensive jewelry at home.

Competitive Advantage 67

Competitive Advantage Energy Environment Content 67

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 11, 2013

HR.com, the largest social network and online community of HR executives shares some eye-opening information about who you are really hiring. A Career Builder survey of more than 6,000 hiring managers, worldwide, reveals some eye-opening global stats about just how much a bad hire can wreak company havoc. So, what went wrong?

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Quality Pre-Employment Screening Talent Management Reference 68

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Those of you who already lead people (as opposed to technology, science or thought leaders, for example) may think you got to your position because you are a good leader and were recognized as such. We look forward to answering your strategic planning and tactical business execution questions. Five Ways to Land in the Executive Chair.

Competitive Advantage 66

Competitive Advantage Skills Strategic Planning Content 66

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 13, 2014

While technology gets a lot of blame, I suggest that, like any tool, technology can be used in positive or negative ways. We look forward to answering your strategic planning and tactical business execution questions. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. setting up meetings.

Emotional Intelligence 57

Emotional Intelligence Competitive Advantage Learning-by-Doing Skills 57

Strategy Driven

JULY 9, 2015

A colleague’s failure to understand and execute our message often stems from our failure to clearly communicate. He began his career by working for IBM, serving customers and partners in the UK. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. About the Author. Dessau decided to move to the U.S.

Competitive Advantage 50

Competitive Advantage Open-book Learning-by-Doing Content 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Technology gets a lot of the blame for the continued degradation of communication skills among leaders over the past two decades. But technology, like any tool, can be used in positive or negative ways. Technology works well for: Sharing information, Setting up meetings, Keeping records. FREE StrategyDriven Trial Membership.

Emotional Intelligence 51

Emotional Intelligence Competitive Advantage Learning-by-Doing Long-term 51

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

For instance, do the members care about starting and ending on time, silencing technology, making it an acceptable norm to pass in a ‘round-robin’? We look forward to answering your strategic planning and tactical business execution questions. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

Competitive Advantage 51

Competitive Advantage Self-aware Strategic Planning Learning-by-Doing 51

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Nothing signals leadership trouble more than an executive who can’t make decisions. I’m always amazed at the number of senior executives who really struggle with even simple decisions…This next comment might hit a bit too close to home for some of you, but I’m hoping it may help bring you back to reality.

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Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 324

Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

In it, Bogey reprised the 1930’s Broadway hit and movie that launched his career. Though I wrote all my books on computers, I wrote the modern technology chapters on the typewriter, to make points to myself that the readers could never have grasped. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 75

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Especially in public sectors, where leadership turnovers occur every couple of years and results are quarterly based, many executives overlook game changers that take longer than 12 months to execute. That is to say: they are finding competitive advantage in what were historically reckoned to be (or ignored as) externalities.

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Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 315

Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Employees and executives are rarely mentored on the people skills necessary to have a winning team. Outside of 'think tanks' for company executive committees, full-scope education does not occur. I conduct Executive Think Tanks for corporate management. They embrace technology, rather than ideas and concepts. Mentorship.

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Education Company Succession Mentor 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

As new technologies in social media, transportation, and telecommunications bring us closer together, it's more critical than ever for organizations to recruit, develop, and retain multicultural leaders who can skillfully navigate both the opportunities and challenges of a more connected world. When executed well, the results are astonishing.

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Competitive Advantage Leadership Telecommunications Talent Management 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

Everyone in the room who is fully satisfied with their IT staff and has no concerns about finding and recruiting new technology talent raise your hand. It's an "irreplaceable motivator for high-performing technology staff," McKinsey reports. Big Pharma's Questionable Start-Up Strategy (Technology Review).

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Development McKinsey CFO Competitive Advantage 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Our research, conducted in partnership with Harvard Business Review, The Economist, CEB (formerly the Corporate Executive Board), Intel, and TNS Global, finds that corporate leadership has lost confidence in the CIO as a strategic partner and views IT as a commodity rather than a difference-maker. Victorio M.

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CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

More than half of senior executives experienced a backlog of at least two years on critical new analytics applications. When the CEO assigns ownership of analytics, that executive will command bigger budgets and more time on the board agenda and will oversee a powerful new pool of resources. This is about more than technology.

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CEO Competitive Advantage ROI CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The biggest obstacle to using advanced data analysis isn’t skill base or technology; it’s plain old access to the data. Embracing data as a competitive advantage is a necessity for today’s business, so why is it so hard to get access to the data we need? Insight Center. The Next Analytics Age. Sponsored by SAS.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Software CIO Analysis 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

An idea is not synonymous with a competitive advantage, an idea is not necessarily a sign of creativity, an idea does not constitute innovation, and as much as some people wish it was so, an idea is certainly not a business. I want to start by actually defining what an idea is, and is not.

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Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 373

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

Rarely do I speak with an executive who hasn’t drunk the talent messaging Kool-Aid. They all speak of the quality of their talent as a key success metric…in fact, many of them will emphatically state that talent is their single biggest competitive advantage.

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Blog Politics Mission Statement Brand 305

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Not only do great CEOs understand how to recruit a top executive team, but they also understand how to build cohesion among team members through collaboration while addressing specific situational and contextual needs. And I can assure you that any CEO who views him/herself as an army of one will fail.

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Team Building Blog Team CEO 284

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Executing this strategy required seamless integration of IBM's product capabilities with its geographic reach. This meant abandoning IBM's existing organization, in which product silos and geographic entities operated independently and frequently were more competitive than collaborative. Directness. He's personable, but blunt.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

Although long ignored, these middle management positions have become increasingly recognized as critical to executing a company’s strategy. These are jobs in R&D, technology, and other areas vital to a firm’s strategic direction, product development, and process efficiency. Connectors in the middle. Essential Experts.

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McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8