Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

This is what the founder and CEO of a tech manufacturing startup with 180 employees realized in early June as his beleaguered team addressed a host of problems. After reading my book about strategic pivoting , the CEO asked me to hold a strategic retreat to help the company restrategize its plans. Operations Day.

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HR Digest

MAY 13, 2024

Back in April, Tesla’s CEO made a sudden announcement that more than 10 percent of the workforce was going to lose their jobs after the Q1 deliveries fell for the first time in almost 4 years. The company blamed the slump in sales on a variety of problems including supply chain issues and an arson attack at its Berlin factory.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2022

Through that understanding the team and I can then develop new solutions that save time and money or create greater efficiencies or develop better processes. If a business process seems broken, analyze each step. ” According to Clear, successful habits are developed gradually. Break it Down.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

A lot of people think that consulting is all strategy-driven, where companies hand a few slips of paper to the CEO and then leave. But this is not actually the case; there are all kinds of companies offering advice right along the value chain. There are many types of consultants to choose from. Strategy consultants.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 15, 2020

Better supply chains. As part of a broader risk reduction exercise, we will see companies make moves to build more robust supply chains. New provenance chain technology, based on Blockchain technology, can play a big role here. Self-driving delivery trucks and drones don’t carry disease if properly cleaned.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

In this article I explore three barriers to entrepreneurial action: resistance from within the firm, resistance from within the supply chain, and resistance from the customer. In the meantime, the firm and supply chain invest heavily in the product or service offering, in hopes of luring customers. Resistance from Within.

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Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Although the subject of innovation has risen to the top of the CEO agenda, many companies have a mistakenly narrow view of it. They might see innovation as synonymous with new product development or traditional research and development. Supply chain. But what exactly is innovation? Customer experience. Networking.

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CEO Insider

JANUARY 24, 2022

Chris Brogan, author, keynote speaker, Chief of Staff to the CEO of Appfire, and an all-around good guy, began a practice in 2006 that I’ve always admired. It’s called My Three Words. I have not always adopted it consistently over the years, but when I have, I found it to be everything Chris suggests it […].

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 28, 2020

Those still working on site are often arguably under even greater strain, whether those in our hospitals and health systems, or those in our food and retail supply chains. If employees are unable to work for any period of time, try and use this downtime to invest in skills development. Stop looking to the CEO for strategy.

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Hamel Leadership Supply Chain Tourism 115

Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Leaders tend to want to “stick with the plan” even in the face of new developments. Often I will hear a leader, in response to a new development, say, “Let’s bake that into next year’s plan.” Steve has been an investor, advisor, and interim CEO for more than 10 venture backed e-commerce companies. He lives in New York City.

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CEO Insider

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

As a CEO […]. As someone who spends most of his time working in a language that is not my mother tongue, I’m aware I spend perhaps more time than most considering the meanings of words. It’s always interesting to me how different aspects of the same idea are illuminated by the names we give them. All rights reserved.

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Magazine CEO Supply Chain Talent Management 115

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2011

Companies are always shocked when low-probability events such as an earthquake or a tsunami disrupt their supply chains — as has happened after the tragic events in Japan two weeks ago — because of two fallacies. The other is the persistent feeling that supply chains represent a cost. Locking up supplies.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Has your advocacy helped inspire other companies to grow and develop this stream of employee health and well-being initiatives? Donna Morris: Walmart has long been committed to the growth and development of our associates to support our customers and enable long-term business success. How do you retain star performers to Walmart?

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Don’t allow your communication to become increasingly disorganized, incomplete, or random. ” -- Bruce Tulgan, Founder & CEO of RainmakerThinking, Inc., For every employee, consider what enhancements are needed for safety, productivity and wellbeing.” -- David Grossman, Founder & CEO, The Grossman Group.

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Change Starts Here

JULY 9, 2013

A revolving leadership door had ushered four CEOs in and out in two years. When CEO Gary Ricco joined the company in May of 2011, the company had struggled for years to turn a profit. Dubbed the Transformation Team, the group of 35 managers would be responsible for developing and executing the strategy of the organization.

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Balanced Scorecard Workshop Supply Chain Objective 95

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

As the importance of open and honest leadership continues to dominate the media spotlight, I find myself reflecting on how vital relationships are to building a positive working environment, and how important it is for all managers and leaders to develop this skill. Reserved your spot? How to close the say-do gap and tap into hidden talent?

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Don’t allow your communication to become increasingly disorganized, incomplete, or random. ” -- Bruce Tulgan, Founder & CEO of RainmakerThinking, Inc., For every employee, consider what enhancements are needed for safety, productivity and wellbeing.” -- David Grossman, Founder & CEO, The Grossman Group.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Don’t allow your communication to become increasingly disorganized, incomplete, or random. ” -- Bruce Tulgan, Founder & CEO of RainmakerThinking, Inc., For every employee, consider what enhancements are needed for safety, productivity and wellbeing.” -- David Grossman, Founder & CEO, The Grossman Group.

