The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

A common argument behind the gender pay gap is that too few women operate on compensation committees, which results in women persistently being underpaid even if they do break the glass ceiling and make it to the top of our organizations. This line of reasoning is known as the deterministic fallacy.”. Challenging bias.

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Committee CEO Influence Operations 126

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 7, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC launches StrategyDriven Advisory Services, a management consulting firm dedicated to helping executives and managers define organizational needs and develop and manage the complex, mission critical projects needed to improve operational effectiveness and lower costs in response to today’s most pressing challenges.

Operations 50

Operations Chief Executive Officer Uncertainty Strategic Planning 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. Plant Maintenance and Operations.

Wireless 59

Wireless Benchmarking Asset Management Industry 59

Lead on Purpose

MAY 4, 2013

He has expanded his research and applied his theories to other industries like health care, higher education and even governments and tax systems. I found two recent articles about Clayton Christensen that have increased my understanding about leadership: The first is published in the BYU Magazine’s Spring 2013 edition. (As

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Christensen Disruptive Innovation Health Care Magazine 225

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

But far more important than heroic reputations are the values these captains of industry personified and instilled within their organizations. When reading the news these days, I sometimes wonder if we have completely forgotten the tenets these titans used to shape American industry. General Business'

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Decentralization Organizational Behavior Short-term Public Relations 284

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 26, 2022

In Oxford’s Michael Osborne and Carl Benedikt Frey’s hugely influential 2013 paper looking at the likelihood of automation for various professions, truck driving was one of the professions that were projected to be automated in double-quick time. Our results suggest that the impacts of automation may not happen all at once.

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Osborne Transportation Operations Hedge 80

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The number of industrial robots in operation around the world has grown rapidly in recent years, but nowhere more so than in China, where some 30% of the world’s robots are in operation. These have coincided with a clear desire from the government to try and lead the 4th industrial revolution.

Automotive 79

Automotive Banking Industry Information Technology 79

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

As you might suspect, Sam Walsh is a widely recognised name within the mining industry. Since taking up the CEO seat at Rio Tinto Sam has steered the business through a torrid industry downturn and firmly positioned them for new growth. What few may appreciate is Sam’s love for classical music, ballet and opera, art, antiques.

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Gordon Restructuring Leadership CEO 150

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 22, 2021

Read this book even if you don’t plan to sell your business but want to learn how to operate at peak performance. On the other hand, businesses in the hospitality industry that are currently looking to sell may have products as their weakest component due to the current pandemic. What’s the best time to sell my business?

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Exit Strategy How To Strategy Operations 65

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 21, 2013

03-26-2013 3:00 AM, EDT. 1) Productivity rises: Gallup performed a meta-analysis across 199 studies covering 152 organizations, 44 industries, and 26 countries – which was featured on the Harvard Business Review blog – and found that general productivity was 18% higher at companies where employees were more engaged than not.

Human Resources 153

Human Resources Talent Management Motivation Analysis 153

Eric Jacobson

APRIL 12, 2021

Read this book even if you don’t plan to sell your business but want to learn how to operate at peak performance. On the other hand, businesses in the hospitality industry that are currently looking to sell may have products as their weakest component due to the current pandemic. What’s the best time to sell my business?

Exit Strategy 65

Exit Strategy How To Entrepreneur Strategy 65

Coaching Tip

MAY 26, 2016

mpg of a 2013 Ford Fusion HYBRID over 27,500 miles. . To reduce greenhouse gases and packed automotive freeways, the automobile industry must sell, not just build, vehicles getting higher mileage.in mpg to April 2016 at 25.2 Our personal family average mpg experience is: 27.4 However, U.S. mpg by 2025. . Related articles.

Automotive 93

Automotive Price Wilde Transportation 93

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 20, 2021

Read this book even if you don’t plan to sell your business but want to learn how to operate at peak performance. On the other hand, businesses in the hospitality industry that are currently looking to sell may have products as their weakest component due to the current pandemic. What’s the best time to sell my business?

Exit Strategy 65

Exit Strategy Strategy Operations Entrepreneur 65

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 9, 2014

At the same time, the advent of new ground breaking technologies such as electricity and motorization – today we would call them disruptive – allowed the estates to operate with significantly less staff. A world in flux, now : And it is happening, right now, to businesses in almost every industry, everywhere in the world.

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Competitive Advantage Resistance Business Model Consensus 267

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. Fossil fuel subsidies are hugely important, as they amounted to nearly $5 trillion around the world in 2013, or 6.5% of global GDP.

Energy 93

Energy Quality Banking GDP 93

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 25, 2017

Between 2009 and 2013, while many in his industry closed their doors during the Great Recession, Encore's revenues and profits increased 300%, operating cost declined 30%, and the stock price rose 1,200%.

Leadership 70

Leadership eBook Executive Coaching Execution 70

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 27, 2017

When Black and his team created the Consumer Bill of Rights, it felt scary and risky to break the mold in an industry known for less than warm and friendly debt collection practices. Brandon Black retired as CEO and Director of Encore Capital Group in 2013. It gives you the courage to take risks you might not otherwise dare to.

