Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

In business today, every leader, every boss, every chief executive officer, wants their company to be successful and so they advocate for tough-minded attitudes and strong-willed personalities. © 2013 Lolly Daskal. And in doing so, they sometimes miss the mark of creating the success they are after. All rights reserved.

Skills 167

Skills Chief Executive Officer Leadership Agility 167

Coaching Tip

JULY 9, 2013

Bottom Line: The Borders CEO was blind to future impact of paper and ebooks being sold through the Internet whereas the Barnes and Noble CEO focused on developing eReader/table hardware rather than focusing on integrating ebook and other online sales opportunities with the company''s retail stores. Leadership Development is Shortsighted.

Chief Executive Officer 97

Chief Executive Officer eBook Leadership Leadership Styles 97

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Silent Killer #5: Suppressing Innovation. Thanks to the bureaucracy and lack of listening that exists in most companies today, we have created working environments that stifle the creativity, original thought, and innovation that make our human capital so valuable. The greatest enemy of innovation is modern management.

Six Sigma 50

Six Sigma Productivity Products Bureaucracy 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 10, 2013

StrategyDriven is proud to announce the launch of a risk management resource forum; providing innovative thought leadership and collaboration opportunities to help leaders effectively address their most pressing operational risks. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

Risk Management 58

Risk Management Operations Resources Management 58

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Rather than attempting to replace people, our IT systems, processes, and products should be aimed at enabling the human cooperation, collaboration, and innovation that are essential to growing a business. But a new generation of coordination tools is available, and the innovators of the world are using them. Shift Your Understanding.

Productivity 64

Productivity Products Six Sigma Competitive Advantage 64

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Too many organizations today have created and tolerated a range of practices in which creativity, innovation, and the fundamental expressions of our thoughts and feelings about our work and our futures are ignored or spurned. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. This lack of listening is a tremendous source of waste.

Six Sigma 66

Six Sigma Productivity Products Chief Executive Officer 66

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 26, 2013

When leaders are willing to make the shift away from bureaucratic work styles and structures, develop listening as a key management competence, generate cultures that welcome innovation, and build systems and processes that support this new way of working, their people will once again experience meaning and purpose in their working lives.

Productivity 71

Productivity Products Six Sigma Chief Executive Officer 71