Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2013

Or, big execution. If you operate a home décor company that strives to connect to style-savvy urban hipsters but your website is cluttered, and very UN-edgy, you’re going to be perceived as anything but hip. Need a tangible? Your website. Thinking like a big company means losing the generic template, outdated fonts and bland copy.

Public Relations 255

Public Relations Media PR Bottom-up 255

Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2013

. “Many of today’s significant industrial accidents are preventable, the byproduct of human errors made when safety was subordinated to other priorities,” explains Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Download the white paper by clicking here. About the Authors.

White Paper 62

White Paper Industry Risk Management Chief Operating Officer 62

Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

And more recently in New York City where we spent two days with two of the greatest leaders of our time, Frances Hesselbein and Dr. Jim Kim, President of the World Bank, and where they were formally trained in Stakeholder Centered Coaching by Dr. Frank Wagner, Chris Coffey, and Will Linssen. It is time now to announce the second cohort.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching Human Resources Magazine CEO 70

HR Digest

MAY 1, 2019

Training in analytics, automation, robotics and adaptation of design thinking at scale throughout the company, are some of the ways in which she is helping employees improve their efficacy in the digital era. A majority are trained in analytics and applying it to their work. The outcomes have been material for us.

Agility 90

Agility Self-aware Innovation Human Resources 90

Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Big Data, and its close cousin the Internet of Things, are among the trendier terms of 2013. It often helps if the executive in charge is not from IT, but from operations or marketing, and that there are close links with customer-facing and other operational roles. They are transforming each and every business model.

Leadership Styles 83

Leadership Styles Human Capital Ethics McKinsey 83

Strategy Driven

MARCH 26, 2013

These formal, documented observations accomplish this by shaping and reinforcing personnel behaviors critical to supporting excellent operational performance. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Management Observation Program Best Practice 5 – Observation Training, Grading, and Quality Assessments.

Management 52

Management Document Newsletter Article 52

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 27, 2013

Therefore, workers should be trained on the hazards unique to their workplace environment so to enable them to proactively recognize and respond to these risks through the effective use of jobsite inspections. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. To read Nathan’s complete biography, click here.

Management 58

Management Tools Newsletter Article 58

Strategy Driven

APRIL 16, 2014

Peter Fingar, co-author of Business Process Management : The Third Wave , then asks these measurement corollaries in his 2013 article “How Do Your BPM Metrics Measure Up?”. Make Metrics Visible and Accessible – Having workers, managers, supervisors, and executives see metrics helps employees make decisions and take action.

Metrics 52

Metrics Process BPM KPI 52

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2013

While Cornell executive leadership can be exemplary, there were and still are times when units within this very large institution needed significant improvement. We required every person who had supervisory responsibilities to attend a nine-day intensive training spread over three-four months. not necessarily and not always.

Leadership 64

Leadership Training Peer Review Budgeting 64

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Yet, despite the negative connotations, most companies still operate bureaucratically – insisting employees work inside of increasingly complex structures with processes and procedures designed to standardize or control everything. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. About the Author. All rights reserved.

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Six Sigma Competitive Advantage 50

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Below is the copy of What we will Do (with the companies name removed) that I sent to the executive director and his team. Executive Director speaks about why all 95 staff members are here, Vision for the future, how the company is working towards that future, and Exec. The objectives for this project include; Have Fun!

Team Building 76

Team Building Process Transportation Follow-up 76

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Dig hard into your operation to see what’s wrong. Train everyone on the team in conflict management skills. #3 Train everyone (and I do mean everyone) in the tools and techniques of innovation. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Right about now you are feeling like you have this CEO thing down cold!

Price 92

Price Innovation Incentives Learning-by-Doing 92

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2014

Manager, Operations. Manager, Operations. To: Ioana Romana, VP Operations. I’m sure that I could add a lot of value if I had more business training. He thinks it’s best to have our employees “get their hands dirty” and give them the training they need here. To: Patrick Fishburn, Asst. From: Sameer Hopskin, Asst.

Case Study 12

Case Study Engineering Commitment Operations 12

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

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Today, many high-profile companies— Cisco , Google , IBM , Samsung , Siemens , Disney , Volkswagen and Deutsche Bank , to name a few—contain such roving consulting groups to help solve the most critical strategy and operations problems throughout the business. ” We do not execute a central mandate (e.g.,

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

There are just two ways to increase ROIC: improve operating profit (by increasing revenues or cutting costs) or invest capital more wisely. Looking at the resumes of current CEOs across developed markets suggests that the answer may be that many lack training in the skills of investment analysis.

CEO 8

CEO ROIC Cost of Capital Merton 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

Hundreds if not thousands of hospitals have responded to trends such as shorter average hospital stays, fewer surgeries, a shift to outpatient and home care, and reduced reimbursements by consolidating or overhauling their operations and laying off staff. That includes executives. We’ve certainly had to change too.

Policies 8

Policies Chemicals Bond Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Beginning in 2013, a handful of tech companies (including Yelp, where some of us work, Google, LinkedIn, and Facebook) began to research and release data on the diversity of their workforces. The numbers were grim. For instance, in 2014 only 10% of Yelp’s engineers were female.

