Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2013

. “Many of today’s significant industrial accidents are preventable, the byproduct of human errors made when safety was subordinated to other priorities,” explains Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 12, 2013

But we have come to tolerate the illusion that the essential matters of work can be invented, managed, and sustained through the creation, storage, retrieval, display, and publication of information. What was invented as a means to replace the post office has now become the most common management tool in organizations.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

This will require a dramatic shift in the way we train our leaders, managers, and team members, but it is the key to inventing new, more powerful futures together. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. We attune ourselves to other people, and together we build competence for speaking, listening, and building trust.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2016

At the end of a particularly long and grueling strategy meeting with the executive team of a major consumer services business, Alan, the chief executive officer, turned to me and said, “Living quarter by quarter is madness, but in a few years’ time people will laugh at us for developing three-year plans.” He was right.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 19, 2013

The greatest enemy of innovation is modern management. Contemporary management practices are geared toward ensuring stability and predictability, and avoiding surprises or ‘problems.’ Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. ’ But innovation is unpredictable, even disruptive. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Those in senior-management roles may have trouble seeing or identifying with this phenomenon and may mistakenly assume it only happens in other organizations. The executive floors are largely immune from this and, at the same time, unconsciously responsible for it. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Unfortunately, contemporary management theory offers no alternatives to this style of organizing work and designing organizational structures. 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. About the Author. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Yet contemporary management theory rarely recognizes the importance of moods and the impact they can have on productivity and profitability. Most current management practices tend to devalue anything that can’t be measured. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. About the Author. Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Unfortunately contemporary management theory and practices have ill prepared us for our current reality. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Management & Leadership Tactical Execution business management Chris Majer employee engagement employee productivity lean six sigma strategydriven'

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 2, 2014

Management, by contrast, is focused primarily on coordinating action to fulfill objectives established by leaders. What type of management practices do we need to put in place? Managing the action cycle. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. What kind of alliances will we need to make? Making alliances.

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