Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010 Posted by: mike The eXponent Leadership Process consists of coaching leaders to determine their capability to work as a manager as well as to determine the capability of direct reports. Once your leadership capabilities are outside the ability to handle mental processes misalignment occurs.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 23, 2012

A recent experience my wife and I had with the customer service department for a major retailer also illustrated how a leader shows up in those moments can influence their employees’ perceptions of their roles and consequently, impact their organization’s ability to turn a problem into an opportunity to succeed.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Your processes and skills must also change. Begin with your current knowledge and skill sets, explore your confidence in determining micro-steps (small action triggers and tasks) that are in-line with your macro-goals ( larger goals within the time-span capability you are capable of based upon your mental processing.)

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The 2020 Leaders25 Top CHRO Award is a list curated by a panel of N2Growth team members ( co-led by Jeffrey Cohn and Mike Myatt ), as well as outside advisory members to ensure objectivity and rigor in our selection process. “Great CHROs are worth their weight in gold. Their job is nearly impossible, but absolutely critical.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 11, 2015

But writing a book is a daunting task for most, and a long process to boot. Here are four key elements to look for: Commitment.Writing a book requires an obvious level of time and thought commitment, but if the author wants to see any degree of commercial success, it also requires a commitment to promote and hustle sales.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Individual: the need to fulfill their own individual needs, such food, shelter, security, respect, and alignment with values + commitment. Teams that are high functioning and deliver consistently great results come from a purposeful process and method. This is primarily about people and how they relate to each other.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

we’re committed to creating a truly diverse, equitable, and inclusive company and culture. Through our support and benefits, our ultimate goal is to cultivate an inclusive environment where everyone feels heard, valued and supported. . Charting the Future of Work and Work-life Balance. The HR Digest: What is LS&Co.’s

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In this leadership philosophy, the main goal of the leader is to serve, and to share power and put the needs of team members first, to help your team develop and perform as highly as possible. How would you describe your personal approach to leadership? I am a long time believer in “servant leadership.” plant as the Human Resources manager.

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CoachStation

MARCH 7, 2016

The process had other benefits. It provided the opportunity to delve more deeply into my initial answers on the importance of knowing why I do what I do and how that influences my direction and future focus – a process I encourage you to do too! Not everyone can answer these easily, however.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

Both revolutions were about the potential of new experimentation tools, processes, and cultures and what companies should do to unlock their power. By 2003, not all industrial companies were fully committed to accommodating their organizations to new tools and following the principles described in Experimentation Matters.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2015

Just as empowerment, team building and other processes apply to formal organizational structures, then teamings of independents can likewise benefit from the concepts. Widget manufacturing companies team with retail management experts to open a string of widget stores. Distribution centers and networks for retail products.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Those who succeed are benevolent dictators – able to make the intricate process happen in days, weeks and months to win. Outcomes are shaped by your focus, discipline, and commitment to follow-up…or lack thereof. It will encompass the goals and benchmarks you need to achieve during this time period.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

This post is part of the HBR Forum, The Future of Retail. For decades the mystery shopper was the main way retailers assessed operations from a customer's point of view. Finding customer advocates isn't the only goal. The advocate process is proving far more powerful than regular social network advertising.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Remember, however, that just like Rome, a reputation isn’t built in a day—commitment and consistency are key. Work culture examples can range from the feedback processes to their attitude about diversity. Patagonia This outdoor clothing company is recognized for its commitment to environmental and social responsibility.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

Then: commit to a process by which the potential leaders they consider will be honestly, consistently assessed against those criteria and a winner will emerge. Someone prevails and others, eager to wrap up this sensitive and time-consuming process, capitulate. Why is the early narrowing of criteria so important?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

After repurposing many of the original structures and facades, the district is now evolving into a retail, restaurant, arts, and culture destination, a forum for local events, a flexible work space for businesses, and a residential area, all while evolving its manufacturing with 21 st century operations.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Now Amazon can supplement that knowledge with direct, proprietary insights about the offline retail world. What Amazon will now study in the brick-and-mortar world – and more importantly, what it learns and how it applies the insights – can transform consumer retail in the United States. Changing price perception.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

The other is that the social discovery and sharing process is helping drive customers towards the cash register. Together, these questions helped us identify three discrete tribes of social media shoppers: Questers share items on social when they are in the process of actively researching a purchase. Retail Social media'

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

They see disrupted incumbents from retail, finance, health care, transportation, professional services, and manufacturing requiring radical restructuring of assets, productivity , and innovation. In other words, design and implement UX from a customers-in sensibility for people and process — rather than a capabilities-out one.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

