Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Organizations deploy automation technologies as the primary resource in their Business Process Management. Gone are the days were BPO meant Business Process Outsourcing, with Robotic Process Automation technology fueling new millennium enterprises, BPO has taken on a new meaning, Business Process Optimization.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

While many businesses rely on traditional outbound marketing strategies to find new leads, this can be costly and even ineffective. Inbound marketing has emerged as an attractive complement to traditional advertising strategies. What Is Inbound Marketing? Email marketing is important for staying top of mind with your prospects.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc.,

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

Remember that most people who fail just quit a bit too early in the process. This periodic thought processes is a good reminder that I don't want to get myself into the same trap M [link] mikemyatt Hi Mark: Thanks for stopping by and sharing your insights. " Then I refocus on those things and get busy.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 19, 2020

The researchers conducted a comprehensive analysis of the economic impact of industrial robots over 17 countries between 1993 and 2007 across 14 different industries. A second paper from LSE found that there was no real relation to the return of jobs after a recession, and the investment in automated technologies in a particular industry.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 7, 2018

If you’re investing your company’s time and resources into blogging, social media, video content and other forms of content marketing, you will almost certainly need to have some form of strategy. However, to give your content marketing an extra boost, try the addition of premium content. Know Your Goals. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 26, 2014

When organizations first start doing process improvement they use a myriad of ways to decide which processes to improve first, such as: IT bought some software and needs to install it, so let’s look at the current process first. A department wants to improve the process because it would help in a key initiative.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

At an organizational level have you focused so much on process improvements and incremental gains that you’ve failed to recognize opportunity and innovate? Do your sophisticated screening processes do such a great job of filtering that blind you to new opportunities and critical information?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I have found that business-speak can be particularly beneficial in using just a few words to explain situations, scenarios, processes, trends, attitudes and any number of other ethereal and esoteric concepts that might have otherwise needed several sentences or paragraphs to describe.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

The next step in the process is learning where to apply your new found listening skills. Jettisoned employees are finding that their hard won knowledge, skills and capabilities earned while being loyal are no longer valuable in the employment market place. Ask people how you can become a better leader and then LISTEN.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Whether it is aesthetic, functional, creative, process, innovative, intellectual, technical or applicational…design matters. If a newly implemented business process has design flaws, will employees follow the process or circumvent it? Let me make my position very clear…design absolutely matters.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Put simply…not all inputs should weigh equally in one’s decisioning process. By developing a qualitative and quantitative filtering mechanism for your decisioning process you can make better decisions in a shorter period of time. Another aspect that needs to be factored into the decisioning process is the source of the input.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 28, 2014

Sales, marketing, and social marketing attempt to place solutions and create relationships by supplying great content, discovering likely prospects, and creating trust. We can add these to the sales, marketing, and social models to truly serve our buyers and followers and close more. About the Author. Consider leaving a comment!

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2010

The second trend is technology’s recognition of the first trend. Over the years I have found that you really can't change anyones wiring until they are committed to being part of the rewiring process. First is the time pressure for our attention. simply don’t lend themselves to the indulgence of pompous grandeur.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

The mandates for compliance along with the accompanying maze of bureaucratic processes and procedures, will often take precedence over doing the right thing. Tenure Inhibits Change and Cripples Innovation : Organizations that favor tenure also tend to be prone to majoring in the minors.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

Don’t be quick to hire based upon gut feel, but rather take time in the interviewing process to let the prospective new hire get a feel for your culture and your company. that can be administered as part of the hiring process. Identify problems upstream and spare the organization a lot of stress and expense.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Avoid controversy, maintain a high likeability factor, consistently and proactively engage your customers, be a business of character that engenders trust and confidence with your target market(s), produce a quality product or service at a competitive price point, and provide great customer service.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

Bottom line…the way you identify leaders is not through psychological profiling or some miraculous transformative process. We must slow down the technology speed and its consequences. You identify leaders by their actions and their performance. Real leaders will find you…you don’t need to go looking for them. Dare I ask for comments?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Madoff Investment Securities LLC, the financial derivatives market collapse, Toyota concealing owner reports of sudden acceleration (resulting in a USA man sentenced to prison) and the BP Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill? link] Laurie Young Hi Mike, thanks for the explanation.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Just because someone says something doesn’t mean it’s true…Moreover just because “Company A&# had success with a certain initiative doesn’t mean that “Company B&# can plug-and-play the same process and expect the same outcome. Okay, my question is this: What constitutes best practices in this situation?

