In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 2, 2012

The 100% boundary can get crowded and those obsessed with winning or defending their territory often resort to non-strategic tactics. The tactic that works best to defend or build share in the short term is price cuts or special discounts. Be forewarned, this tactic destroys profits. That’s how I played the game.

Sports 228

Sports Tactics Competitive Advantage Short-term 228

LDRLB

JULY 15, 2013

Too often they mistake tactics for strategy. Tactics are the ever-important short term decisions and activities that win battles and contribute to winning the war. In traditional manufacturing companies, sales departments know tactics better than most other functions because sales people work with tactics every day.

Strategy 158

Strategy Tactics Retail Strategic Planning 158

Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 7, 2012

It’s generals that craft military tactics, so it must be your executives that develop a business strategy. It’s your leaders who best understand your business’ culture and values, and whether or not they must be changed to accommodate the new customer-centric tactics. Remember to keep your long-term goals in mind.

Strategy 248

Strategy CRM Development Document 248

Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 7, 2012

It’s generals that craft military tactics, so it must be your executives that develop a business strategy. It’s your leaders who best understand your business’ culture and values, and whether or not they must be changed to accommodate the new customer-centric tactics. Remember to keep your long-term goals in mind.

Strategy 248

Strategy CRM Development Document 248

In the CEO Afterlife

JANUARY 22, 2012

Suffice to say, most of the issues were short-term and operational rather than strategic. These are the folks who don’t know the difference between strategy and tactics – those who view strategy as a needless constraint. Many have never lived through strategy’s positive effects. Squeaky wheels get the grease.

Strategy 196

Strategy Short-term Constraint Strategic Planning 196

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

But each type has a role in the long-term success of an organization. For customers to know about your company brand, ensure that your marketing tactics fit your target audience. The HR department has a vital role in choosing the best candidates to fill the positions created by the expansion of your business.

Organization 86

Organization Brand Word of Mouth Marketing Marketing 86

Coaching Tip

APRIL 1, 2015

In short, Character (who the leader is) + Skills (what the leader does) = Results ( Return on Character ). Do you naturally describe people in terms of traits? Leadership Tactics for Career Women. For the first time, there is data showing a surprising clear connection between character and financial performance.

Chief Executive Officer 70

Chief Executive Officer Self-aware Belief Systems CEO 70

Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Not just in terms of their own career growth, but in how it would open up a whole new understanding and area of knowledge in their field of study, if not also inspiring others to take up the cause to learn more about this elemental key to our existence. One that benefits not only us or a select few, but all those around us as well.

Leadership 277

Leadership Short-term Long-term Uncertainty 277

LDRLB

JULY 23, 2012

The 100% boundary can get crowded and those obsessed with winning or defending their territory often resort to non-strategic tactics. The tactic that works best to defend or build share in the short term is price cuts or special discounts. Be forewarned, this tactic destroys profits. That’s how I played the game.

Sports 121

Sports Tactics Competitive Advantage Short-term 121

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

As a result, innovation and ingenuity is more important than ever before. Choosing a logistics provider who can offer a wide range of transportation, such as HLOGCAM, ensures a variety of supply routes can be accessed at short notice. Operations managers have a tough and challenging role, particularly in 2021. Increased Sustainability.

Operations 70

Operations Supply Chain Management Transportation 70

N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

If you are responsible for leading teams, how can you be sure that the work being done throughout the day will innovatively increase impact and productivity to make tomorrow a better place? A short vernacular and dialect, the language of Performance Driven Execution speaks these six words: Novo (to make anew, change).

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Execution Objective Learning-by-Doing System 296

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The reason this is such a great question is that I’ve witnessed far too many executives confuse vision and mission in terms of both definition and application. This vision, if successful, must be underpinned by core ideology and then expressed with clarity and conviction. link] Laurie Young Hi Mike, thanks for the explanation.

Blog 334

Blog Mission Statement Tactics Objective 334

LDRLB

APRIL 13, 2011

As the literature on innovation grows, our understanding of the need to experiment grows with it. In addition, leaders ought to consider the experience of what it is like to work on their team and build a positive experience. While this may work in the short-term, it is not sustainable. Get experimental, and experiential.

Short-term 120

Short-term Letter Objective Executive Coaching 120

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

One of the worst things a leader can do is to let their ego write checks their talent can’t cash… Humility is actually the trait that magnifies all other positive attributes. I have always been intrigued by the concept of the "servant leader" a term coined I think by Robert K. Mitch A very good article, thanks.

Blog 419

Blog Leadership Servant Leader Long-term 419

LDRLB

APRIL 13, 2011

As the literature on innovation grows, our understanding of the need to experiment grows with it. In addition, leaders ought to consider the experience of what it is like to work on their team and build a positive experience. While this may work in the short-term, it is not sustainable. Get experimental, and experiential.

Short-term 98

Short-term Letter Objective Executive Coaching 98

Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

She outlines how to rid yourself of failed motivational tactics and shares ways to go beyond discipline, willpower, and goal setting. “High-quality motivation results in the positive energy that sustains your efforts to change behavior or achieving your goals.” In it, Susan tackles motivation in a fresh way.

Motivation 85

Motivation Energy Learning-by-Doing Quality 85

Curious Cat

DECEMBER 1, 2016

A deep appreciation for the long term needs of your customers and potential customers should guide where in the system to continually improve. In those instances short term survivability needs to guide priorities. Follow the links in this post to find more details on those management concepts, strategies, tools and tactics.

