Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2014

ADVISOR – I launched the Gitomer Certified Advisor program in the fall of 2013. LESSON: Don’t stay attached to old technology or products even though they have brought success and profit in the past. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Relate Articles: Leadership words that need to be banned.

Succession 50

Succession Customer Loyalty Competitive Advantage Content 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

No personal website, no personal brand, no social media interaction, and not taking advantage of smartphone technology. ASK YOURSELF THIS: Is it easier to find and do business with you, or your competition? If not, invest whatever is needed in people and money to set and maintain a leadership position in all three areas.

Media 63

Media Advice Customer Loyalty Competitive Advantage 63

Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

Houston Symphony Orchestra, 100th in 2013. Technology is but one tool of the trade. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Trait-centered Leadership vs. Servant Leadership. Living in the past is not good, nor is living in the present without wisdom of the past.

Case Study 50

Case Study Open-book Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

While it’s clear that CEOs need to consider AI’s business implications, the technology’s nascence in business settings makes it less clear how to profitably employ it. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging.

Survey 12

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

The European Commission believes that digital business ecosystems are critical to Europe''s future competitive ability, and the key to realizing "this promise of fostering the development of those technologies, systems, applications and services that are critical to achieving higher growth, more and better jobs, and greater social inclusion."

CIO 8

CIO Competitive Advantage Agility Hamel 8

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 15, 2013

While the obvious decisions that CEOs need to get right involve strategy and competitive advantage, too many executives delegate away three critical decisions that they need to own: decisions about goals, resource allocation, and people. Decision making Leadership' High Stakes Decision Making An HBR Insight Center.

P&L 8

P&L Fixed Assets Charan Delegation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

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. You won’t have a lot of money. There will be a very small team.

Ries 10

Ries Waterman Finance Learning-by-Doing 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

Strategy involves choices about what products and services to offer, which markets to serve, and how the company should best set itself apart from rivals for competitive advantage. Each state poses a different leadership challenge. Purpose is enduring – it is the north star towards which the company should point.

Banking 14

Banking Strategy Film Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

’ the questions must be asked, ‘WHY did we start doing WHAT we’re doing in the first place, and WHAT can we do to bring our cause to life considering all the technologies and market opportunities available today?’” Is their brand’s purpose is still relevant?

Brand 8

Brand Merchandising Retail Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

The technological advances of the digital age have allowed the global workforce to be better connected, more collaborative, and have greater personal impact than ever before. More than a year after its publication, I’m still reeling from the results of Gallup’s 2013 Global Workforce Study. Or are they? Or are they?

Management 8

Management Globalization Drucker Uncertainty 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 11

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 11

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

economy spent one trillion dollars fixing and treating the so-called Y2K Bug, which we now know was a manufactured “crisis” by technology consulting companies. As was discussed in Chapter 8, technology constitutes one tenth of 1% of any organization’s overall Big Picture. In 1999, the U.S. Consider leaving a comment!

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Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

Though I wrote all my books on computers, I wrote the modern technology chapters on the typewriter, to make points to myself that the readers could never have grasped. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment!

Energy 56

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 56

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