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Management Tools For Leaders: The FADE Cycle

Rich Gee Group

Benefits: In many instances, quick, off-the-cuff 'executive' decisions are made to solve endemic problems (upper management is notorious for doing this — they know better than you). The Fade Cycle is a powerful tool to help you stand back, analyze the issues with data, develop a solid solution, and execute with confidence.

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How to Become a More Effective Manager #WinningWell

Let's Grow Leaders

Your strategy is only as strong as your ability of your people to execute at the front line, and if they’re too scared or tired to think, they won’t. Managers who win well bring confidence and humility in equal measure and focus on both results and relationships. One manager wrote to David and said, “This is my life!

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Are you a Leader or a Lemming?

Great Leadership By Dan

Signs of a Lemming Leader: Use of jargon: Do you use the terms restructuring, high reliability, six sigma, just culture, strategic sourcing, population health, or employee engagement in your organization? Do you bump into employees when you are there or other executives? The trappings: Look in your driveway.

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StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 3 – An Interview with Forrest Breyfogle, author of Integrated Enterprise Excellence, Volume I – The Basics

Strategy Driven

StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. Integrated Enterprise Excellence, Volume I – The Basics : Golfing Buddies Go Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard.

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Strategy Execution - The Un-Idea

Six Disciplines

A while ago, Rosabeth Moss Kanter wrote a short but profound post about execution for Strategy & Business magazine entitled Our Ten Most Enduring Ideas. Below are excerpts from her article Execution: The Un-Idea. Twenty-five years ago, management meant control. That ability is central to running a company right now.

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Tactical Execution Best Practice 7c – Are You Thinking Lean? The ‘Wastes’ of Execution: Inventory

Strategy Driven

Greg Gaskey is a StrategyDriven Principal with over twenty years of nuclear plant operations, maintenance, and large-scale program and project management experience. You just finished reading Tactical Execution Best Practice 7c - Are You Thinking Lean? The ‘Wastes’ of Execution: Inventory ! Consider leaving a comment!

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Tactical Execution Best Practice 7b – Are You Thinking Lean? The ‘Wastes’ of Execution: Transportation

Strategy Driven

Greg Gaskey is a StrategyDriven Principal with over twenty years of nuclear plant operations, maintenance, and large-scale program and project management experience. You just finished reading Tactical Execution Best Practice 7b - Are You Thinking Lean? The ''Wastes'' of Execution: Transportation ! Consider leaving a comment!