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Big Business Marketing on a Small Business Budget. At the speed of light (or close to it), digital marketing has leveled the playing field for small businesses competing with big businesses, turning marketing on its head and making it “do-it-yourself” and “free of charge.” Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

This is so much the case that the most often overlooked aspect of strategic planning is adequately addressing contingencies as part of the planning process. While this is understandable, it is nonetheless naive, and it constitutes a major flaw in the business logic of most strategic plans.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Lack of Feedback : If as a leader you don’t subject yourself to a 360 review process, then you are not earnestly looking for personal growth and development opportunities. I ask myself, what would make the other person have a "WOW" experience and make me feel really good in the process. The boss will never go for that.&#

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Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2011

Data Quality : A Survival Guide for Marketing. Surrounding the data and storage application are people, processes, standards, and technologies used to manage that data. Click here for more information on Data Quality : A Survival Guide for Marketing. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

This type of behavior is proof certain that the entrepreneur is not being effective at leading, team building, delegation, leveraging process and a variety of other highest and best use activities for CEOs. link] ATIG Dear Mike, Reasonably at the crucial moment, We can’t resist and reject that process.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Take an assessment of what you do well and what you don’t and then apply rigor, process, structure and discipline to each of those areas. If you want to become a true standout as opposed to someone who has great potential my message is simple – become very intentional about bringing discipline to every area of your life.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

Consequently ownership of any delegated task is a necessary, ongoing and never ending process where we also take ownership of the persons results as a product of our teaching. Kicking the bird out of the nest and saying go fly with the project is short sighted and very weak leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Not Customer Focused : Leaders not attuned to the needs of the market will fail. There is much research written about “deliberate practice”- a specific and detailed process that enables the leader to identify the new behavior and practice it in a way that leads to sustainable change.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Ensure your employees have a thorough understanding of what your brand stands for and its goals, which will help them to retain the same company image in every sales and marketing strategy they undertake. Scale Your Business with the Right Technologies. Technology can help to quickly and easily scale your startup business.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2015

It is a competitive market in today’s economy. After 26 years since the creation of the businesses now have a number of methods and channels to distribute marketing and information about their products and services and are able to reach a varied and broad audience. Employ Internal Multisourcing. Engage Customers.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

It is essential for organizational health and performance that conflict be accepted and addressed through effective conflict resolution processes.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 14, 2018

There’s a great deal of competition for top talent in the job market these days, so you need your employees a reason to stick around. Streamline Your Processes. Keep the whole team informed of your streamlining processes and decisions, and your motivation to better the business will create infectious energy throughout the organization.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

The advent of automating certain aspects of factory line production is nothing new, but now with smarter technology, we are seeing that we are relying less on human hand to put certain aspects together. Motion capture technology has been used by Ford to help refine their production line. Smart Products. Predictive Analytics.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

What is a business without proper technology? The answer often reopens the typical debate about technology; namely should a business invest in tech or should it instead focus on other factors of success such as hiring the right team, keeping track of the trends on the market and managing your brand reputation.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

What I like to refer as “positional gaps&# are best closed by listening to all sides, finding common ground and then letting the principle of doing the right thing guide the process. It is essential for organizational health and performance that conflict be accepted and addressed through effective conflict resolution processes.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

I do it one “D” at a time: Discover (what is important or of value to my customer), Decide (what their experience will look like), Deliver (what I set as their expectation) and Do It Again (it’s an ongoing process that changes and improves with feedback). It’s an ongoing process that is never complete.

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