Goal 171

Goal Motivation Learning-by-Doing CEO 171

Eric Jacobson

APRIL 20, 2013

In his book, he explains that to be successful you need to know more than your industry and just the basic concepts of leadership, management and operations. Author Bill McBean has spent nearly 40 years as a successful business owner. His advice? Planning is about preparing for the future, not predicting it.

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Books Storytelling Delegation Tactics 56

Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 19, 2014

With more than 150,000 copies sold, “Managers as Mentors: Building Partnerships for Learning,” Chip Bell and Marshall Goldsmith’s classic guide to successfully combining these two interrelated roles has proven to be deeply influential among professionals in virtually every industry and leadership role. Life is good.

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Mentor Govindarajan Management Handbook 127

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. Asset management and operational programs improvement. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Risk management and compliance.

Energy 58

Energy Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer Compliance 58

Strategy Driven

JUNE 8, 2016

Can nuclear plants be operated competitively in today’s market? 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? Consider leaving a comment!

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Payback Period Power Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain 50

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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Chief Executive Officer Execution Operations Asset Management 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2013

All organizations face a host of risks incurred during the conduct of day-to-day business operations and stakeholder interactions. Best Practice – Map Corporate Risks to Operational Processes [ StrategyDriven Premium Content]. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Principles. Best Practices.

Risk Management 66

Risk Management Management Competitive Advantage Insurance 66

Strategy Driven

JULY 2, 2013

Each organization faces a unique set of risks challenging the continuity of its operations. We can help you develop a risk profile, benchmark your risks against industry peers, identify risk management program gaps, and develop and implement a multi-year oversight program to manage your risks consistent with industry guidelines.

Risk Management 61

Risk Management Management Benchmarking Guidelines 61

Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2013

Co-authors Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven Principal and Scot Park, Artower Principal, released a new white paper on organizational alignment and performance improvement for the healthcare industry. Download a copy of Aligning Healthcare Organizations : Lessons in improved Quality and Efficiency from the Nuclear Power Industry by clicking here.

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Six Sigma Organization White Paper Efficiency 62

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Consequently, executive and manager attention and financial support may be disproportionately applied to the capital project(s), particularly in the event of overruns, at the detriment of problem resolution at the organization’s other operating assets.

Risk Management 59

Risk Management Project Organization Management 59

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Every organization is challenged by risks manifest through its many different day-to-day operations. Well-conceived risk management dashboards aid oversight organizations including internal audit, management oversight, and compliance groups, in monitoring the organization’s overall risk profile and risk-based operational performance.

Risk Management 66

Risk Management Management Compliance Benchmarking 66

Strategy Driven

JULY 9, 2013

Major projects typically add significant operational, financial, reputational, and regulatory risk to an organization’s overall risk profile. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. This project risk may by itself exceed the normal level of organizational risk leaders are accustomed to dealing with. All rights reserved.

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Risk Management Resources Management Benchmarking 66

Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

When it finally came to my attention, I realized right away that large-scale, controlled experimentation would revolutionize the way all companies operate their businesses and how managers make decisions. Consider Kohl’s, the large retailer, which in 2013 was looking for ways to decrease its operating costs.

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Power Kahneman Open-book Learning-by-Doing 95

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 27, 2013

Today’s industrial and office workplace environments present many hazards. Inspecting the jobsite and taking preemptive mitigating action can reduce an organization’s healthcare, equipment repair and replacement, lost operational productivity, and warranty defect correction costs. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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Management Tools Newsletter Article 59

Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

Organizations rely on their data in order to make critical operational, tactical, and transactional business decisions that significantly affect the survival and livelihood of their company. An organization’s customers, transactions, operations, and reports can all be affected by its data integrity.

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Software Insurance System Operations 50

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

The Outward Mindset : Seeing Beyond Ourselves by The Arbinger Institute Unknowingly, too many of us operate from an inward mindset—a narrow-minded focus on self-centered goals and objectives. can be summoned in all sorts of industries and all walks of life, if leaders can reimagine what’s possible in their fields.

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Books Leadership Cialdini Govindarajan 150

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2013

As the IT industry continues to evolve, the question becomes more relevant: how does one build an IT organization that is both impactful and lasting? Recent data has shown the top 1,500 companies worldwide increased their R&D by 12 percent in 2011, as they have identified the need to maintain their edge in their respective industries.

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Organization Open-book Innovation Technology 59

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

During this time, an engineer named Taiichi Ohno (known today as the father of Toyota) began the task of building a new capacity for Japanese industrial production. Ohno was then a student of Henry Ford’s industrial process designs and innovations, but these would no longer work given the circumstances in post-war Japan. In the U.S.

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Ohno Productivity Products Six Sigma 50

Tim Milburn

MARCH 14, 2014

In today’s fast-paced world, new technologies change industries overnight. Having coached thousands of Navy SEAL and other Special Operations candidates with a success rate near 90 percent, Mark now trains the public in the eight Way of the SEAL principles through his Unbeatable Mind Academy ( unbeatablemind.com ).

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Magazine Bottom-up Self-aware Marketing 106

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

After an unprecedented decade of growth, analysts wrote off 2013 as a year to forget for Apple. But in our view, Apple faces a deeper problem: the industries most susceptible to its unique disruptive formula are just too small to meet its growth needs. Apple has seemingly served as an anomaly to the theory of disruptive innovation.

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Industry Wireless Advertising Content 8

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. Consider leaving a comment!

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