In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 20, 2012

Other than ensuring an ethical environment in the organizations they govern, I suspect today’s Boards still don’t give culture the attention it deserves. I am simply advocating that culture should be as important to a company’s Board of Directors as the business strategy. After all, culture is the strategy.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 24, 2017

Do Less Better is also a culture and a strategy of organizations and their leaders. Strategy tells you what not to do. The power of the do less better strategy is its capacity to keep thinks a simple and uncluttered from production and distribution all the way to sales, marketing, and service. Case in point – Nike.

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Company Apparel Competitive Advantage Long-term 177

LDRLB

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

And yet, specificity and focus is the key to great strategy. The ethic of more balls in the air, more chances of success lurks in their subconscious. The ethic of more balls in the air, more chances of success lurks in their subconscious. In a strategy seminar I asked the leadership team to tell me what business they were in.

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 26, 2018

People, not companies, generate value, so why isn't talent at the center of every company's strategy? Most executives today recognize the competitive advantage of human capital, and yet the talent practices their organizations use are stuck in the twentieth century. Create an M&A strategy. Energize the board.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2019

That means humans have a competitive advantage in the workplace if they are perceptive, sensitive, and insightful about human emotions.” To maintain your advantage, you need to always be learning too. Having High Levels of Emotional Intelligence. Computer systems don’t possess much in the way of emotional intelligence.

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LDRLB

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

And yet, specificity and focus is the key to great strategy. The ethic of more balls in the air, more chances of success lurks in their subconscious. The ethic of more balls in the air, more chances of success lurks in their subconscious. In a strategy seminar I asked the leadership team to tell me what business they were in.

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Strategy Competitive Advantage B2B Seminar 74

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 28, 2012

Other than ensuring an ethical environment in the organizations they govern, I suspect today’s Boards still don’t give culture the attention it deserves. I am simply advocating that culture should be as important to a company’s Board of Directors as the business strategy. After all, culture is the strategy.

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Competitive Advantage Long-term CEO Ethics 131

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 27, 2014

Question : Can you teach ethics, or are we ‘hard wired’ and born with or without ethics? YES you can teach the principles and importance of ethics. YES , you can model the ethics you expect within your culture. Therefore, what’s ethical in China is not ethical in Rome and vice versa.

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Ethics Competitive Advantage Learning-by-Doing Strategic Planning 57

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

You need to be proactive in helping your employees develop a strategy for remaining marketable and valuable through these transitions. Intercultural competence can serve as both a critical performance management dimension for employees and a meaningful competitive advantage for the organization.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Ethics 267

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 7, 2014

The strategy I’ve grown to love and count on over a 45-year career is do less, better. A long time ago, this ethic saved a near-bankrupt company that I had a part in restructuring. Strategic sacrifice begins at 30,000 feet with corporate strategy. This journey isn’t an easy one.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

At this very moment, it’s either lifting your business performance or “eating your strategy for breakfast.” ” Those words are printed on the back cover of Five Frequencies: Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Competitive Advantage. Turning culture into competitive advantage requires that leaders are intentional.

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Competitive Advantage Leadership Analysis Tips 92

In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

The same argument can be made for strategies. The very best strategies aren’t generated by outside strategic planning consultants who bill thousands of dollars a day. These strategies come from the inquisitive mindsets of founders, entrepreneurs, and employees who are keen to make a difference. 2.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Next Practice: Your General Counsel must have the aptitude to not only shape those discussions but also advise the Board on important issues the discussions raise such as public policy, ethics, and risk. That’s where you create sustainable competitive advantage. Don’t follow the herd. Utilize the above “5 Next Practices”.

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Reputation Consultative Competitive Advantage Budgeting 271

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 9, 2014

Accelerating globalization, technology convergence, volatile world financial markets and demands for ethical, environmentally responsible business practices are presenting organizations and their leaders with unprecedented challenges. Every competitive advantage in every marketplace is potentially subject to unexpected disruption.

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Competitive Advantage Resistance Business Model Consensus 267

Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 9, 2010

We want to be respected, to be recognized for our talents, to belong, to have autonomy or control over our work and our lives, to experience personal growth, and to do work that we believe is worthwhile and in a way that we feel is ethical. It’s how we are wired. We feel more energetic, more optimistic, and more fully alive.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

It’s a provider that a customer or client favors in the purchase of a product or service versus its competition. A preferred provider has a significant competitive advantage over all other providers, because it is the “go-to” provider in the marketplace. What Is a “Preferred Provider”? Tone at the top is critically important.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Next Practice: Your General Counsel must have the aptitude to not only shape those discussions but also advise the Board on important issues the discussions raise such as public policy, ethics, and risk. That’where you create sustainable competitive advantage. Don’t follow the herd. Utilize the above “5 Next Practices”.

