First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 22, 2014

Michael Nanfito is the executive director at the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE). He has a background in networked information resources and technology-related entrepreneurial activity, ranging from the development of large data-driven web environments to consulting for […].

Wilde 90

Wilde Drucker Tools Course 90

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

There I observed a wide array of Abbott executives, scientists and managers. I was struck not only by their disciplined approach but also by their freedom to discover, develop and design within broad operating parameters—conditions I did not typically associate with large, for-profit corporations. General Business'

Decentralization 283

Decentralization Organizational Behavior Short-term Public Relations 283

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

APRIL 22, 2013

Dim the lights, turn off the radio and reduce distractions from technology to get inside your head. 5) Write : Introverts use this skill to influence others through deep, authentic, well-developed arguments that motivate others to action. Tip: Don’t stress yourself out by trying to participate in every new social media technology.

Influence 217

Influence Self-aware Tips Media 217

CO2

DECEMBER 1, 2014

While leaders benefit from many technological advances, too, their work doesn’t seem to get easier. He is a Minnesota hedge fund manager and an off-road racer who won the 2013 Dakar Challenge by posting the fastest adjusted time combined from two major desert races—the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 and the Eldorado HDRA Reno 500.

Leadership 120

Leadership Hedge Sharpe Executive Coaching 120

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

There will be three more groups – one from Asia/India, one from the US, Europe, and South America, and one group of younger people and people from developing countries who are ready to make a difference in their communities and pay it forward. The first group of 25 coaches will join me in Phoenix in December. Listed by group – not ranking).

Disruptive Innovation 70

Disruptive Innovation Executive Coaching Human Resources CEO 70

Coaching Tip

JULY 9, 2013

That executive decision began the downfall of the company. The new retail-oriented CEO decided to close down their website, fire their internal website experts and contract out information technology by having their books sold through Amazon.com. Source: The Wall Street Journal, July 9, 2013 . Related articles.

Chief Executive Officer 97

Chief Executive Officer eBook Leadership Leadership Styles 97

Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

Pawel Motyl – Formerly CEO Harvard Business Review Poland, noted speaker, consultant and executive coach, author Labirynt Sztuka podejmowania decyzji. General Bernie Banks – Former General US Army, head of Leadership Development West Point, currently Associate Dean Northwestern Kellogg School of Management.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching Human Resources Magazine CEO 70

CO2

DECEMBER 1, 2014

While leaders benefit from many technological advances, too, their work doesn’t seem to get easier. He is a Minnesota hedge fund manager and an off-road racer who won the 2013 Dakar Challenge by posting the fastest adjusted time combined from two major desert races—the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 and the Eldorado HDRA Reno 500.

Hedge 78

Hedge Leadership Sharpe Strategic Planning 78

CO2

DECEMBER 1, 2014

While leaders benefit from many technological advances, too, their work doesn’t seem to get easier. He is a Minnesota hedge fund manager and an off-road racer who won the 2013 Dakar Challenge by posting the fastest adjusted time combined from two major desert races—the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 and the Eldorado HDRA Reno 500.

Hedge 78

Hedge Leadership Sharpe Strategic Planning 78

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.

Long-term 50

Long-term Planning Chief Executive Officer Letter 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 11, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises LLC and Xen Wireless form StrategyDriven Analytics to provide utility industry executives and managers with asset management program benchmarking data supporting operational and investment decisions and fleet and individual plant performance assessments. Online and Outage Work Management. About StrategyDriven.

Wireless 58

Wireless Benchmarking Asset Management Industry 58

HR Digest

MAY 1, 2019

The contribution of technology in improving customer experience is well documented, but little has been done in using it for enriching workplace experiences. Diane Gherson is a trailblazer when it comes to introducing agile technologies in the gamut of Human Resources. Digital technologies forced-disruption of all that.

Agility 90

Agility Self-aware Innovation Human Resources 90

Strategy Driven

JUNE 25, 2013

When high overtime use occurs, leaders should resist the temptation to hire more workers and instead focus on the adequacy of management practices; employee training and behaviors; work identification, planning, scheduling, execution, and closure processes; and supporting technologies to optimally deploy employees to maximize work output.

Resources 62

Resources Management Newsletter Article 62

CO2

DECEMBER 1, 2014

While leaders benefit from many technological advances, too, their work doesn’t seem to get easier. He is a Minnesota hedge fund manager and an off-road racer who won the 2013 Dakar Challenge by posting the fastest adjusted time combined from two major desert races—the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 and the Eldorado HDRA Reno 500.

Hedge 60

Hedge Leadership Sharpe Strategic Planning 60

CO2

DECEMBER 1, 2014

While leaders benefit from many technological advances, too, their work doesn’t seem to get easier. He is a Minnesota hedge fund manager and an off-road racer who won the 2013 Dakar Challenge by posting the fastest adjusted time combined from two major desert races—the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 and the Eldorado HDRA Reno 500.

Hedge 60

Hedge Leadership Sharpe Strategic Planning 60

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Once presented, Dan provides actionable advice for developing those skills required for advancement. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Recommended Resources – The Complete Executive. Soft skills necessary to make every impression count. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

Resources 60

Resources Career Advice Newsletter 60

Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Big Data, and its close cousin the Internet of Things, are among the trendier terms of 2013. They can sound geeky, but they are developments that every manager needs to understand. Last month the supermarket giant Tesco announced a partnership with a technology firm Amscreen aimed at improving the targeting of its advertisements.

