Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2013

This process is called commitment-based management, and it will be as powerful for the next generation of managers as quality was for the last. Companies generate value when these commitments are clear and crisp and are fulfilled on time, on budget, and as scoped. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Six Sigma Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

JUNE 12, 2015

For many companies, budgets are tight and options are limited — so there’s no way you can purchase funky new furniture let alone do something like put a mini-basketball court in a meeting room. With all the competing demands and plethora of workspace design trends, perhaps it’s no wonder that Gensler’s 2013 U.S.

Chief Executive Officer 50

Chief Executive Officer Open-book Competitive Advantage Trends 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2013

High quality service was not a value before we started. We managed university budget cuts with grace; we had far less turn over than the university as a whole and even lower than national averages for the same job categories. The only material differences between our campuses were geography and the quality of the leadership.

Leadership 64

Leadership Training Peer Review Budgeting 64

Strategy Driven

JULY 5, 2013

The Old Became the New Again… The original speed for phonograph records, as invented in 1888, was 78-RPM, which engineers determined to be the most ideal for sound quality. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Stores closed on Sundays. The 1980s brought us compact discs, which play at a speed of 78-RPM.

Planning 63

Planning Learning Curve Budgeting Learning-by-Doing 63

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Prevention of loss in quality, purpose or vision. Going through the planning and implementation is a quality assurance process that strengthens any company. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Prevention of strains in company relationships with others and attacks from outside the organization.

Crisis Management 79

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 79

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

I recommend that diversity audits, quality control reviews, ethics programs and other important regimen be conducted as part of Strategic Planning, rather than as stand-alone, distracting and energy diverting activities. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

Energy 58

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 58

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 2, 2013

Working with equipment, resources and people from a source without my standards of quality control… trying to make the best of bad situations. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Circumstances Beyond Our Control. Changing trends, upon which I could not capitalize but which others could. Mis-Calculations.

Company 62

Company Learning-by-Doing Budgeting Consultative 62

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2013

High-quality people can make your life miserable when they get into key jobs. Inflate budgets. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. If things still don’t improve, blame it on the consultant. Develop your power play skills and use them as often as you can. Surround yourself with people less smart than yourself.

Strategy 59

Strategy Strategic Planning Porter Simon 59

Strategy Driven

MAY 29, 2013

” WE-WE – Qualifying questions about who decides, budget, or payment. THEM – Testimonials that overcome specific objections – price and quality. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. WE-WE – Unfavorable statements about the competition. WE-WE – Comparing yourself to the competition. True engagement.

Customer Loyalty 70

Customer Loyalty Seminar Media Marketing 70

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

They’ve refined the buying process so far that they have precluded the words ‘quality’ and ‘value’ from the buying process AND they have taken the words productivity, ease of use, and morale out of the delivery process. Talk to the person who MAKES the budget, not the person who spends it. All rights reserved.

Proposal 58

Proposal Price Long-term Customer Loyalty 58

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Healthy organizations absorb all the knowledge and insight they can… embracing change, continuous quality improvement and planned growth. The level of achievement by a company is commensurate to the level and quality of its vision, goals and tactics. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. About the Author.

Strategy 60

Strategy P&L Strategic Planning Tactics 60

Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2013

And, the competitive bidding process is in place to assure the best look at products, quality of services, at the best price. Republican Governor Christie is a union supporter, who is up for re-election in November, 2013. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

Project 50

Project Human Resources Cost Conflict of Interest 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Consider the following impacts of sequestration on Federal health agencies and activities: Cuts to the FY13 budget: $1.71 noted the irony that because of sequester cuts, NIH funding was reduced for the research that resulted in Yale’s James Rothman sharing in the 2013 Nobel Prize for Medicine. Cuts to 2013 budget : $285 Million or 5%.

Health Care 8

Health Care Budgeting Pharmaceuticals Review 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Indeed, if a department attracts new customers, it wins the lion’s share of the marketing budget, but it is well documented that it costs some companies five to ten times more to attract new customers than to retain an existing one. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment!

Aaker 64

Aaker Short-term Marketing Benchmarking 64

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2015

All will claim to reduce costs and improve quality. In order to accomplish this, proposals will largely focus on what is termed “wasteful spending” in health care, spending not associated with improved quality that, by some estimates , accounts for over one-fourth of total health care spending. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Price Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

In April 2013, over 1,100 workers died in Bangladesh when a garment factory complex called Rana Plaza collapsed. That’s the discussion I moderated on November 18, 2013, at the Boston Global Forum. Thousands of garment workers went on strike in October 2013 to demand an increase in wages from $40 to $100 per month.

Retail 8

Retail Globalization Short-term Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2017

Delegation is what resuscitated my business from the brink of collapse in 2013. Hiring more help, while it does make a dent in the budget, has helped me far out-earn the cost of creating a team that I know I can rely on.

Delegation 11

Delegation How To Airlines Hotels 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Perhaps you don’t have time or budget right now to develop custom content for Hispanics. Even so, that’s no excuse for leaving the “Copyright 2013” notice sitting on your site for all of 2014, or for failing to test your links on the Spanish site. And machine-driven translations rarely offer a good quality product.