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Reputation Consultative Competitive Advantage Budgeting 150

LDRLB

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Advancing the model’ is just another way of saying improving or fortifying the company’s competitive advantage. Differentiation holds the key to competitive success. Now, consider this side benefit: imagine the impact this involvement had on the company’s customer service ethic. Spend a day with a Sales Representative.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Understanding the Concept of Governance Excellence Governance excellence refers to the strategic oversight conducted by a company’s board of directors that ensures ethical, sustainable, and profitable organizational operations. These factors form a formidable foundation for effective organizational governance when paired together.

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LDRLB

JUNE 12, 2013

Eric is the author of The Collaboration Economy: How to Meet Business, Social, and Environmental Needs and Gain Competitive Advantage.]. The ethical CEO’s company is more likely to operate with little to hide. Strategy collaboration competition lowitt strategy'

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CEO How To Mission Statement Long-term 144

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 8, 2015

While truly agile organizations are still in short supply, I believe the emerging orthodoxy of agility offers a potentially more adaptable, sustainable, ethical, equitable and resilient approach to doing business in today’s fast-changing context. A worthy aim!

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

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. To be fair, the ‘act early’ ethic prevails in corporate cultures that worship entrepreneurial thinking. It is experience that improves a person’s ability to take action.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

Long-term track record, unlike anything accomplished by any other individual, all contributing toward organizational philosophy, purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. Hank's latest book functions as a 'PDR of business,' a view of Big Picture strategies, methodologies and recommendations. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 18, 2015

And, the mission critical nature of credibility cannot be overstated, as it establishes a company or brand’s integrity, reliability, validity, soundness and a host of other image-including indicators of an entity’s moral and ethical code, and the standards by which it operates. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

With the ever-changing dynamics of the workforce, the stewardship of organizational culture is just as important as strategy, talent, product development, or customer service. There is no doubt that strong culture translates into a powerful competitive advantage. Culture needs to vary depending on your business strategy.

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How To Middle Management Reputation Short-term 107

Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 16, 2009

In a world where many executives cut corners and provide scanty people leadership, “US Cellular has proven that adhering to high ethical standards is a competitive advantage in a marketplace that is starved for a little basic human decency.&#

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Are you a master of strategy? If your company has passive and/or timid leadership you will face serious problems in sustaining your competitive advantage. My question is: “What strategy might help to encourage leaders to run daily with what you say here?” Do you have great vision?

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Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

I recommend that diversity audits, quality control reviews, ethics programs and other important regimen be conducted as part of Strategic Planning, rather than as stand-alone, distracting and energy diverting activities. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. A monthly recurring subscription of $9.95

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Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 75

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 23, 2014

EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Recommended Resource – Reviving Work Ethic. Start your FREE trial membership * and receive: FULL ACCESS to StrategyDriven’s premium content for 14 days. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. A monthly recurring subscription of $9.95

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Chief Executive Officer Competitive Advantage Open-book Sports 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Every professional must embrace a set of ethics: Things for which each professional holds himself/herself accountable. Hank’s latest book functions as a ‘PDR of business,’ a view of Big Picture strategies, methodologies and recommendations. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 7, 2014

And, the negotiation process is a lot like a chess game where strategy reigns supreme — one thoughtfully considered move at a time. Unlike strategy games like chess, however, the most effective deals are a win-win proposition for all parties rather than a winner-loser result. However, even rules are negotiable! Get personal.

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Short-term Document Ethics Competitive Advantage 68

Strategy Driven

MARCH 6, 2015

Organizational purpose, vision, ethics, long-term growth. Hank’s latest book functions as a ‘PDR of business,’ a view of Big Picture strategies, methodologies and recommendations. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Responsibilities, functions, relationships, accountability.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 16, 2014

I’ll add a few words of definition to each, but more important, think about each of these virtues as it relates to you, your self-disciplines, your actions, and your ethics. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Maybe even RATE YOURSELF on each one as you read. Take honest actions you can be proud of.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Whatever it is, it’s a strategy for advertising and promoting. Your humor, your friendliness, your helpfulness, your approachability, your trustworthiness, your honesty, your ethics, and maybe even your morality. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Tough list, eh?).

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Let me give you the good news, and the sales news… There are several strategies you can employ to get around the bidding process, or legally and ethically change the bidding process. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. That’s the bad news. A monthly recurring subscription of $9.95

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 5, 2012

EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Recommended Resource – Reviving Work Ethic. Start your FREE trial membership * and receive: FULL ACCESS to StrategyDriven’s premium content for 14 days. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. A monthly recurring subscription of $9.95

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Resources Proposal Competitive Advantage Politics 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. The Advisor’s Corner – Can Ethics Be Learned? Start your FREE trial membership * and receive: FULL ACCESS to StrategyDriven’s premium content for 14 days. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †.

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