Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Expert teachers (fountains of learning material) are the building block in the educational process, and the student must be an active participant (rather than a non-involved or combative roadblock). Generally, they are vendors who sell 'off the shelf' products that target small niches within the organization. Mentorship.

Education 50

Education Company Succession Mentor 50

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Competition without relationships turns products and services turn into commodities. One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. Then come down—whether it is getting published or getting a new product into stores. Proceed with extreme caution.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2017

He had to ask her four more times, including once on a conference call with the whole executive team, before she finally relented. Employees responded enthusiastically (there were over 20,000 participants), but the lesson is not that she got a big win — it’s that she was willing to risk failing.

Quinn 13

Quinn Execution CFO Forrester 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

They tend to be dominated by cubicles or offices which are suited for individual work, or by hard-to-book conference rooms that teams can use but only for short periods of time. The space cannot be booked like a regular conference room, since having to make reservations kills the spontaneity. The space facilitates this.

Brainstorming 16

Brainstorming Open-book Conference Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2015

At these collaborative meetings, participants have identified medical conditions and quality indicators important to employers and designed treatment regimens that ensure little variation from evidence-based standards. Participation of individual employees in these initiatives is an important determinant of success. Engage employees.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Incentives Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

I was there for a gathering of Human Resources executives, the third conference I have attended this autumn in which a central theme was the “technological revolution” and its implications for employment, education, and lifestyles. The theme: Claiming Our Humanity — Managing in the Digital Age.

Technology 8

Technology Drucker Taylorism Taylor 8

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

The first, Ready-Now Leaders: Cultivating Women in Leadership to Meet Tomorrow’s Business Challenges by DDI and The Conference Board, identifies “confidence” as one of the few but significant leadership differences between the sexes. The research also provides a snapshot view and analysis of gender diversity across countries and industries.

Diversity 120

Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

I was also invited to attend to the Deming Institute Annual Fall conference in Los Angeles. That is because owners of small and medium size businesses focus mostly on the product and how to sell it. The conference and the whole trip to California was so exciting and energizing. Steve Schulze, CEO Nekter Juice bar.

Deming 28

Deming Library Entrepreneur Conference 28

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Data compiled from the network surveys I give my participants shows that we are still not using networks to our best advantage. That’s fine if an executive is looking to move elsewhere, as some of my participants were. Consider why incumbents rarely lead the way in new products and services. Stefan Wuchty, Benjamin F.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

At most companies the culture remains product-focused or sales-driven, or customer centricity is considered a priority only for certain functions such as marketing. At Hootsuite, the social media management platform, marketing and human resources executives collaborate to do this. Link employee culture to customer outcomes.

Short-term 12

Short-term Learning-by-Doing Participative Human Resources 12