Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Websites that sell products are digital platforms, not the arbitrators of quality in the business world. That means doing things correctly the first time, without wasting counter-productive time in cleaning up mistakes. Productivity translates to profitability in an advantageous climate in which to function.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Decisions made at the gut instinct or data level can be made quickly, but offer a higher level of risk. Decisioning at the information level affords a higher degree of risk management, but are still not as safe as those decisions based upon actionable knowledge.

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Blog Analysis CEO Brand 416

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Capitalizing upon change, rather than becoming a by-product of it. Futurism: ideas that inspire, manage and benchmark change. One must understand events, cycles, trends and subtle nuances because they will recur. Futurism: seeing clearly your perspectives and those of others. Futurism: an ongoing quest toward wisdom.

Benchmarking 50

Benchmarking Crisis Management Rogers Tactics 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

While sales objectives are most common, trade shows may also be behavior, product, distribution or marketing oriented. Introduce new products. These pointers are offered in order to maximize the way in which you should exhibit the product-service: * Graphically describe and show what you do. Show a maximum number of products.

How To 50

How To Follow-up Participative Objective 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Management by Objectives came into vogue in 1965 and was the prevailing leadership style until 1990. Other important components of business (training, marketing, research, team building and productivity) were all accomplished according to goals, objectives and tactics. Most corporate leaders are two management styles behind.

Management 70

Management Hostile Takeover Management by Objectives Objective 70

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Therefore, our loyalty to the company rises, and we are more productive. There were friendly, familiar places such as Cheers bar, Arnold’s Drive-In on “Happy Days,” the Krusty Krab on “SpongeBob Square Pants,” Dale’s Diner on “The Roy Rogers Show” and other homey places. Still other back characters bring cohesion to the enterprise.

Rogers 62

Rogers Henderson Mentor Learning-by-Doing 62

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Crisis management is so much more than handling of the media. We therefore mounted a full-scope crisis management initiative that focused heavily on after-the-crisis help for the victims and their families. There are three aspects to Crisis Management and Preparedness. Thinking Through the Strategies.

Crisis Management 81

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 81

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

This is a comprehensive set of strategies, methodologies, policies, practices and programs that are integrated throughout business operations, supported and rewarded by top management. This looks at how good companies become better.

Ethics 51

Ethics Mission Statement Strategic Planning Benchmarking 51

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

You’re in the best business-industry, produce a good product-service and always lead the pack. Operations are sound, professional and productive. The ideal company could hopefully make the following answers to questions posed above, per categories on The Business Tree™, including: The business you’re in.

Leadership 50

Leadership Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Ethics 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Most people are more products of pop culture than they are of training. Being productive and fulfilled. My four Legends books include “Pop Icons and Business Legends,” “The Classic Television Reference,” “Houston Legends” and “Non-Profit Legends.” This series will have three more to come. Leaders exemplify legendary behavior.

Strategic Planning 51

Strategic Planning Planning Ethics Learning-by-Doing 51

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Management by Objectives came into vogue in 1965 and was the prevailing leadership style until 1990. Other important components of business (training, marketing, research, team building and productivity) were all accomplished according to goals, objectives and tactics. Most corporate leaders are two management styles behind.

Hostile Takeover 50

Hostile Takeover Management by Objectives Objective Policies 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Design and re-engineering of products-services. Each product-service is budgeted. Assets are adequately valued and managed. Study and refine your own core business characteristics. Understand “The Business You’re In” and how it fits into the core business. Development of core business supplier relationships.

Succession 50

Succession Strategic Planning Goal Budgeting 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The contemporary CEO must not only be expert at addressing the commercial verities of products, markets, and competitors. These include legislation, regulation, investigation, enforcement, litigation, ethics, reputation, crisis management, corporate citizenship, and pressures from public officials, NGOs, and the media.

CEO 8

CEO Ethics Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

In the wake of superstorm Sandy, we've heard story after story about the big infrastructural challenges of disaster response, crisis management , and climate change. But what about the impact on individual managers? And we've heard story after story about the storm's economic toll on supply chains and small businesses.

