Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2013

You attitudes and behaviors are the biggest differentiators for leadership success. The four well researched core emotional intelligence metrics of: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness and Relationship Management are directly correlated with successful or failing leadership. Blame others for outcomes. About the Author.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Construction Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Dig hard into your operation to see what’s wrong. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Management & Leadership business management Steve Blue strategydriven' Right about now you are feeling like you have this CEO thing down cold!

Price 91

Price Innovation Incentives Learning-by-Doing 91

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

There is a lot at stake here for GE’s operations strategy. In January 2013, Chip Blankenship, CEO of GE Appliances issued a challenge to the newly formed team: “You’re going to change every part the customer sees. In January 2013 the team came out with a “minimum viable product.” Leadership roles and responsibilities.

Ries 10

Ries Waterman Finance Learning-by-Doing 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

This is very different from the way large businesses have operated for decades. What does it mean to operate in a digital business ecosystem? Digital business ecosystems dynamically create and operate value chains that extend their participants'' markets. What does it mean to view innovation as the only competitive advantage?

CIO 8

CIO Competitive Advantage Agility Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

The current mantra is “Move fast with stable infrastructure”, which speaks to the organizational design challenge of operating at scale in a fickle and volatile world. Each state poses a different leadership challenge. Many have speculated since about failures of its leadership under its bullish former CEO, Fred Goodwin.

Banking 14

Banking Strategy Film Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2015

They are called upon to advise companies that must manage risk in an increasingly complex global operating environment and navigate disruptive technologies that threaten their business models. Second: Is this a company with a clear competitive advantage? At the same time, board members face far greater scrutiny than ever before.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Advice Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Walmart recently lost $20 billion in market cap in one day, in part because its leadership admitted it needs to invest more into its e-commerce operations. In 2013, Target even told the Securities and Exchange Commission that “digital sales represented an immaterial amount…of total sales.”

Airlines 8

Airlines Retail Loyalty Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

But I suggest that the problem at Uber goes beyond a culture created by toxic leadership. The company’s cultural dysfunction, it seems to me, stems from the very nature of the company’s competitive advantage: Uber’s business model is predicated on lawbreaking. But that is not enough.

Licensing 8

Licensing Transportation Document Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Without support from leadership, your AI transformation might not succeed.

Survey 11

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2015

Getting the company back on its feet required a major boost in operating efficiency. We succeeded, but by 2013 we worried that we had taken our focus on results too far. In order to make our success sustainable, we decided to roll out a new “leadership model” for our middle- and upper-level managers.

Resistance 8

Resistance Long-term Short-term Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

The brand died a slow death, beginning when Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy in 2010 and then ultimately when its acquirer, Dish Network, decided to shut down all video rental operations in 2013. And are they still able to deliver on its purpose in a way that increases differentiation and competitive advantage?

Brand 8

Brand Merchandising Retail Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

And that same transparency has radically shortened the shelf life of any new competitive advantage. “We’ll McKinsey’s DataMatics 2013 survey shows that companies that use customer analytics extensively are more than twice as likely to generate above-average profits as those that don’t.

P&L 10

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

But from the average consumer’s point of view, it can be hard to see Sears’ competitive advantage right now. On those grounds, he says, things look bad not just for Sears and all large chain stores, which before the war were considered a threat to so many Americans’ dreams of setting up their own independent local retail operations.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 12, 2013

If you feel there is room for improvement, here are a few ways you can change the tide: Invest in leadership programs. The first thing you can do is to take advantage of leadership program benefits. Once your team is operating with nominated leaders, it is your job to ensure that things flow easily without any major hiccups.

Competitive Advantage 63

Competitive Advantage Open-book Learning-by-Doing Delegation 63

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 4, 2013

airline industry reported an operating loss of more than $10 billion in 2001 and a net loss of almost $8 billion, according to Air Carrier Financial Statistics Quarterly, a compilation of airline financial reports issued by the U.S. In 1999, the industry reported an operating profit of almost $9 billion and net income of more than $5 billion.

Crisis 57

Crisis Airlines Transportation Crisis Management 57

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Another energy industry client operated coal mines. Activities include media-spokesperson training, field and operations staff training, coordination of corporate response and message points, community liaison, collateral materials writing-production, video archiving-production, media relations, monitoring and expert testimony. .”

Crisis Management 75

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 75

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Business shift from the retail dealer customer service mentality of Firestone shifted to a high-production tire operation. When they are compelled to do so, company leadership will provide leadership for change management and re-engineering…two of the many worthwhile concepts that should be advocated every business day.

Crisis 58

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

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Energy 56

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 56

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

One 2013 study illustrates this well. What the chart shows is that while we tend to think that leadership matters most to motivation, other processes can have an even bigger impact. Looking at all these processes together, it’s clear that culture is the operating system of an organization. Insight Center.

Motivation 8

Motivation Company Airlines Learning-by-Doing 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

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Crisis 71

Crisis Crisis Management Budgeting Risk Management 71

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Executives are bombarded with bestselling ideas and best practices for achieving competitive advantage, but many of these ideas and practices contradict each other. Should you create a blue ocean, be adaptive, play to win — or forget about a sustainable competitive advantage altogether?

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8