Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 8, 2013

All high-performing organizations continually look for ways to reduce costs and improve operational efficiency. Greg Gaskey is a StrategyDriven Principal with over twenty years of nuclear plant operations, maintenance, and large-scale program and project management experience. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

In many ways, it seems like something of a no brainer for the sector to target emissions, as making their operations more efficient has productivity benefits as well as environmental ones. This narrative was further explored in a recent study that also set to take into account things like energy prices alongside the quality of management.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 7, 2014

Schein finds this especially characteristic of managers in the United States, who are immersed in a tradition of pragmatic problem solving that places a premium on efficiency and speed. See “ Daniel Pink’s New Pitch ”, by Theodore Kinni, strategy+business magazine, Autumn 2013.) This has not happened.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 20, 2013

Most managers would acknowledge that the use of efficient metrics is a key component to the successful planning, tracking, and execution of projects. How do you know if you are tracking the most efficient data? You just finished reading Project Management Best Practice 11 - Project Performance Executive Dashboards !

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 14, 2013

The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools Liz Wiseman, Lois Allen, and Elise Porter Corwin/A Sage Company (2013) How and why a Multiplier environment — with efficient systems — can unlock human potential In Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, written with Greg McKeown, Liz Wiseman juxtaposes two quite (..)

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

As a leader and manager, it is quite likely at some point during your career that you will encounter employees with personal problems. New managers often carry a naive belief that the personal issues of employees are irrelevant to their performance on the job and something that can be ignored. But that would be in a perfect world.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 28, 2013

Facilities Shoptalk: An Overall Guide for Successful Facility Management. Facility Managers can use several strategies to help create a clean, safe and more eco-conscious organization for any season, all while preparing, running and maintaining your facility at a highly efficient level. by Staples Facility Solutions.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

These measures monitor the efficiency and effectiveness of that organization’s functions – a reflection of the responsible manager’s performance. What is the difference then between organizational performance measures and the personal goals of the responsible supervisors, managers, and executives? All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 25, 2013

In fact, managers are far more comfortable having bloated staffs rather than either an understaffed organization or one with a staffing level demanding cutting edge efficiency in order to get the work done. Managers are responsible for deploying their workforce in a way that returns the highest investment value to their company.

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Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 25, 2014

Aside from its effectiveness and efficiency, feed forward can make life a lot more enjoyable. Feed forward tends to be much faster and more efficient than feedback. Feed forward can be a useful tool to apply with managers, peers, and team members. It is unlikely that this will change in the near future.

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Chart Your Course

APRIL 29, 2013

Effective June 2013, all employees were required to work in the office. Part of being a leader is managing change. Your business is adding a new time-management system, which requires employees to log their hours on specific projects. Manage perceptions. This past February Yahoo!’s was changing its telecommute policy.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

For the first time, I would be leading a team, which got me a free ticket to the Human Resources boot camp for managers. No one came through my open door to directly ask for coaching on handling sticky issues in a more effective, productive, and efficient way. ” She lives in Waterloo, NE.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 21, 2014

If I were to give you a productivity enhancement tool that would help you save some time and that would definitely increase your efficiency, would your ears perk up? Marshall Goldsmith was selected as one of the 10 Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World by Thinkers50 in both 2011 and 2013. Most of us feel this way.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 26, 2013

95 on the 2013 list, Mars boasts employees who love not only the products they make but also the office culture and the company's long-standing principles. The "Five Principles of Mars": quality, responsibility, mutuality, efficiency, freedom. These operational managers' value to Mars is they initiate or design positive changes.

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The people that I coach (in agreement with their managers) work with me to determine desired leadership behavior. Not only do clients need to be clear on desired behaviors, they need to be clear (again in agreement with their managers) on key stakeholders. Ongoing follow-up should be very efficient and focused. Collect feedback.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 23, 2014

If any doubt existed that Disney’s magic was back, it was put to rest with the 2013 release of the blockbuster movie Frozen. In most companies the overwhelming majority of employees feel that senior management does not value their opinions and ideas. It got so bad that production managers no longer wanted to work at Pixar.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 19, 2013

Now companies from software and health-care providers to manufacturers are radically remaking that model, shifting from expensive field staffs to more cost-efficient employees who use phones and computers to reach customers. Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, January 14, 2013 and "Ask the Coach". 2013 Business Resolutions.

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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. The right kind of project management — and project manager — really matters. What Sets Effective Middle Management Apart.

