Strategy Driven

MARCH 27, 2013

Executive leader brings hands-on management and operational experience to StrategyDriven’s Power & Utilities focused advisory services. “We are delighted to welcome Greg to StrategyDriven as our Chief Operations Officer,” says Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven Enterprises LLC President and Chief Executive Officer.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 7, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC launches StrategyDriven Advisory Services, a management consulting firm dedicated to helping executives and managers define organizational needs and develop and manage the complex, mission critical projects needed to improve operational effectiveness and lower costs in response to today’s most pressing challenges.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 4, 2013

I found two recent articles about Clayton Christensen that have increased my understanding about leadership: The first is published in the BYU Magazine’s Spring 2013 edition. (As The second article is an interview in Wired magazine. As a BYU alum I get the magazine in the mail; it will be available online in a few months.)

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In a recent article , I charted the way in which Sweden utilized the possibilities presented by the widespread adoption of electrical energy to transform its economy and itself as a country. Swedish company Alight have been working to help encourage larger companies to utilize solar energy to power their operations. Solar as a service.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 26, 2016

mpg of a 2013 Ford Fusion HYBRID over 27,500 miles. . Today, automotive leadership is taking a wider view of future mobile operations to improve transportation alternatives beyond today's personal vehicle usage. Related articles. mpg to April 2016 at 25.2 Our personal family average mpg experience is: 27.4 However, U.S.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 26, 2013

95 on the 2013 list, Mars boasts employees who love not only the products they make but also the office culture and the company's long-standing principles. For example, a typical Mars plant manager influences associates by his or her ability to pace development of operational systems and innovative approaches. Related articles.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Non-value added ‘wastes’ are a drain on the productivity of your operations and cost you in schedule, quality, and capital. Costing the organization in excess material costs, holding costs, and potentially obsolescence costs, this waste can cost the organization upwards of millions of dollars in annual operations funds.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Non-value added ‘wastes’ are a drain on the productivity of your operations and cost you in schedule, quality, and capital. The text above is only a small portion of this article. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Non-value-added ‘wastes’ are a drain on the productivity of your operations and cost you in schedule, quality, and capital. Overproduction , the first of the 8 biggest wastes of Lean Operations, focuses on the unnecessary production of product before the customer demands it. How can you attack this problem?

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 25, 2017

Between 2009 and 2013, while many in his industry closed their doors during the Great Recession, Encore's revenues and profits increased 300%, operating cost declined 30%, and the stock price rose 1,200%. Related articles. Self-Coaching Books in ebook or paperback editions: . Can't Get Enough Leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 27, 2013

Guest post from Bill McBean : You can always tell when a subject is important by the volumes of books and articles published about it, and by the many speakers or "experts" who claim to know about it. This means that if you want to make your organization operate smoothly and work as a team, democracy cannot be the order of the day.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 19, 2013

Most salespeople fail because they don't understand the impact of their personalities on the person at the other end of the call.and.they are blindly 'winging it' by operating without a proven sales process methodology. Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, January 14, 2013 and "Ask the Coach". Related articles.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Continuous performance improvement requires focus on both near-term operational priorities and long-term strategic capabilities and initiatives. A well-planned self-assessment calendar provides numerous coordination and resourcing benefits to the self-assessment program manager/group and operational business groups.

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Chart Your Course

JANUARY 20, 2015

Riverside Auto Group, a second-generation company owned equally by three brothers, operates seven dealerships employing 190 people throughout Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (Marquette, Escanaba, and Iron Mountain) and Wisconsin (Marinette). Customer complaints are down from one a week to one a quarter. And read on… there are even more!

