Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

As technology becomes more disruptive and we see more importance placed on big data and artificial intelligence, what will matter most are those things that make us human – the soft skills. Taylor There's no such thing as an average or old-fashioned business, just average or old-fashioned ways to do business.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 21, 2012

But is this really the best way for leaders to guide their organizations which employ a growing multicultural, multi-ethnic makeup thanks to shifting demographics, not to mention communication technologies that allow for collaborative efforts to stretch past conventional geographical boundaries?

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 21, 2012

But is this really the best way for leaders to guide their organizations which employ a growing multicultural, multi-ethnic makeup thanks to shifting demographics, not to mention communication technologies that allow for collaborative efforts to stretch past conventional geographical boundaries?

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The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 20, 2020

In some form or fashion those that occupy positions of visible formal authority in organizations need to be able to say and do the right things — NOW ! Even those that generally distance themselves from standard performance data and productivity updates are more inclined to get a sense for what just happened and how things are trending.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

It has been my experience that whenever methodologies become productized objectivity is removed from the equation. Whenever you are being pitched a product as a solution I suggest you exercise extreme caution. Let’s look at this from another angle…Why would you want to do business in the same fashion as your competitors?

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The Empowered Buisness

MARCH 4, 2014

Despite what many leaders believe, strategic thinking is NOT quantitative analysis – eg, generating sales forecasts – nor quantitative goals – eg, $100 million in revenues. For most companies, strategic planning focuses on breaking down a goal into action steps and connecting those steps to resources, timelines and budgets.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

Professors of business and corporate strategy (which includes me) research and lecture about the goal of long-term “sustained” competitive advantage, driven by grand plans that mesmerize and seduce the most seasoned leaders and leadership teams. The hard truth is that companies that do not pursue corporate entrepreneurship are doomed.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 1, 2012

Aberdeen research report on how best in class companies manage Environmental, Health & Safety processes and technology while outperforming their peers. Companies are looking for ways to reduce the cost of compliance, improve the safety of people, products, and processes, and surpass corporate goals around Sustainability.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

My suspicion is your best memories are of those teachers who inspired you, encouraged you, brought out your passion, and challenged you in a positive fashion. They either don’t value your contributions, or they know from experience that you’ll treat their inquiry in a belittling fashion. The boss will never go for that.&#

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

By actually seeking out areas of potential conflict, and proactively intervening in a fair and decisive fashion, you will likely prevent certain conflicts from ever arising. If conflict does flare up, you will likely minimize its severity by dealing with it quickly.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

If you’re still on the fence, I would request you try and answer the following question: If you can engage those with whom you conduct business, or otherwise desire to interact with in a meaningful and value added fashion why wouldn’t you do so? Thoughts? However the goal is not to do it quickly, it's to do it well.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Figure out what is sucking up your time preventing you from being productive and profitable. Business Goals: Goals, like those leg warmers and jelly shoes, go out of style. So toss them away (goals and jelly shoes) and bring your goals up-to-date.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Design thinking has been recognized as an important means to innovate in the context of developing new products and technologies. Implementing a strategic technology plan. Michael Tardif has over twenty years of experience applying information technologies to the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of buildings.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

When consumers believe a product is creative, they are more likely to like , share , and buy it. Jeffrey Loewenstein and I recently published a study examining the features that indicate whether a product is creative in the world’s two largest economies, the U.S. The unusualness of a product or process. and China.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

A strong personal brand is so much more than a memorable name or product. I am adept at establishing policies, procedures, and technologies to enhance efficiency, financial health, and service to organize constituents. If you’re successful, your brand will leave an impact long after you’re gone.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

I’ve addressed this topic before, but perhaps not in this fashion…True leadership is dedication to something beyond self. While being motivated solely by conquest may allow you to achieve a stated goal or objective, the cost will be great.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The goal of a leader is not to clone him/herself, but to harness individual strenghts for the greater good of the team and for the overall benefit of the organization. It is absolutely possible to build very productive relationships with even the most adversarial of individuals.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

And when they don't deliver, or deliver an inferior product because it is beyond their scope, or capabilities, it further erodes the relationships with other departments, managers and each other. Trust, in turn, is the product of two components: Integrity and Ability. You ask how people feel when they get told no.