Diversity 8

Diversity Engineering Committee Brainstorming 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

A centralized function also enables a comprehensive and objective view of the company’s talent landscape (overcoming the problem of silos hiding talent), and makes it easier to implement solutions, such as leadership training, that cut across the organization and can be delivered cost-effectively.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Delegation Management Document 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

The marketing executive doesn’t get blamed if the finance executive failed to come up with the capital necessary to fulfill the marketing executive’s grand plans. Net, there is little training and few rewards for dealing productively with inter-domain complexity.

Finance 8

Finance Education Drucker Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

But for 2013 he was only about 15 percent on target. But his 2013 forecasts were certainly within the realm of the possible; they just failed to materialize this year. Far too often companies watch regulation on a national basis in their countries of operation, missing small regulatory changes occurring in a province or state.

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty Pharmaceuticals Industry Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

” Whether in marketing or sales, it often feels like jobs are contingent on external circumstances, the whims of executives, strategic pivots, and shareholder demands. “We had to train harder, measure our goals better, and become a better team,” Bunge said. Everybody had to do the sports hour.

CEO 8

CEO Company Sports Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

In 2013, Accenture suggested that 20 to 30 percent of the total workforce falls outside the organization’s traditional full-time, permanent employment relationship. Although executives want to get the most value possible from external strategic talent, their organizations are not set up for it. Clash of expectations. Add to Cart.

Agility 8

Agility Organization Resources Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2018

Surgeons, anesthesia providers, nurses, technicians, and other providers in the perioperative unit were required to undergo training on the program. By the end of 2013, nurses reported over 20% of patient handoffs still had missing information. Next was the launching stage.

Long-term 8

Long-term Janis Quality Consensus 8

Chart Your Course

JUNE 10, 2013

Futren Corporation is a private-club management and operations company with around 200 employees, based in Marietta, Ga. The company manages Indian Hills Country Club and The Georgian Club in Marietta, and acquired Woodland Hills Golf Course in Cartersville in February 2013. Rhoden is a second-generation executive.

Strategy 133

Strategy White Paper Human Resources Case Study 133

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Next, the 10-member senior leadership team used a variety of means, such as town halls, and videos of executives explaining the plan, to clearly and repeatedly communicate the urgent need for cost reduction as a requirement for process redesign across the system that would ultimately improve patient care. Capitalize on success.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Another energy industry client operated coal mines. The program, approved by the judge, consisted of TV and newspaper apology statements, plus the assurance that safety-environmental training would be provided to employees. Secondly, we initiated safety training that expanded to help home owners avoid accidents.

Crisis Management 80

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 80

Chart Your Course

JUNE 10, 2013

Futren Corporation is a private-club management and operations company with around 200 employees, based in Marietta, Ga. The company manages Indian Hills Country Club and The Georgian Club in Marietta, and acquired Woodland Hills Golf Course in Cartersville in February 2013. Futren also provides some creative training.

White Paper 100

White Paper Case Study Class Newsletter 100

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

These days, I advise Fortune 500 executives to treat talent as they would customers: Understand their behavior, and design recruiting strategies that meet them where they are. Part of its success is that the company supports a collaborative work environment and boasts transparent operations from the top down. 1 form of self-expression.”

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Hammer Media 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

In 2013, my partners and I conducted a combination of surveys and interviews with over 270 female managers in Fortune 500 organizations to determine what they liked and disliked about business meetings, and one of the things that repeatedly fell into the dislike column was politics. Need more evidence?

Politics 8

Politics 360-Degree Feedback Skills Seminar 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Predictions are that 2013 will be even more active as companies that have stockpiled cash look to invest in new growth opportunities. The real issue was the extent to which the management team was willing to devote time and resources for training, documentation, communication, and all the other aspects of a major change effort.

Compliance 8

Compliance Resources Consultative Document 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

Since 2011, General Electric has publicly stated it would spend more than $1 billion on developing sensors, wireless devices, and related software to install on its aircraft engines, power turbines, locomotive trains and other machinery. Operations in a Connected World. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Wireless Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2015

“For the sake of your team, you need to stop,” says Muriel Maignan Wilkins, coauthor of Own the Room and managing partner of Paravis Partners, an executive coaching and leadership development firm. It was fall 2013—CoachUp’s second year of business. Prioritize what matters—and what doesn’t.

Micromanagement 8

Micromanagement Team How To Project 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

In a 2013 Deloitte survey of executives at large companies, 39% said they were either “barely able” or “unable” to meet their needs for talent. For instance, a data center operator might make a skills pivot that could lead to a role as a data scientist as some at AT&T have done.

Skills 8

Skills Company Core Competence Career 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

People who successfully work with family often say there is nothing more fulfilling or enriching, says Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, a senior adviser at the global executive search firm Egon Zehnder and an expert on family businesses. You’ll get invaluable training, improve your business judgment, and build your confidence.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing Career 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 12, 2013

There are many different programs run by trained professionals, so you should be able to find one that suits your style of doing business. Once your team is operating with nominated leaders, it is your job to ensure that things flow easily without any major hiccups. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Competitive Advantage 64

Competitive Advantage Open-book Learning-by-Doing Delegation 64