System 40

System Deming Short-term Long-term 40

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. It is the responsibility of executive leadership to set the tone for great teamwork by putting forth a clearly articulated vision, and then aligning every aspect of strategic and tactical decisioning with said vision.

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Consensus Team Building Blog Team 325

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

In a complex world where predictability is impossible and innovation and risk are necessary to survive and thrive, mistakes are not only acceptable, but welcome. Debriefing, particularly when it is used regularly and over short time frames, helps us fulfill this need. But not before we learn from it. Consider your business.

Short-term 63

Short-term Tools Learning-by-Doing Schein 63

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Women may make up more than half the workforce 1 but continue to be significantly underrepresented on corporate boards and in C-level executive positions, according to a major new study released today by Calvert Investments, a long-time leader in advocating for corporate diversity. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

Diversity 50

Diversity Newsletter Long-term Execution 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2018

Currently gaining force is a movement to focus for-profit enterprises more on the essential work of enriching societies — that is, benefiting not only those humans who are their owners as publicly traded companies but also those who work in them and who stand to benefit from more purpose-driven innovation.

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Drucker Long-term Short-term Decentralization 13

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Today’s consumers now have the ability to watch and respond to every brand’s move – positive or negative. While the rules may be shifting, the long-term sustainable advantage gained by building a strong brand – a brand that builds stability, trust, loyalty, and drives a premium price – remains consistent. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

Brand 62

Brand Globalization Banking Long-term 62

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

For organizations seeking to become more adaptive and innovative, culture change is often the most challenging part of the transformation. Innovation demands new behaviors from leaders and employees that are often antithetical to corporate cultures, which are historically focused on operational excellence and efficiency.

Company 15

Company Agility Innovation Learning-by-Doing 15

Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Morale and attitude, whether positive or negative, affects everyone’s job performance regardless of their job or department. Typically people can’t define or describe better morale in terms of behaviors very well. Make it a long term goal. Is your outlook clouded by events, positive or negative?

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Morale Strategy Short-term Workshop 190

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Another social-network tactic is that crowdsourcing was used to choreograph the now famous "invisible horse dance." Although Psy is generally lumped into the K-Pop (short for Korean pop music) category, he hardly fits the pretty-face mold of other artists in that genre. Be open-minded, but in a controlled way.

Marketing 19

Marketing Brand Globalization Short-term 19

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

In short, he became the unintended victim trapped by what the Financial Times called “byzantine organizational politics.” Organizational politics refers to a variety of activities associated with the use of influence tactics to improve personal or organizational interests. So what is it?

Politics 14

Politics Bureaucracy Long-term Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

But like the terms "strategy" and "business model," the word "entrepreneurship" is elastic. Entrepreneurs often perceive a short window of opportunity. For example, a new venture might employ a new business model for an innovative product. Financing risk relates to whether external capital will be available on reasonable terms.

Definition 10

Definition Entrepreneur Tactics Business Model 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

To this day, Microsoft Office remains the dominant office software suite, a position it has held since the 1990s. Facebook’s tactic appears similar to that of other established companies: It controls possible disruptive events that appear to pick off customers based on initially niche cases by buying the competition.

Film 8

Film Christensen Short-term Software 8

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

But, at the same time, what most people learn the hard way is that it is not a short drive in the beautiful countryside. It is here that leaders must be proficient in identifying the bridge between planning (strategy) and execution (tactics). Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. shifting results. Open the Gateway.

CEO 331

CEO Succession Tips How To 331

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2016

In addition, these four challenges are extraordinarily predictive of both execution and innovation—our measures of organizational performance: The cool factor: Elite companies and path-breaking projects get disproportionate access to top talent—while those just an inch from elite status go begging.

Skills 8

Skills Long-term Short-term Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

On the contrary, showing that you can ultimately be entrusted with a leadership position depends on demonstrating that you will stand up to him or her when necessary. It turned out to be a really effective tactic, because we could be quite compelling about each other’s accomplishments.”

Loyalty 10

Loyalty Bottom-up Short-term Bond 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

If you want to know how to be best positioned for business success, you have to understand where they are going. In short, when you're relying on suspect data and looking backwards, your 'hit rate' is always going to be significantly diminished. The reality these discussions generally miss is that people are the puck. Think about it.

Benchmarking 14

Benchmarking Maslow Analysis Trends 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

.” On one hand, “the machine is seen as the master of men unless firm government control or a workers’ revolt intervenes” (it was the ’50s, after all); on the other, those who believed “that the innovations are simply a phase of technological progress which begin with the invention of the wheel.”

Technology 8

Technology Decentralization Short-term Middle Management 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 12, 2011

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. The position is defined according to assignments, responsibilities, functions, relationships, follow-through and accountability. These executives spend much of their energies on planning, tactics, organizational development and business development.

Mentor 56

Mentor Strategic Planning Leadership Benchmarking 56

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving by Hank Moore Any company or organization is like a tree. Unfortunately, one can get caught in a trap of being on the short end of the equation. ” Sizing you in terms of immediate benefit to them, they either probe further or move on.

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Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 51

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

This isn't a new challenge, but it's more urgent than ever, not just as an effort to escape reform and regulation from the outside, but to restore the public trust, to repair the moral fabric of the system, and to unleash the innovation required to tackle the world's most pressing and important challenges.

Short-term 15

Short-term Long-term Ethics Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2015

Since the last financial crisis, many new regulations have been implemented to protect shareholders, increasing the pressure on management to meet earnings expectations by prioritizing short-term over long-term. Besides, the internet giant recently missed the boat on critical innovation sectors, one of them being social.

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IPO Company Maturity Short-term 8