Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2014

The ‘lead’ is rightfully labeled as MQL, or SALs which helps a marketing operations person understand the definition for each defined stage, but it doesn’t help a practitioner understand if the customer segments being targeted are over indexing or under indexing, based on their investment and executional plan.

Marketing 50

Marketing B2B Due Diligence Benchmarking 50

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. Ask yourself, do I…? All rights reserved.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Construction Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2014

As a 2013 company report* stated, “Navistar was selected as a name with a strong sound, a resonance to Harvester, and a connection to its root words “navigate” and “star.” EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Relate Articles: 7 Keys to Executing a Successful Business Rebrand.

Brand 58

Brand Marketing Engineering Competitive Advantage 58

Strategy Driven

MAY 1, 2014

Find certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Women Owned Small Businesses (WOSB), 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Businesses or those operating in areas designated as Historically Underutilized Business zones (HUBZone) within related industries and connect with them to pursue contract awards within these categories.

Open-book 58

Open-book Budgeting Proposal Competitive Advantage 58

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2013

We were a mediocre, at best, institutional operation with a sense of entitlement. We learned from our experience in culture change that having the ability to lead others to success does not happen by accident; it takes solid values, a long-term and deep commitment, alignment, accountability, and great leadership. About the Author.

Leadership 63

Leadership Training Peer Review Budgeting 63

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.” and compete successfully.

Ries 10

Ries Waterman Finance Learning-by-Doing 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

A company that creates a sustainable competitive advantage, executes well and reinvests to solidify its strategy will find that its share price accurately reflects its value. When CEO Tex Gunning took over in 2013, he spent weeks in depots and on trucks and wrote to every frontline employee asking for input.

Company 8

Company Bureaucracy Long-term Competitive Advantage 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. Across all four, however, we’re assuming that the purpose itself is viable and has the potential to be successful.).

Banking 14

Banking Strategy Film Operations 14

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

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

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. Successful AI adopters have strong executive leadership support for the new technology.

Survey 11

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Minguela had observed the rapid success of the U.S.-based Rocket Internet’s core business model is replicating successful business ideas globally, matching the latest-and-greatest e-commerce ideas to the biggest untapped markets. What do I mean by nondigital components?

Business Model 8

Business Model Hotels Supply Chain Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

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 I suggest that the problem at Uber goes beyond a culture created by toxic leadership. ” Respect for the law barely merits a footnote.

Licensing 8

Licensing Transportation Document Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012, exited legacy businesses and sold off its patents before re-emerging as a sharply smaller company in 2013. Kodak was so blinded by its success that it completely missed the rise of digital technologies. Why did this happen? An easy explanation is myopia. Consider Fuji Photo Film.

Technology 8

Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 8

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

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. You just finished reading The Big Picture of Business - Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success ! Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †.

Energy 56

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 56

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

The majority of small businesses rely on such loans, and in the fall of 2013 alone, 37% of small businesses applied for credit. If its successful, small businesses will have more opportunity to what they do bestgrow the American economy and create jobs. These developments, while promising, are not without risks.

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Another energy industry client operated coal mines. You always draw upon successful elements of other client crises. Learn from those who were successful, those who failed to achieve the desired effects, and those whose corporate credibilities were damaged by inaction or the wrong actions. Finally comes Crisis Training.

Crisis Management 75

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 75

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 11, 2013

Business shift from the retail dealer customer service mentality of Firestone shifted to a high-production tire operation. One learns three times more from failure than from success. Failures propel us toward our greatest future successes. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

Crisis 58

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Business leaders believe a strong organizational culture is critical to success, yet culture tends to feel like some magic force that few know how to control. One 2013 study illustrates this well. 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

Activities included crisis communications, grassroots lobbying, dealer relations, issues management, and the recently-completed successful market reintroduction of the product. Their success should be a beacon to companies striving to make the long way back. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

Crisis 71

Crisis Crisis Management Budgeting Risk Management 71

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

I spoke with contributor Don Sull , who teaches strategy at MIT and the London Business School, about the tension between scholars who put sustainable competitive advantage at the center of strategy and those who argue that some industries are changing too quickly to allow for sustained performance. When done well, it works.

Sull 10

Sull Competitive Advantage Porter Innovation 10

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? • Adaptive: Be fast.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2013

The latter is a vital part of the final climb from developing to developed status — no economy has managed the climb without spawning globally competitive brands. In their October 2013 HBR article on diaspora marketing, Nirmalya Kumar and Jan-Benedict E.M.

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Metrics Incentives 8