They set out a broad vision, provide lofty goals, and model an ambitious work ethic (for recent college grads, it’s not a big leap from “all nighters” to “all weekenders”). Align employee and business goals. Don’t get me wrong — Daniel’s intentions are good.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

I first encountered agile teams a decade ago in the IT departments of some retailers. But I noticed a clear pattern: Retailers with agile IT departments were transitioning to omnichannel (the mashup of physical and digital selling , a hallmark of most successful retailers these days) far more quickly and successfully than others.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

Ever since the idea of strategy came to the business world in the early 1960s, the goal of differentiation has been paramount. Back in the 1980s, a company could set itself apart through scale, being the largest company in a category provided leverage over costs, back office processes, distribution, and marketing effectiveness.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

History makes a compelling case that serving customers with integrity — delivering steadfast, predictable service quality — can translate into outsized loyalty and market share when the economy commits to a comeback. Walmart's lighting is unforgiving, but you won't find a better bang for your retail buck. Everybody wins.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

And a quarter of companies, according to the same survey, confess that not one of their new offerings met its profitability goals. Not surprisingly, they advocate bringing marketing and monetizing concerns much further forward in the R&D process. 72% of all new products don’t meet their revenue targets.

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Price Productivity Products Simon 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

The 250 people in the supervision, regulation, and credit group at the Philadelphia bank supervise the commercial and retail banks based in their district. As you might imagine, a process like that doesn’t tend to enhance clarity or teach examiners to write well. A commitment to measure results.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

paid $850 million in fines in the aftermath of accusations that it had received kickbacks from insurance companies for steering business their way — a scheme at odds with Marsh’s commitment to finding the best deal for customers. Will eliminating sales goals do it? Either way, they do whatever it takes to make sales goals.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2013

The basic task of defining goals and keeping score is so critical, yet not accomplished frequently or consistently enough. You need first to commit to setting your top priorities, tasks and metrics [the content]. Be crystal clear on your top three to five goals. See how consistent the responses are — or are not.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Optimization involves designing a system or process to be as good as possible in some defined sense. What’s optimal for you – with your goals and values – could very well be suboptimal for the next person. Effective resource optimization requires a certain rigor, consistency and agreement on processes.

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ExactHire - Leadership

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Hiring with QR codes–or using them in your recruitment process–can be the catalyst that amplifies your applicant volume. Here are some helpful strategies and tips to incorporate QR codes into your recruiting and hiring processes. Receipts – Hospitality, service, and retail industry leaders, in particular, take note.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

Then: commit to a process by which the potential leaders they consider will be honestly, consistently assessed against those criteria and a winner will emerge. Someone prevails and others, eager to wrap up this sensitive and time-consuming process, capitulate. Why is the early narrowing of criteria so important?

CEO 8

CEO Six Sigma How To Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

When leaders fail to understand the competitive context of their organizations, they sometimes hide behind unrealistic goals to overcompensate. Limiting the number of commitments requires focusing all resources on a narrowed set of priorities, intentionally deprioritizing other efforts. Research confirms the importance of this.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

But shifting a firm’s asset portfolio is a lengthy process and is fraught with uncertainty for leaders comfortable with older asset types. Although the transformation will look a little different in every organization, we use a five-step process called PIVOT with our clients. The first step is to pinpoint your starting place.

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Intangible Assets Business Model How To Intellectual Capital 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2012

From the day he opened his first TV and appliance retail store in Richmond, Virginia, Sam understood that management means getting results through the efforts of other people. The Timeless Strategic Value of Unrealistic Goals. McGregor was advocating for the latter approach as early as that 1957 HBR article. More >>.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2015

Over the last decade, we have been conducting field research on how dozens of companies in a range of industries (including entertainment, software, financial services, manufacturing, retail, consulting, and business process outsourcing) orient new employees. The onboarding process was identical after the first day.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

The real return on digital transformation comes from embedding new work practices into the processes, work flows, and ultimately the culture of organizations. When the process works, the benefits become obvious. Take into account the people, process and structural changes. The platforms are themselves blamed for the failure.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

Even better, because they’ve already committed the money, it’s not as painful to donate. It is an interesting way to help people commit to giving that also maximizes the happiness we get from giving. This is the feeling that you’ve had an impact on a specific person, and it’s crucial to making you feel good about the giving process.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2017

This data can then feed into a predictive model, helping us know with precision the actions that are going to accelerate adoption of a new practice, process, or behavior by a given employee group. However, when it comes to change, few track performance from project to project beyond knowing which ones met their goals.

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