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Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 9, 2019

By having a more precise understanding of employee engagement across the 4 key areas, leader and organizational interventions can be targeted more quickly and efficiently to increase low scoring engagement areas that are most important. Increase leader engagement by constantly providing coaching, development, and feedback. 1 Wellins, R.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

In order to maximize its value, the self-assessment program must be efficiently administered, the individual assessments insightful, and the follow-on improvements recommendations actually implemented. Ongoing performance measurement provides leaders with quantitative feedback regarding the program’s execution efficiency.

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

As such they were keen to discuss the ‘hard’ variables – profit margins, efficiencies, headcount, labor climate and strategic initiatives. In 2013, Zappos continues to amaze under this culturally insightful leader. Boards Pay Attention to Shareholder Value. As with most Boards, their primary interest was shareholder value.

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HR Digest

MAY 1, 2019

Her vision has lead IBM to venture into innovative management systems, ones that empower the employees and facilitate continuous learning through technology. This has made the company more efficient in dealing with talent issues, matching employees and career opportunities and proactively retaining its most valued skills.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Greg Gaskey is a StrategyDriven Principal with over twenty years of nuclear plant operations, maintenance, and large-scale program and project management experience. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Tactical Execution Best Practice 7 – Target Non-Value-Adding Work to Improve Efficiency.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Greg Gaskey is a StrategyDriven Principal with over twenty years of nuclear plant operations, maintenance, and large-scale program and project management experience. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Relate Articles: Tactical Execution Best Practice 7 – Target Non-Value-Adding Work to Improve Efficiency.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2013

The paper describes how best practices in measuring organizational performance in the nuclear power industry can be applied to healthcare providers facing the daunting challenge of concurrently increasing production, efficiency, and quality – all while reducing operating costs. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Greg Gaskey is a StrategyDriven Principal with over twenty years of nuclear plant operations, maintenance, and large-scale program and project management experience. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Tactical Execution Best Practice 7 – Target Non-Value-Adding Work to Improve Efficiency.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

These programs themselves are highly efficient and capable of producing repeatable results. For over twenty years, he has served as trusted advisor to executives and managers at dozens of Fortune 500 and smaller companies in the areas of management effectiveness, organizational development, and process improvement.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC and NTE Solutions partner to provide energy industry executives and managers with asset lifecycle management and regulatory compliance advisory services. This partnership will create a more complete set of offerings that efficiently serve diversified generation utility executives.”

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Despite the realization that computer software greatly enhances the efficiency with which businesses operates, the use of recruitment software is not widespread. Job applications, resumes, supporting documents, interview notes, managers’ calendars and any other templates and forms to do with the process can be accessed in one place.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 12, 2013

In our rush to ‘modernize’ everything and make our enterprises more efficient, we have mistakenly come to believe that information is our most valuable commodity. What was invented as a means to replace the post office has now become the most common management tool in organizations. Silent Killer #4: Worship of Information.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Research by Gallup, as reported in The State of the American Workplace in 2013, discovered that roughly 70% of workers were disengaged. It’s critical to encourage leaders to embark on an ongoing journey that develops a capacity to lead others effectively, efficiently, and for years to come. A 2001 study by the Hay Group indicated a 2.5x

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

It improves the use of resources and efficiencies. In addition, onboarding can become more efficient with a faster learning curve established for new employees. Ajay Kaul, managing partner at AgreeYa Solutions , brings over 25 years of experience in sales, staffing, and IT project management for clients throughout the world.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 8, 2016

Since 2013, utility executives have announced the early retirement of twelve reactors and Wall Street estimates reveal another dozen to be at risk; raising the question: Can nuclear plants be operated competitively in today’s market?

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 19, 2013

Furthermore, these business plans service as a communications mechanism to drive alignment of management decisions and employee actions to the effective and efficient achievement of the organization’s mission goals. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. To read Nathan’s complete biography, click here.

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leaderCommunicator

MARCH 3, 2015

The average number of internal emails per mailbox per week at Atos dropped from 100 in 2011 to under 40 by 2013, according to an Atos report posted on the company’s website. Gartner credited Atos with making a major investment in its initiative, tying bonuses and performance evaluations to the zero-email effort.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 27, 2013

Executive leader brings hands-on management and operational experience to StrategyDriven’s Power & Utilities focused advisory services. At StrategyDriven, we’re proud to be working with industry leaders to address these challenges and adapt their organizations so they continue to operate safely, reliably, and efficiently.”

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Senior industry leader adds hands-on management and operational experience to StrategyDriven’s Power & Utilities focused advisory services. At StrategyDriven, we’re proud to be working with industry leaders to address these challenges and adapt their organizations so they continue to operate safely, reliably, and efficiently.”.

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