In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

by John • August 29, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. October 8, 2011 at 5:19 am.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Accept Help:   The rescue operation appears to have been a model of private and public sector cooperation and coordination. They managed expectations and created the margin they needed to prepare the rescue attempt in the most thorough way possible.   Thankfully for everyone, it worked. They didn’t.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2010

I call this ‘managing yourself smart,’ and here are some guidelines to help navigate social media. As a leader and manager, you’ll learn how to use these tools to harness social interactions to improve your business and to create your own social nation. To learn more about Barry, click here.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 22, 2011

Mergers and acquisitions ("M&As") are on the rise in 2011, and industry analysts now predict more than $3 trillion in global M&A activity for the year. An us-against-them mentality ensues and workers withhold the very talent and energy required for success. . Are business units operating in silos?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 8, 2010

Often what it comes down to is that their manager is not willing to wait for the time it takes my client to make some changes to their leadership. In one notable situation, my client’s manager was fired while my client was on a path to being fired by that same manager. Have you asked what this person needs to be successful?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

A mouse running on a mousewheel can perfect their stride and reduce the amount of energy it takes to get "moving." " If the goal is to get somewhere the mouse is efficiently ineffective. I can use a hand grenade to kill a mosquito. It ain't efficient but it sure is effective.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best? If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Questions can give us a goal in life for fighting, questions can provide a tremendous power and energy to achieve our goals. They take energy, require time, and can sometimes be excruciating. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Positive Attitude : To the one, the best leaders I’ve ever known all smile, listen, engage, have a positive outlook, and have a high energy level. It’s just not that hard to deliver on your promises, and if you have no intention of doing so, don’t make the commitment to begin with.

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Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Management by Exception (MBE). This active element indicates that, like most things that impact on wellbeing, it requires time, energy, considera- tion and a deep sense of caring for others. Management by exception. Inspirational Motivation (IM). Intellectual Stimulation (IS). Individual Consideration (IC). Leadership summary.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 22, 2010

So if your intent is to engage your team and/or have great dialog, consider the following: The Physical Environment The room should not be too large or too small: A room that is too large can often suck energy – and sound – away from the discussion. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

About the Author Marshall Fisher, co-author of The New Science of Retailing , is the UPS Professor of Operations and Information Management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and co-director of the Fishman-Davidson Center for Service and Operations Management.

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Supply Chain Retail Bottom-up Newsletter 57

CO2

JANUARY 3, 2011

The idea is that when moving to action you first observe the battlefield or what ever areana you are operating in. Boyd saw this as a group of interacting loops that are in continous operation until the end of the battle. He also believed that the level of energy in each loop depended on which phase you were in during the combat.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 10, 2010

Thought-full Thursday: A Meaningful Enterprise » A Good Bye with Humanity August 10th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus How often as a leader do you have someone in your circle of influence (manager, peer, direct report, maybe even a customer or consultant) that leaves your organization? All of these words take energy away from us.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 Posted by: mike this post originally appeared in Management 3.0 Where is the focus, resources, planning, time, and energy being spent? The challenge for management and leadership is how to capture those undecided, the majority of the people who go un-noticed. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 11, 2016

As Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund states: if women were employed at the same rate as men, GDP would increase by 5 percent in the United States, by 9 percent in Japan and by 27 percent in India. But for women to succeed as entrepreneurs or as managers, other tools are useful, if not essential.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 12, 2010

In it, he rips James every which way from Sunday and then promises the Cleveland fans that his energy “will be directed at one thing and one thing only: DELIVERING YOU the championship you have long deserved and is long overdue.” 