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Leadership Uncertainty Long-term Supply Chain 65

N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain. It applies to your branding, marketing, supply chain, and ultimately to your customer base. Here is a simple rule of thumb…the bigger the key man policy the less scalable the company is.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Mellisa Patrick CMgr MCMI, CMI’s programme development manager, attended the event to engage with potential new partners, including universities, colleges, and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) providers. Like this article? Why not share it.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

As we approach earnings season, investors should listen carefully to what CEOs plan to do with the money. At a recent investor conference, one of us heard a CEO proudly state that the new law would have no effect at all on how his company views investments. Investing in the supply chain. The new U.S. The Economy in 2018.

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In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 18, 2015

When I was a CEO, I had the pleasure of working with such an individual, an ambitious purchasing agent who I’ll call Walter. Walter measured career development according to one’s place on the organization chart. But Walter didn’t have the necessary skills to move to the next level.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Does the company purchase an off-the-shelf solution, utilize an ASP (Application Service Provider) solution or embark upon developing a custom application? Oh, and what about development methodology? I could go on ad-nauseum with this line of thinking, but I’m sure you get the point by now.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

  Last night, I went to dinner with a good friend who helps head up executive development for the company.    He asked the first man what he was doing and the man said, "I am engaged in the daily drudgery of smashing large rocks into smaller rocks. .  That's a legacy that's going to outlast Bill.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

One of the challenges of being a CEO is that you rarely are asked to choose between a wrong or right answer. CEOs should actively manage five specific tensions in today’s complex global business environment: Disruptive innovation versus leveraging the company’s core strengths. Today, this tension is perilous for CEOs.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

With many companies trying to shake off the drag of a global recession, CEOs are eager to find growth. In writing the book Sales Growth , we've found that CEOs who put sales management at the heart of their agenda have captured astonishing growth — outstripping their peers by 50 to 80 percent in terms of revenue and profitability.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The contemporary CEO must not only be expert at addressing the commercial verities of products, markets, and competitors. Recent global developments underscore the importance of these societal issues. presidential election and the transition present a confusing (and confused) mix of pro-business and anti-business themes.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

For the last two months, global supply chains have been experiencing the first stage of a bullwhip effect triggered by uncertainties about the severity of China’s economic slowdown. In the context of a normal economy with modest demand volatility, the bullwhip effect causes volatility to vary across the tiers of a supply chain.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2016

“Sell higher and call on the C-Suite” is probably the most common refrain in business development, and you can see why. While the number of executives reporting to the CEO has doubled, only 35% of Fortune 500 and S&P 500 companies have COOs, who are responsible for integration across business units or functions.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

Most big corporations follow global development trends. That is the reactive approach to economic development. CEOs are proactively engaging with emerging market government to spur economic development and create opportunities for their companies. They are playing development to win.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2013

The two men had created distribution channels, built a supply chain, entered profitable new markets–and, just as importantly, held the family together, ensuring that family members were well taken care of and that family disagreements didn’t harm the business. They called this idealized new CEO “Mr. Wonderful.”.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Building scale for your distinctive capabilities must be at the top of the CEO agenda. Instead, our interviews found a willingness to let organizational forms and structures evolve naturally, developing in line with the identity of the enterprise.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

When Deborah DiSanzo took over as CEO of Philips Healthcare in May 2012, she knew that engineering would continue to drive innovation. But she also realized that the company needed to develop greater marketing muscle to drive a commercial transformation. My CEO could read the company like a book,” says Dorkas Koenen, Essent CMO.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2022

Give the disruptors within your own company the freedom to drive change.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2014

Coca-Cola is one of the many companies that are making efforts to tackle the world’s greatest societal challenges — water scarcity, climate change, and even the rights of women and girls in the developing world. There may be an initial financial investment that doesn’t create an immediate and direct financial return—that’s OK.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2012

So when CEO Craig Carson learned that Jeco Plastics could win a multi-year, multi-million-dollar contract producing plastic pallets for a major European automobile manufacturer if it could successfully innovate the design, the company knew it had to try. In 2011, NDEMC selected CEO Lary Rosenboom of Rosenboom Machine Tool Inc.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

To understand its sustainability journey better, I spoke with the company’s head of environment, Sylvie Benard , and the CEOs of two of its wine and spirits brands. LIFE focuses attention on the full life cycle of products, from supply chain to production excellence to designing longer-lasting and repairable products.

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