In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

While some handle their “success” well, others fail to realize the happiness that money and celebrity status is expected to bring. Rather, it is using judgment at the right time and in the right place to seize the competitive edge. Competitive advantage, not information, is power. The reason?

Power 100

Power Competitive Advantage Airlines Information 100

Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

There is no doubt that strong culture translates into a powerful competitive advantage. In fact, there is a huge risk in undervaluing the advantage the right culture plays. The right culture lays the foundation for any organization’s success, regardless of the industry, company size, or the phase of business growth.

How To 110

How To Middle Management Reputation Short-term 110

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2013

These include perfectionism; preoccupation with details, rules, orders, lists, organizations or schedules; excess devotion to work; inflexibility about matters of morality, ethics or values; reluctance to delegate tasks unless others submit to exactly his way of doing things; and rigidity and stubbornness. I don''t know.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Ethics Human Resources Pharmaceuticals 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Today's workforce will need three times the amount of training that it now gets if the organization intends to stay in business, remain competitive and tackle the future successfully. The success of this enables trainers with the 'rank and file employees' to be optimally successful. 4) Trial and Error, Success and Failure. (5)

Education 50

Education Company Succession Mentor 50

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 18, 2015

Thanks to Coke’s global reach, brand power, bottling network, and single-minded focus, I’m betting on Coca-Cola sustaining this competitive advantage. Intuit is successful because they bring their ‘do less better’ cultural ethic to their customers. billion and record earnings.

Apparel 100

Apparel Brand Franchising Competitive Advantage 100

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Diversity is about so much more than human resources issues. Every professional must embrace a set of ethics: Things for which each professional holds himself/herself accountable. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. It means making the most of the organization that we can.

Diversity 102

Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 102

Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

It seems fitting to reprise key take-away comments from the last three years, as a digest to apply to ultimate business success. Take ownership of planning programs, rather than abdicate them to human resources or accounting people. One learns three times more from failure than success. Develop and share own philosophies.

Article 50

Article Strategy Long-term Mentor 50

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Failing to make investments in future company success: I’m building a new house right now. If our people would think more about what they’re doing, then we would be successful. Ethics and standards… those are for chumps. Our human resources department takes care of that. Just took a vacation.

Budgeting 88

Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 88

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Diagnose a competitively disadvantaging problem or an unrealized opportunity for competitive advantage. Prescribe a more competitively advantaged outcome. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. Human resources development. Recognizes that humans are achievement and success creatures.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Quality entails four concepts: Success is determined by conformity to requirements. The most common pitfalls toward success include: Taking a piecemeal approach to quality. Success via competitiveness has many dimensions: Production efficiency became America’s focus by the 1950′s.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

Conventional wisdom holds that improving working conditions (which typically costs money) would undermine the competitive advantage these firms enjoy. Our research focused not on the success of this initiative, per se , but on the impact of lean production on the workplace.

Lean Manufacturing 8

Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Apparel Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

While the initiatives may produce some success, it’s likely that they will lack coordination and optimization. With your vision and resources in place you are now ready to… Consider the Team’s Requirements. Your behavioral team should be the same: a successful collaboration of various skill sets and functions.

Company 8

Company Committee Ethics Project 8