Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

In the two decades from 1990 to 2010, our country fell from having the sixth-highest rate of female labor-force participation among 22 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, countries to 17th on the list. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. All rights reserved.

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Diversity Competitive Advantage Participative Committee 66

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. As a female entrepreneur who has built a successful company over the past decade, I forced myself to look even further ahead and determine what might be coming, not just in 2013 but in the next five years or so.

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Deming Institute

JANUARY 16, 2017

If possible, I wanted to work in something closer to the Deming environment. People weren’t working together toward personal and organizational goals… and that environment was, I’d say, management’s fault. But, I needed a job, so I cast a wide net. What had happened? Instead of development, we got regression, apparently.

Kaizen 28

Kaizen Deming Lean Manufacturing Handbook 28

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2013

You are missing clues, haven’t developed a wide network, and operate more like individual contributor than a leader. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. Blame others for outcomes. Failing leaders don’t ask; they tell. All rights reserved.

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Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Construction Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2013

We were a mediocre, at best, institutional operation with a sense of entitlement. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. Our real problem was we were not holding our leaders and staff accountable. FREE StrategyDriven Trial Membership.

Leadership 63

Leadership Training Peer Review Budgeting 63

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Their business environment was becoming more complex and uncertain. They also felt they were operating at cross-purposes every single day. I’ve been a business leader and leadership consultant for most of my career. The room had the organization’s top sixty leaders of a large technology services company. They felt rudderless.

Human Capital 244

Human Capital Commitment Discount Conference 244

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2014

An environment of rapid change demands more and better questions from us. Kotter For most companies, the hierarchy is the singular operating system at the heart of the firm. But the reality is, this system simply is not built for an environment where change has become the norm. Related Interest: Best Leadership Books of 2013.

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Books Wiseman Kotter Leadership 285

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

In 2013, my partners and I conducted a combination of surveys and interviews with over 270 female managers in Fortune 500 organizations to determine what they liked and disliked about business meetings, and one of the things that repeatedly fell into the dislike column was politics. Need more evidence?

Politics 8

Politics 360-Degree Feedback Skills Seminar 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2014

The company’s twenty years of entrepreneurial success had positioned the company to reap greater financial rewards using a more disciplined operational focus. However, by the middle of the decade, Google was growing, YouTube was forming, and “operational excellence” wasn’t a differentiating strategy in technology.

Strategic Fit 8

Strategic Fit Rogers CEO Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

For example, the power company Tenaga Nasional could send a leader with strong operating capabilities to work for several years at Malaysia Airlines, acquiring skills in turning around a troubled business. Peter Voser, the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell from July 2009, retired in May 2013.

CFO 8

CFO Leadership Development Telecommunications Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2013

burden of running their companies’ day-to-day operations. The article doesn''t outright glorify or condemn these work environments. growth in digital ads between 2013 and 2014. It''s an attractive value proposition: It''s projected to be a big part of the 13.4% BONUS BITS: Getting Around.

Advertising 8

Advertising Video Ethics PR 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

In it, Bogey reprised the 1930’s Broadway hit and movie that launched his career. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. It was written by Rod Sterling and starred Jack Palance and Ed Wynn. All rights reserved.

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Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 56

Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2013

It occupied one counter at 2-J’s Hamburgers, an established Austin restaurant, owned and operated by Ralph Moreland. ” KFC was a watershed in my career (at that point 21 years long). Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article.

Franchising 61

Franchising Budgeting Pryor Consultative 61

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Demand is predicted to expand by as much as 40% in 2013. They don't want job security, they want career fluidity.". While getting out of the house to work for free in the quasi-community of a coffee shop might feel like a no-strings, easily-accessible kind of co-working environment, don't be fooled. And for good reason.

Entrepreneur 17

Entrepreneur Case Study Innovation Media 17

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

In some ways it’s only natural that we see an increase in discussions on potential challenges for organizations in operating under a multi-generational workforce. In other words, this behaviour correlates more to our age and what stage we are in our careers than it does to which generation we belong to. (3),

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P&L Fraser Motivation Organizational Behavior 243

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

These larger companies, once considered pinnacles of career opportunity, have become employers of last resort. When people know they are part of a collusive environment where the truth is unwelcome, they hide parts of themselves. Unless the companies make radical changes, the best talent will go elsewhere.

Company 8

Company McKinsey Survey COO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

For these leaders — and young people aspiring to careers as health care managers — one very practical question emerges: What are the critical skills for leading major change in our health system? Before I left Partners to join the Commonwealth Fund in 2013, we had chosen the EHR and begun the rollout of the new IT infrastructure.

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System Skills Health Care Constraint 8