Leadership Styles 83

Leadership Styles Human Capital Ethics McKinsey 83

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

The result, I think, is a set of ideas that together are important, useful, and original, and that feel like quite an accurate account of the management concerns many of us shared in 2013. Technology offers real hope for Africa’s economic future. Imagine a Future Where Africa Leapfrogs Developed Economies.

Management 17

Management Health Care Middle Management Agility 17

Strategy Driven

JUNE 11, 2013

A performance measurement system’s complexity and organizational impact can bring with it many people, process, and technology challenges post implementation. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. This evolution is not without its costs or problems. To read Nathan’s complete biography, click here.

System 50

System KPI Metrics Newsletter 50

Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

If you want to learn how to develop an experimentation organization, read on. For centuries, we’ve built and organized scientific and technological knowledge through testable explanations and predictions. Consider Kohl’s, the large retailer, which in 2013 was looking for ways to decrease its operating costs. Daniel Kahneman.

Power 95

Power Kahneman Open-book Learning-by-Doing 95

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

institutionalized mistrust, resignation, or resentment), technology addiction (which can make it difficult for some people to actually talk to others), or a simple incompetence for speaking and listening. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. This lack of listening can be the result of degenerative moods (e.g.,

Six Sigma 66

Six Sigma Productivity Products Chief Executive Officer 66

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

Today, the term increasingly serves as a corporate bogeyman that warns executives of the need to stand up and respond when disruptive developments encroach on their market. 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.

Technology 8

Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 8

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 10

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Meanwhile, new technologies are making it easier for sustainability investments to pay off in the middle to long term. These moves helped to focus executive attention and ensure that quality initiatives actually got carried out. Having any more than that risks diluting executive focus. had a diversity metric.

Execution 10

Execution Metrics Long-term Incentives 10

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The last decade ushered in an economic meltdown and technological breakthroughs that have forever changed the business world as we knew it. To keep his workers thinking and engaged, Ohno developed a new way for them to think about waste – where ‘waste’ is not a thing but an assessment or an interpretation.

Ohno 50

Ohno Productivity Products Six Sigma 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 11, 2013

HR.com, the largest social network and online community of HR executives shares some eye-opening information about who you are really hiring. Weed out early on; technology helps. So, isn’t it time that you examined the root causes of your bad hires and learned how to incorporate science and technology into your hiring practices?

Quality 68

Quality Pre-Employment Screening Talent Management Reference 68

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. As a female entrepreneur who has built a successful company over the past decade, I forced myself to look even further ahead and determine what might be coming, not just in 2013 but in the next five years or so.

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

In 2013, Management Research Group (MRG) completed a large scale global study addressing this question. We evaluated the leadership practices and effectiveness of 60,000 managers and executives in 140+ countries and 26 industries. So how can organizations develop strategic leaders? To be sure, it’s not an easy task.

Organization 14

Organization Development Tactics Strategic Planning 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2018

As uncertainty is increasing and competition is becoming more fierce, executives need to have a broader understanding of competition itself in order to sustain an edge. Executives who consider and discuss all four types of competition will uncover important insights, and such an analysis can help move your strategy forward.

Stress 9

Stress Insourcing Retail Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2018

Other senior executives have left as well. GE is hardly the only company to run into performance issues and sooner-than-expected executive departures in the midst of a huge digital transformation effort. We think there’s something more here than executive over-exuberance or slowing markets.

Technology 8

Technology Business Model CEO Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2018

We investigated this topic when we studied how Nokia executives dealt with the company’s severe strategic challenges between 2007 and 2013. This bold strategic leap was, we found, in part facilitated by Nokia’s newly appointed board who actively attended to top managers’ emotions in 2012-2013. Getty Images.

Strategy 8

Strategy Analysis Operations CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Companies increasingly use digital technologies to circumvent distributors and enter into direct relationships with their end-users. Writing in the Sloan Management Review, Boston College professor Gerald Kane noted that 87% of executives surveyed indicated that digital technologies will disrupt their industries to a great or moderate extent.

Strategy 9

Strategy B2B Insurance Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

The Lean Startup is an approach to developing new products that came out of “Agile” software development, with “sprints” (quick deliverables) and fast learning. 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.

Ries 9

Ries Waterman Finance Learning-by-Doing 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Successfully identifying, developing, and retaining leadership talent is critical for any organization’s long-term success. According to a 2013 CEB study , “only one in four HR organizations have effectively integrated their talent management practices…with the company’s strategic objectives.”

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Delegation Management Document 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Sadly, chief executives aren’t the only ones with this negative perception. But talent acquisition and learning and development are altogether different — and they should never be done on the cheap. That’s the specialized insight required to develop the right sourcing and recruiting strategy.

Human Capital 12

Human Capital Charan Human Resources Cost 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2013

The best executives understand which ones they need to focus on and which ones they can delegate. 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.

P&L 8

P&L Fixed Assets Charan Delegation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

When Raja Rajamannar became CMO of MasterCard Worldwide in 2013, he moved quickly to transform how the credit card giant measures marketing. This has spurred re-thinks that include changes to key executive relationships. His artillery: Advanced Big Data analytics. MasterCard had always been a data-driven organization.

Finance 12

Finance Marketing P&L ROI 12