Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

How do we create the future while managing the present? Through true stories and simple yet profound guidance and tools, The Outward Mindset enables individuals and organizations to make the one change that most dramatically improves performance, sparks collaboration, and accelerates innovation—a shift to an outward mindset.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

In the latest forecasts from The Economist Intelligence Unit, global GDP growth for 2013 has been revised down to 3.1% – only slightly up on GDP growth for 2012 (2.9%). Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Complimentary Resource – Business Intelligence: The Definitive Guide for Midsize Organizations.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 14, 2013

A growing number of organizations are moving toward having more pervasive Business Intelligence (BI) by turning to evidence-based decision making supported by a range of BI and analytics technology and processes that enable decision makers to have the best possible intelligence about customers, finances, operations, suppliers, and the market.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 7, 2013

Arguably no technology is changing job functions within organizations more than analytics. Analytics tools give decision-makers the best possible intelligence about customers, finances, operations, suppliers, and the market. 72% of large and midsize organizations planned to invest in business analytics in 2012.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Given the number of baby boomers expected to retire between now and 2030 (the last group of baby boomers reach of the age of 65 in 2030, and, of course, some may choose to work past age 65) organizations need to prepare others to take over leadership roles. Long term vision/goal setting and the ability to communicate that to the organization.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

What are the top business-to-business sales trends for 2013? Here's my list based upon my experience of studying some of the world's best sales organizations this past year. Because of the economy and relentless competition, 2013 will be the year that many companies have to re-discover the lost art of win-loss analysis.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2015

How did you do in the area of time management? Gallup’s annual Economy and Personal Finance survey for 2013 revealed that 70 percent of Americans do not prepare a detailed personal budget. Entrepreneurs who handle their personal finances this way are prone to carry the same habits over into their business planning.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2013

You would think that an Ivy League institution like Cornell University would be a model of the best practices of leadership throughout its organization since Cornell and most universities believe they are growing the next generation of leaders for our country and our world. not necessarily and not always.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2016

If you work for a small firm or a giant organization, in fashion or finance, in Texas or Tanzania, you are competing in a ruthless, globe-spanning Expectation Economy. Max also oversaw the TW:IN trend spotter network until 2013, hosting meetups everywhere from Johannesburg to Manila.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2013

What effective managers and leaders must recognize is that it begins with caring about the people who drive your business. Developing a culture of caring within your organization to engage your employees is vital to the strategy to drive success to your business. Poor Management Leads to Poor Employees.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

Easing into the New Year, one big hope we have for 2013 is that women continue to bridge the gender gap in terms of pay equality and access to leadership positions. These are the double-bind dilemmas that we as a society need to banish before women can contribute fully within organizations. That sounds like progress.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

Change management can be a test for any organization. Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. Change management certainly tested us. We have hired more than 5,000 new employees since beginning the effort in late 2013.)

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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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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Talent can move into and out of an organization, through a growing array of options such as freelance platforms , crowdsourcing efforts, and temporary, contract, or part-time work. The ManpowerGroup Contingent Workforce Index of 2013 showed 40% of all ManpowerGroup consulting engagements blended permanent and contingent workers.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

Even the near-term outlook has been quite negative: A 2016 report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said 9% of jobs in the 21 countries that make up its membership could be automated. Could Liberate 50% of Managers' Time. Over the same time period, the company saw a 10-fold increase in revenue.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Nearly all physicians take on significant leadership responsibilities over the course of their career, but unlike any other occupation where management skills are important, physicians are neither taught how to lead nor are they typically rewarded for good leadership. Medicine involves leadership. Insight Center. The Future of Health Care.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Becoming a true digital organization is not just about becoming tech-savvy. Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. In a study conducted with Google Europe , Roland Berger assessed the digital maturity of French companies, looking into three distinct dimensions: equipment, practices and uses, and organization and skills.