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

If you believe the hype, social media will immediately solve all your problems and require no time, energy or effort on your part. I forget who it was, but some researcher determined that a person can really only manage relationships with about 150 people. Well, most people were already around 150 before social media arrived.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Despite the media coverage of Boomers and how a tidal wave of retirements could impact business, many senior managers are kicking the can down the road, putting off the job of creating a system and process for capturing knowledge. Manager can avoid this by taking some steps now to prepare for the day when key workers leave.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Before you resign yourself to living in your own not-so-amusing TV show, let me offer some commonsense management advice. If option number two sounds better to you, then read on to learn about the three most common types of challenging performers, and how best to manage them: The Prima Donna Modus Operandi (M.O.):

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Do you have boundless energy or mesmerizing charisma? A critical part of the talent management life-cycle is leadership development. Don’t tell me, show me…Don’t talk the talk, but walk the walk. Taking action always begings with one simple act – making a decision. Do you have great vision?

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 28, 2010

About the Author Kathryn Ullrich, author of Getting to the Top : Strategies for Career Success , heads Kathryn Ullrich Associates, a Silicon Valley executive search firm, and Alumni Career Services for UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. To read Kathryn’s complete biography, click here.

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CO2

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). Sometimes it is difficult to see it.

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CO2

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). Sometimes it is difficult to see it.

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Executive Coaching Wilde Strategic Planning Taylorism 87

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 31, 2011

Blue Cross wrote that TheraMatrix’s operations were “competitive and damaging not only to BCBSM’s financial interests, but also to its business relationships.&# They can do so with the help of a new business strategy: ‘Healthcare Performance Management’ (HPM). Johns Hopkins is not alone.

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Crisis Health Care Insurance Newsletter 63

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2010

About the Authors Randy Dobbs, author of Transformational Leadership , is a Senior Operating Executive at Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe; one of the largest and most successful private-equity firms in the United States. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 13, 2010

That big, hairy audacious project you want to manage? Working on all of these issues is such a drain on my energy. I also feel that many organizations train their people to be a manager rather than a leader. In my understanding, management is a function that can be done by a well programmed robot.

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Leadership Self-aware Executive Coaching Blog 179

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Sure, great leaders never lose sight of their core business, they pay attention to managing risk, etc., but they expend far more energy intentionally searching for opportunity, but not just any opportunity – a game changer. What’s interesting is that the best leaders proactively focus on looking for game changers.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Bob Smith (not his real name), source of the quote and Chief Operating Officer at Otis Elevator, knows that elevators tend to remain well under the radar screen until they break. True victory lies in capturing the imagination, respect and energy of a broad and diverse set of stakeholders, including suppliers, customers and executives.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

In a previous role as President of Ziff-Davis Education (now called Element K), Bill oversaw the leading supplier of computer training products worldwide and supervised the operations of ZD University, the leading web-based computer skills site. and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar !

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Energy levels are also affected. What makes time management difficult is that I might have a “to do” list together and a goal for that day, but depending on the needs of our customers I might not even touch that list. Are you willing to have an open discussion with your staff about what is impacting their time management?

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2011

Dirty Little Secrets offers dozens of examples to clarify precisely how buying decisions can be facilitated through the right kind of questions, including an in-depth case study of a marketing manager who recognizes the need for a better website and wants to bring in an external design team. But I’m getting ahead of myself. The result?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 27, 2010

I should cost more time and energy to build up my good relationship with people around me. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. is very useful for me. I wouldn’t have ever thought about a guided meditation on the internet.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I mean the real, formal, sit down and talk type of meetings that allow the employee, peer, or manager to say whats on their mind. It may often take creative time management to fit meetings in between tasks. I’m amazed at the number of leaders who don’t meet regularly with the very people who help them to get work done.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

In a previous role as President of Ziff-Davis Education (now called Element K), Bill oversaw the leading supplier of computer training products worldwide and supervised the operations of ZD University, the leading web-based computer skills site. and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar !

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Deming Institute

APRIL 14, 2016

In ads IBM touched on the use of data in transportation, healthcare, manufacturing, crime, love, education, farming, pollution, weather, energy, and many other areas! The theory of knowledge helps us recognize that someone decides what data to collect and what operational definitions to use.

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