Strategy Driven

JANUARY 1, 2014

President and Chief Executive Officer. As we celebrate the many successes of 2013, I and the entire StrategyDriven family wish you and your team all the best for a happy and prosperous 2014. We look forward to continuing the journey to becoming a truly StrategyDriven organization with you. All the Best, Nathan Ives.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 22, 2013

. “Healthcare industry leaders must find cost effective ways to meet the new quality assurance and performance improvement mandates of the Affordable Care Act,” explains Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven’s Chief Executive Officer.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 27, 2013

StrategyDriven advisors work with executives and managers to define their organization’s needs and develop and manage the complex, mission critical projects needed to improve operational effectiveness and lower costs in response to today’s most pressing challenges. Complimentary Resource – Chief Learning Officer.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 11, 2016

“When highly skilled and knowledgeable people give the full measure of their creativity, intellect, and effort to achieving the organization’s goals, truly remarkable performance results,” explains Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

“The Sevian Business Performance Assessment Program exemplifies StrategyDriven’s commitment to providing business leaders with high-quality, affordable solutions,” explains Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2015

“For a business to remain competitive, its leaders must be assured their company’s most pressing issues are resolved in an effective, efficient, and timely manner,” explains Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “To

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2015

“It’s understandable why the business leaders who would benefit most from top tier advisory services can’t or don’t access them,” explains Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 8, 2016

“Our team of seasoned nuclear executives sought out and adapted contemporary business practices for the nuclear environment,” explains Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven’s Chief Executive Officer.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 14, 2013

Robert Thompson, author of The Offsite : A Leadership Challenge Fable , is the founder of Applied Performance, a leadership and personal communications services company for entry-level through chief executive officers.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 15, 2015

“The rapidly change market environment demands that all businesses continuously improve safety and reliability while at the same time reducing costs,” explains Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “To

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Strategy Driven

JULY 10, 2013

” Developed by highly experienced nuclear and industrial complex leaders, StrategyDriven ‘s risk management resource forum provides actionable methods and tools executives and managers can use to identify, assess, prioritize, monitor, mitigate, and control their operational risks.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 19, 2023

Hospital Chief Executive Officer As an executive, you make the most critical decision regarding an organization’s present and future. In addition to that, a hospital chief executive officer also establishes a plan to lead the organization in the right direction.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 1, 2015

“Sevian Business Programs exemplify StrategyDriven’s commitment to providing business leaders with immediately implementable solutions,” explains Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “By

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2016

At the end of a particularly long and grueling strategy meeting with the executive team of a major consumer services business, Alan, the chief executive officer, turned to me and said, “Living quarter by quarter is madness, but in a few years’ time people will laugh at us for developing three-year plans.” He was right.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 11, 2013

“Utility industry executives and managers face unprecedented challenges associated with aging assets, evolving regulations, and increasing budget pressures,” explains Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven’s Chief Executive Officer. “By

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 7, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC launched StrategyDriven Advisory Services ( www.StrategyDriven.com ) to help executives and managers define organizational needs and develop and manage the complex, mission critical projects needed to improve operational effectiveness and lower costs in response to today’s most pressing challenges.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Currently this is the rule, rather than the exception. But a new generation of coordination tools is available, and the innovators of the world are using them. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 18, 2016

Mehran Assadi serves as president and chief executive officer of National Life Group. They bring together compelling ideas and examples on how putting a cause at the center of your organization can reinvigorate employees and your entire company. So, define your values, get a cause, and energize your organization!

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Their interpretations are what matter, as their actions will be driven by their understanding of what they hear, not just the words. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 23, 2014

When leaders can instill this type of trust in others, know how to have the conversations that rebuild trust when it inevitably breaks down, and create consistent practices for sustaining trust, they are able to build strong alliances that make both organizations more successful. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2013

. “Many of today’s significant industrial accidents are preventable, the byproduct of human errors made when safety was subordinated to other priorities,” explains Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 19, 2013

An innovative organization like this can only exist when leaders are willing to embrace diversity; set aside bureaucracy; listen to the continuously changing concerns of their employees, customers, suppliers, and investors; and encourage people to do that thing that makes us more valuable than computers – think. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 2, 2013

Top executives set the behavioral tone of an organization.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 19, 2012

Such a methodology is presented by Larry Myler, Chief Executive Officer of By Monday, in his book, Indispensable By Monday : Learn the Profit-Producing Behaviors that will Help Your Company and Yourself.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

The action cycle provides a universal method for minimizing these wastes as it is designed to enable coordination and collaboration while driving wastes out of the organization. Leaders of today and tomorrow need to learn the practices of today and tomorrow and set aside those of yesterday. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Commitment-based management is a radical departure from the current standard practices and will require some dramatic changes in the way that we think about and design work, structure organizations, reward and recognize performance, and shape cultures. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 2, 2014

David Jones currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of CardLab, a pioneer in the prepaid industry. Your employees deserve proper recognition – remember that without them, you wouldn’t be where you are today. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 12, 2015

If you focus on factors you can control and make small changes, you can start down the path advised by a recent HBR report that noted successful organizations “recognize office space as not just an amortized asset but a strategic tool for growth.”. As President and Chief Executive Officer of ESI Ergonomic Solutions, Ms.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Eliminate these modern wastes – silent killers of productivity and profitability – and transform your organization! About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

And a lack of competence around designing and managing moods will seriously limit one’s career prospects – now and in the years to come. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 16, 2014

Only once a vision and mission are clearly articulated, communicated across the organization, and embraced by the team can a leader begin to take the action necessary to achieve the mission and make the vision a reality. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 9, 2014

Of all the competencies a great leader must have or develop, learning to read the world and produce a powerful interpretation of the future is perhaps the most fundamental and important because it provides a foundation for all the others. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 30, 2014

Those who do so find themselves surrounded by people who want to help them fulfill their visions. And nothing is more powerful than a team that truly believes in not only the mission, but also in the leader. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Suppressing Innovation. Modern Indentured Servitude. We call these the new silent killers of productivity and profitability. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 13, 2011

Bill Rosenthal is the Chief Executive Officer of Communispond Inc., Follow this five-step process and you’ll bring across the information that’s wanted – and demonstrate that you’re an excellent communicator. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 2, 2014

To effectively engage in this conversation, leaders typically take on the following five roles and responsibilities: Reading the world and creating a vision. Declaring a mission. Making alliances. Creating followership. Managing the action cycle. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2011

Hershman is the Chief Executive Officer of Hammer and Company. Hammer was also the author of The Agenda : What Every Business Must Do to Dominate the Decade as well as articles in the Harvard Business Review , The Economist , MIT Sloan Management and other publications. To read Michael’s complete biography, click here.

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