Planning 8

Planning Management Supply Chain Contingency Plans 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Professionals who succeed the most are the products of mentoring. I heartily endorse that find a great mentor. I have had many excellent ones in my long career and have in turn mentored hundreds of others. The mentor is a resource for business trends, societal issues and opportunities.

Mentor 50

Mentor Learning-by-Doing Open-book Career 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

The same planning process that nurtures Crisis Preparedness can and must also accommodate for Crisis Management. Product Recall, Tylenol. The company’s swift recall of product from the shelves and the timely response of the company CEO were part of the crisis plan that was in place well ahead of the tragedy.

Crisis 72

Crisis Crisis Management Budgeting Risk Management 72

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Business shift from the retail dealer customer service mentality of Firestone shifted to a high-production tire operation. Not only was this a shift in company focus and customer orientation, but it put high-volume tire production and sales as the only priorities. Intervention.

Crisis 59

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 59

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 4, 2013

It’s not enough just to handle a crisis effectively. The follow-through and crisis preparedness planning process helps to divert other crises from transpiring. Recommendations for crisis management and preparedness as part of macro planning are offered. In times of crisis, advisors are called upon more frequently.

Crisis 60

Crisis Airlines Transportation Crisis Management 60

Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2014

Because of fear, productivity suffers, turnover increases and profitability drops. Rather than risk going out on a limb, employees either don’t learn or use their communication skills. This stymies employees’ professional development and hampers company productivity. Not knowing.

Strategy 99

Strategy Budgeting Audience Risk Management 99

Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2014

However, peddling sales to some ‘foundation’ that is named after your product and which supports only one cause is not appropriate. Who is to say that a sales promotion tied directly to your products is right? I replied, “No, I’m not going to be a prop in your photo opportunity, for you to sell product.”

Franchising 75

Franchising Marketing Strategy Strategic Planning 75

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Have to make cuts everywhere else to pay for rising production costs. We make a good product… that should be enough. Organizations must educate consumers, in a pro-active way, on how to best utilize their products-services. Got to send the kid to college (or some other personal reason).

Budgeting 78

Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 78

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

One-third of the Gross National Product is sent each year toward cleaning up mistakes, rework, make-goods, corrective action and correcting defects. The average person spends 150 hours each year in looking for misplaced information and files. One learns three times more from failure than from success. Yet, only 5.1% 50% do not.

Budgeting 85

Budgeting Succession Consultative Crisis 85

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Contingency : Nothing is without risk, and when you think something is without risk, that is when you’re most likely to end-up in trouble. All initiatives surrounding new ideas should include detailed risk management provisions. Be careful of high level, pie-in-the-sky projections.

Innovation 412

Innovation Blog Strategic Planning Brand 412

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

They understand how to effectively deploy these highly productive and valuable team members to create tremendous leverage and velocity across the enterprise. How can we improve the risk management, governance, control, and reporting functions for this? to hit your objectives? Why should we make this investment?

Team Building 284

Team Building Blog Team CEO 284

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2012

And, what can you do to make sure you are assessing reputational risk as seriously you do financial and legal risks to your institution? The commitment to reputational risk management must therefore be unwavering. The three are related, after all. The opposite is true for companies with bruised reputations.

Reputation 15

Reputation Management Ethics Risk Management 15

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

The production was The Sound of Music , starring Carrie Underwood. Ready… Set… Be productive. We just had the first live TV musical play extravaganza on television after a 50-year hiatus. This TV special got a lot of attention because it was unique live, just like opening night of the Broadway show on which it was based.

Energy 59

Energy Strategic Planning Succession EVA 59

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2012

And, what can you do to make sure you are assessing reputational risk as seriously you do financial and legal risks to your institution? The commitment to reputational risk management must therefore be unwavering. The three are related, after all. The opposite is true for companies with bruised reputations.

Reputation 10

Reputation Management Ethics Risk Management 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

They needed to act immediately to counter the triple threat of plunging sales, commitment to production capacity they didn’t need, and very limited liquidity. Relying on their knowledge and experience, they came up with a brilliant idea: Given the economic crash, commercial space could be leased relatively cheaply.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Apparel Absenteeism Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

This selfish instinct is understandable — and is all the more reason we need a system that can help overcome it. The resilience of supply chains should be continuously improved.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Chief Procurement Officer Transportation Merchandising 8