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CO2

AUGUST 13, 2010

Consistency in others is demonstrated by a strong track record of success and acting in a predictable fashion. Technology and its role in travel 2.0 This post is part of a series on understanding trust in the workplace. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2015

The discipline of product management is shifting from an external focus on the market, or an internal focus on technology, to an empathetic focus on people. Our goal is to form a master/apprentice relationship: we enter these research activities as a humble apprentice, expecting to learn from a master.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

Marketers need to master data analytics, customer experience, and product design. This includes the product, the buying process, the ability to provide support, and customer relationships over time. Historically, the term “marketing creative” has been associated with the words and pictures that go into ad campaigns.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The most common ways of doing this are to send executives to build personal relationships with international business partners and to hire local distribution partners — or independent, third-party intermediaries — to represent their products or services overseas. For example, consider Dez Blanchfield , whom I interviewed.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

For example, well-managed consolidators such as Dell Technologies are doing well in this market. But, for most companies, outsize returns are likely to come from three other sources: Investing in productivity-enhancing capital. The goal is to increase efficiency while providing a better consumer experience.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Having founded a data management company and worked with hundreds of organizations over the past 20 years to execute their information management and analytics initiatives, I’ve found the groups that are able to successfully utilize their company’s analytics technologies often take the following approaches: Build a team.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Technological improvements in health care have given us the quality of life we enjoy today. America — and many other countries — need an audacious goal to get off the unsustainable path. What if the United States set itself the goal of cutting healthcare costs in half — without sacrificing quality, and in about a decade?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Growing revenue and profits is a core objective of most companies, and it is the responsibility of every function to contribute to the pursuit of this goal. Yet, in recent years technology startups have embraced a new role, Growth Manager — alternatively Growth Hacker, Growth PM, or Head of Growth — that focuses on it exclusively.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

With the pace of digital “always on” streaming devices and technology innovation accelerating, one might think technology would continue to pose a challenge for businesses. An upstream energy equipment manufacturer, for example, used this approach to better understand the amount of time production equipment sat idling.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

We launched in February of 2010, and within three weeks we'd beat our first-year sales goals. So even though we originally thought of ourselves as a technology-enabled fashion brand, we've gradually been finding ways to let our customers physically interact with our products.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

AlphaGo’s success is emblematic of a broader trend: An explosion of data and advances in algorithms have made technology smarter than ever before. In addition to executing well-defined tasks, technology is starting to address broader, more ambiguous problems. Remember Long-Term Capital Management ? Integrated solution.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

With the pace of digital “always on” streaming devices and technology innovation accelerating, one might think technology would continue to pose a challenge for businesses. An upstream energy equipment manufacturer, for example, used this approach to better understand the amount of time production equipment sat idling.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Buyers increasingly expect to check with their peers before they'll purchase from a company — using social media, peer communities, old fashioned live events and conferences, personal and professional networks, and other connective tools. Let's say you're preparing for a major product or service launch. Big mistake.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

A smarter approach is to reward fans by, for instance, providing Facebook-only discounts and sneak peeks at upcoming products. Meanwhile, teen-fashion retailer Wet Seal has been developing its own Facebook game, Chic Boutique. To that end JCPenney recently opened a storefront on Facebook containing its entire catalog of products.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Among other things, there is growing demand from both retail and institutional investors to align their capital with better environmental and social outcomes, and more resources going into index fund or quasi-indexing products.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2015

According to the 2015 SHRM/Globoforce Employee Recognition Survey , such reinforcement can boost retention, productivity, creativity, and business outcomes. Embrace new technology. Give managers access to detailed, real-time, easily actionable reports on recognition activity, correlated to key business goals.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Buyers increasingly expect to check with their peers before they'll purchase from a company — using social media, peer communities, old fashioned live events and conferences, personal and professional networks, and other connective tools. Let's say you're preparing for a major product or service launch. Big mistake.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2011

June's Harvard Business Review features a story by Procter & Gamble Chief Technology Officer Bruce Brown and me on " How P&G Tripled Its Innovation Success Rate." That approach allowed P&G to successfully launch Align , a product that was almost killed due to an initially low forecast. Q: P&G is a product-based company.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

’” And such always-on cultures actually sabotage productivity. If this discussion leads to the conclusion that constant availability is required to meet the goals of the organization, that’s a corporate issue that needs to be addressed. The research has shown that more downtime correlates to more benefits.

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