Marketing 8

Marketing Market Segmentation Content Customer Loyalty 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

gross domestic product and public sector budgets that are consumed by health care over the long term, therefore, will require either increasing labor productivity or substantially lowering workforce salaries. With these payment models, providers make more money when they invent more cost effective approaches to delivering high-quality care.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Cost Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2014

In June 2013, some Harvard Business School classmates and I launched a social enterprise ( WAVE: West Africa Vocational Education ) targeted at the youth unemployment issue. The inferior quality of many schools necessitates early access to youths through internships, short-term placements and even school-based training programs.

Training 8

Training Company Metrics Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. As the 24 th biggest industrial consumer of water, Coca Cola has now invested $2 billion to reduce water use and improve water quality in the communities in which it operates. households spend 3% of annual electricity budgets on heating water to wash clothes.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

According to a recent JPMorgan/GIIN report , impact investors invested nearly $11 billion across 4,900 deals in 2013, up 250% from 2011. In the 2013 class of Echoing Green Fellows , five of the 12 nonprofits earn revenue, and five of the seven for-profit companies have received donations. social entrepreneurs now have more options.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Apparel Transportation Fashion 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

High-quality, carefully-edited content is great for pulling in an audience. The early campaigns on Kickstarter ran a long gauntlet — creators had to budget days into their campaign to cover the Kickstarter approval process. Platform and publisher incentives are better aligned when a platform is new.

Business Model 8

Business Model Content Incentives Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

The ManpowerGroup Contingent Workforce Index of 2013 showed 40% of all ManpowerGroup consulting engagements blended permanent and contingent workers. Talent can move into and out of an organization, through a growing array of options such as freelance platforms , crowdsourcing efforts, and temporary, contract, or part-time work.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2016

In the summer of 2013, Rolling Stone published a long article titled “Goodbye, Miami,” which claimed that climate change will submerge much of the titular city. Competition in forming accurate forecasts will incentivize such firms to design high-quality, useful forecasts. cities to adapt.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Parcell Incentives Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Typically for an internal consulting group, we had to grow gradually as we demonstrated the quality of our work. This also forces us to deliver great quality on every project. In a seminal 2013 HBR article, “Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption,” Clayton M. But the key was knowing when to stop growing.

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Consider the Rolling Stones’ 2013 U.S. Discount travel company Priceline is now valued at over $61 billion based on a business model of using uncertainty to sell to the budget-minded. Ditto for consumers who fill out rebate forms—their actions prove their price sensitivity.

Price 8

Price Uncertainty Hotels Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

According to the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), catalog mailings grew in 2013 to 11.9 ” But then the Great Recession hit, and retailers looking to trim their expenditures cut catalog budgets. ” Retailers have also discovered that catalogs can be used for high quality content marketing.

Retail 8

Retail Brand Fashion Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

In my work on complex systems procurement (PDF) and participation in project and program reviews, the only variable more important than the quality of the people doing the work was the integrity of the individuals responsible for governance. Yes, look at innovators, their schedules and their budgets. Are you impressed?

Software 8

Software System Project Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

A 2013 study from the University of Sydney found that a lack of sound privacy was far and away the biggest drain on employee morale : Further, a 2014 study by Steelcase and Ipsos found that workers lost as much as 86 minutes per day due to noise distractions. But an open office has downsides.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Environment Productivity Products 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

In May 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released CMS Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) inpatient data that contain discharge information for 100% of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries using hospital inpatient services. Constraints on Health Care Budgets Can Drive Quality.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Cost Health Care Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2018

” This definition is echoed by a 2013 national survey of 20,000 conducted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Teachers also have little influence over professional development content, school-wide organization, or school budget decisions.

Education 8

Education Survey Stress Definition 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2013

And 55% have dedicated innovation budgets. In 2013, only 8% of the companies in this annual benchmarking survey received a top grade from their customers — and that''s a pathetically low number in comparison to the amount of professed innovation in the industry. Sixty-four percent have allocated time to innovation activities.

Innovation 8

Innovation Forrester Business Model Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

A witty comment or botched response on Twitter can travel to Facebook and even news websites in minutes (think of the Oreo tweet during the Superbowl blackout of 2013 ). These qualities are quantifiable. That reflects the needs of the company: different departments with their own budgets running accounts for different purposes.

Company 8

Company Airlines Brand Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

In 2013, Accenture suggested that 20 to 30 percent of the total workforce falls outside the organization’s traditional full-time, permanent employment relationship. Are timing, budget, and resourcing consistent with what is required for a successful outcome? Does the work have the right level of sponsorship?

Agility 8

Agility Organization Resources Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Lee’s essay “The Word that Shall Not Be Spoken” in the November 7, 2013 New England Journal of Medicine.). Future quality measures may expand on the concept of suffering to incorporate measures of disparity in suffering across patient populations. Constraints on Health Care Budgets Can Drive Quality. See Thomas H.

Health Care 8

Health Care Quality Constraint System 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

In June 2013, Dallas-based Mary Kay exited from India after six years and over $20 million invested. Value, not price: The common wisdom is that India’s buyers seek the lowest possible price and are prepared to compromise on quality. While some companies will do very well in India, we expect many others to be disappointed.

Venture Capitalist 10

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 10