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2013

While many requirements necessitate one-time actions, others govern ongoing business operations. Compliance with regulatory requirements governing ongoing, dynamic operations benefit from dedicated performance measures. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. To read Nathan’s complete biography, click here.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 8, 2013

All high-performing organizations continually look for ways to reduce costs and improve operational efficiency. The text above is only a small portion of this article. Greg Gaskey is a StrategyDriven Principal with over twenty years of nuclear plant operations, maintenance, and large-scale program and project management experience.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2013

All organizations face a host of risks incurred during the conduct of day-to-day business operations and stakeholder interactions. Best Practice – Map Corporate Risks to Operational Processes [ StrategyDriven Premium Content]. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Focus of the Risk Management Topic.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 2, 2013

Each organization faces a unique set of risks challenging the continuity of its operations. The text above is only a small portion of this article. Become a StrategyDriven Premium Member to gain access to the entire article and the over 100 other StrategyDriven members-only articles, whitepapers, models, and tools and templates.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Effective performance improvement programs promote alignment of business operations with the organization’s vision, mission, values, and goals. Such programs consistently identify opportunities to improve high value-adding operations and to eliminate low value-adding activities. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

The text above is only a small portion of this article. Become a StrategyDriven Premium Member to gain access to the entire article and the over 100 other StrategyDriven members-only articles, whitepapers, models, and tools and templates. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Over 90% of business operations are now stored digitally, so this increase is not surprising. After the 2013 Yahoo data breach and the recent Equifax hack, operating without proper security measures in place is no longer acceptable. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 13, 2013

Furthermore, past operating experience can be incorporated into procedures so that lessons learned information is passed from user to user helping ensure mistakes of the past are not repeated in the future. The following set of procedure use and adherence guidelines apply to every operation supported by written instructions.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Consequently, executive and manager attention and financial support may be disproportionately applied to the capital project(s), particularly in the event of overruns, at the detriment of problem resolution at the organization’s other operating assets. The text above is only a small portion of this article.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Every organization is challenged by risks manifest through its many different day-to-day operations. Well-conceived risk management dashboards aid oversight organizations including internal audit, management oversight, and compliance groups, in monitoring the organization’s overall risk profile and risk-based operational performance.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 20, 2013

Likert scoring methodology… The text above is only a small portion of this article. Become a StrategyDriven Premium Member to gain access to the entire article and the over 100 other StrategyDriven members-only articles, whitepapers, models, and tools and templates. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 8, 2016

Can nuclear plants be operated competitively in today’s market? Since 2013, utility executives have announced the early retirement of twelve reactors and Wall Street estimates reveal another dozen to be at risk; raising the question: Can nuclear plants be operated competitively in today’s market? Consider leaving a comment!

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 25, 2020

One of the first articles I came across was at Human Progress by Chelsea Follott. ” Here’s a brief summary of what’s been helpful from that article and a variety of sources to zoom out and regain perspective: As of March 24, 81,171 of China’s 1,500,000,000 (1.5

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 11, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises LLC and Xen Wireless form StrategyDriven Analytics to provide utility industry executives and managers with asset management program benchmarking data supporting operational and investment decisions and fleet and individual plant performance assessments. Plant Maintenance and Operations. No related articles.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 6, 2013

Such consistency promotes the error-free performance necessary for high-risk and high-quality operations. The text above is only a small portion of this article. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 14, 2013

A growing number of organizations are moving toward having more pervasive Business Intelligence (BI) by turning to evidence-based decision making supported by a range of BI and analytics technology and processes that enable decision makers to have the best possible intelligence about customers, finances, operations, suppliers, and the market.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2013

. “Utility leaders must find cost effective ways to replace aging assets, transfer knowledge to a new generation of workers, release currently unavailable capital, and optimize strategic operations and maintenance programs,” explains Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven’s Chief Executive Officer. Risk management and compliance.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 9, 2013

Major projects typically add significant operational, financial, reputational, and regulatory risk to an organization’s overall risk profile. The text above is only a small portion of this article. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 17, 2015

And, the operating budget has climbed from $38M to $178M. HPU was named a 2013 Green College in The Princeton Review. Note: Portions of this article were originally used in Take Their Breath Away by Chip Bell and John Patterson. Retention has skyrocketed and SAT scores have jumped 55 points on average. Just Google it.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2013

.” “An effective safety culture is far more than slogans and posters,” continues Greg Gaskey, StrategyDriven’s Chief Operations Officer. ” Nathan and Greg authored Preventing Catastrophic Industrial Accidents based on their decades of experience managing nuclear and industrial complex operations. .”

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Senior industry leader adds hands-on management and operational experience to StrategyDriven’s Power & Utilities focused advisory services. At StrategyDriven, we’re proud to be working with industry leaders to address these challenges and adapt their organizations so they continue to operate safely, reliably, and efficiently.”.

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