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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.” Vic Roos, Lead Purchasing Program Manager, explained, “We let a finance guy in the room.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2013

Sridhar had a small network management tools business that basically functioned as a highly profitable cash cow. He decided to go after Salesforce.com with a Software-as-a-Service Customer Relationship Management product at a price-point that was one sixth of what Salesforce.com, the market leader, charged. And play he did.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

It is the skillful combination of emotion and logic, people and process, free-thinking and organization. While the study results provided detailed insights about sales organization trends , it also yielded a wide range of statistics that reflect the strategies sales leaders are employing to overcome their top challenges.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The responsibility can range from just shopping for essentials to arranging doctor’s appointments, providing transportation, taking care of finances and medicines or even a full-fledged role of assisting in their daily tasks. That is why a caregiver benefit is essential in an organization as all employees can find value in it.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

and globally, and Habitat for Humanity, which works in 70-plus nations to provide home construction, rehabilitation, and increased access to shelter and financing, gathered data from their sites to make the case for profound change. Next, the organizations looked outside for models that showed evidence of results in related fields.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Human-capital issues are top-of-mind for CEOs around the world — but their regard for the HR function remains perilously low: In a PwC study , only 34% said that HR is well prepared to capitalize on transformational trends (compared with 56% for finance). These managers also bring a valuable perspective to the table.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Former employees have alleged a “soul-crushing” culture of fear and daily intimidation by managers, where they were pressured to reach extreme sales goals, some by breaking the law. Along with fixing the sales culture, the bank will have to address these critical management issues to prevent the next scandal.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Both SASB and the IIRC are promoting improved reporting of non-financial information so as to give a better, more holistic, picture of how the organization creates value. Not surprisingly, the particular aspects of managing human capital that are most important vary by sector. Performance measurement Data Human resource management'

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Trish Costello, founder of Portfolia, knows her “why”: assist starts-up in growth and financing. Then, in 2013, she launched Portfolia, a platform that allows start-ups to raise money from the crowd, whether family, friends, or professional investors. Then in 2013, he made a big gamble on a how. miles as part of my training.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

So here’s how she made sure her résumé attracted the attention of hiring managers when she started applying for chief administrative officer (CAO) positions. Collaborate with colleagues within department and represent department across entire organization. Manage junior staff and evaluate performance.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

A hallmark of skilled leaders and teams is that, as their organizations grow larger and older, as the footprint of a change program expands, they keep looking for signs of once useful but now unnecessary roles, rules, traditions, processes, products, strategies, and services. Sales doubled in 2013.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2017

When we began collecting data in 2013 to explore differences between startup acceleration in emerging markets and in high-income countries, we expected stark differences. The most successful accelerators identify the respective entrepreneur’s specific financing needs rather than assuming that there is one path to success and scale.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

First, Kickstarter and other crowd-funding sources have opened up new options for initial finance. In 2013, the multinational contract manufacturer Flextonics — which makes products for Apple and Microsoft — began offering Lab IX , a service that connects startups with manufacturing partners. .”

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

The buzz over artificial intelligence (AI) has grown loud enough to penetrate the C-suites of organizations around the world, and for good reason. Investment in AI is growing and is increasingly coming from organizations outside the tech space. Photo by Aaron Burson. Digital capabilities come before AI.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Does a robot manage your money? A study by Deloitte estimated that “assets under automated management” (including hybrid offerings) in the U.S. This would represent between 10% and 15% of total retail financial assets under management. Kearney predicts that assets under “robo-management” will total $2.2

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2014

Accountable Care Organization (ACO) models in both the private and the public sectors are rewarding providers for lowering the overall costs of care and keeping patients healthy. Top-tier thinkers from data science, business, finance, and the digital world are coming together to find new solutions. billion in 2013, up 39% from 2012.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2016

“We are taking action now to reverse this trend, just as organizations took measures to reduce environmental pollution after the industrial revolution.” As I write about in my new book, Under New Management , an increasing number of company leaders are outlawing or at least restricting email. percent to 7.5

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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. To reduce the risks however, there are two steps that managers can take to make sure their firms are ready for the challenges of integration before committing to an actual deal. And this was a slow year.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

The dissertation became a book, titled What Happened to Goldman Sachs: An Insider’s Story of Organizational Drift and Its Unintended Consequences (HBR Press, 2013). And what happened to the compensation of the typical JP Morgan managing director? But these people were important parts of an organization that messed up.

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