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.

Wireless 58

Wireless Benchmarking Asset Management Industry 58

Chart Your Course

JANUARY 20, 2015

But a recent Chart Your Course International project led by Greg Smith and Patricio Porras not only achieved success for Riverside Auto Group but outlined a blueprint that virtually every company can follow when trying to change its culture. Among the successes of this project are: Service department sales up 22% in less than one year.

White Paper 100

White Paper Case Study Human Resources Hotels 100

Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

Perhaps a manager is present to take care of the problem, or maybe you have to wait for a phone call; either way, neither you nor the employee are pleased with the lack of progress during your interaction. This disenchantment is painfully clear in the Gallup 2013 State of the American Workplace survey.

Delegation 229

Delegation Leadership Customer Loyalty Morale 229

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. Here’s the list.

Management 19

Management Health Care Middle Management Agility 19

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 13, 2013

The fifth edition of the PMBOK Guide® was released and once again the profession of project management moved forward. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Complimentary Resource – Data Quality: A Survival Guide for Marketing. No coupons, credit cards, special codes, or purchases are necessary.

PMBOK 50

PMBOK CAPM Resources Business Intelligence 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Complimentary Resource – Data Quality: A Survival Guide for Marketing. Complimentary Resources business management complimentary resource complimentary whitepaper Project Management project planning Rally Software strategydriven teamwork'

Resources 50

Resources Planning PMBOK Software 50

Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2013

An examination of Big Data and its role in the next generation digital experience for marketers. The first weeks of 2013 were barely out of the gate when one industry analyst was already predicting that Big Data would be Time magazine’s 2013 “Person of the Year.” Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Resources 50

Resources KPI Newsletter Budgeting 50

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Financial management. Change management. The following functional areas exist within XYZ Widget: Finance, HR/Admin, Sales, Customer Service, Planning & Procurement, Materials Management, Manufacturing, and Quality Control. •Communication. Long term vision/goal setting and the ability to communicate that to the organization.

Case Study 228

Case Study Training Development Leadership 228

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2014

Relate Articles: Complimentary Resource – Why IT Struggles to Innovate, and How IT Management Can Fix It. Complimentary Resource – Emerging Trends in Project Management. Complimentary Resource – 8 Content Marketing Mistakes to Avoid. Complimentary Resource – Marketing Analytics Worksheet.

Supply Chain 50

Supply Chain Resources eBook Competitive Advantage 50

Leading Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Like the words Think Different, People-Products-Profits is part management philosophy, part rallying cry, and in an aspirational context, part religion. We can all dream up big ideas, but few of us can bring them to market. Projects are always short. Repeating success is about the journey. Leading is about tone and substance.

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Productivity Products Succession Team 150

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

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. Prior to founding AgreeYa, Ajay was responsible for managing engagements for Deloitte Consulting, serving private and public sector clients.

Productivity 86

Productivity Products Learning Curve Media 86

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. Risk management and compliance. Project development and management. Asset management and operational programs improvement.

Energy 58

Energy Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer Compliance 58

Strategy Driven

MARCH 27, 2013

Executive leader brings hands-on management and operational experience to StrategyDriven’s Power & Utilities focused advisory services. While there, he oversaw multi-$100+ million nuclear and non-nuclear lifecycle maintenance projects for the U.S. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Chief Operating Officer 62

Chief Operating Officer Operations Chief Executive Officer Engineering 62

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Recognizing this fundamental difference, Universal changed its marketing from promoting what it wanted consumers to experience to a testimonial to what the experience was already providing. No longer focusing on their marketing platform – “ride the movies”– they built a new strategy – “Experience an extraordinary escape at Universal.” .’

Press Release 50

Press Release Marketing Human Needs Advertising 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Senior industry leader adds hands-on management and operational experience to StrategyDriven’s Power & Utilities focused advisory services. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Complimentary Resource – Chief Marketer. Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensed Senior Reactor Operator.

Chief Executive Officer 50

Chief Executive Officer Execution Operations Asset Management 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2016

In August 2013, for example, Amazon acquired The Washington Post. Stuart Cross helps market-leading businesses such as Walgreens Boots Alliance, Masco Inc. His new book, First & Fast: Outpace Your Competitors, Lead Your Markets and Accelerate Growth, is out now. About the Author. and Aimia Inc. to accelerate growth.

Long-term 50

Long-term Planning Chief Executive Officer Letter 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2013

This gives you enough money to fund you pet projects or cut costs without any effort when you are forced to do so. Blame the market, other departments or poor IT-systems for the fact that you are not taking brave, independent action. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Fervishly promote work-life balance.

Strategy 59

Strategy Strategic Planning Porter Simon 59

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 22, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises LLC and Artower Advisory Services, LLC partner to provide healthcare industry executives and managers with Affordable Care Act mandated Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) program consulting services. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Corrective action programs.

Industry 58

Industry Chief Executive Officer Compliance Quality 58

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 9, 2013

In the case of Division-D, we took a closer look at 3 Interactive’s market and saw the need to change the core of our company from a local media representation company to a high impact ad media buying firm. The tribe had its own management, goals and infrastructure. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Business Model 73

Business Model Advertising How To Entrepreneur 73

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 19, 2013

The greatest enemy of innovation is modern management. Contemporary management practices are geared toward ensuring stability and predictability, and avoiding surprises or ‘problems.’ Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. ’ But innovation is unpredictable, even disruptive. About the Author.

Six Sigma 50

Six Sigma Productivity Products Bureaucracy 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Innovation begins with management; by fostering a culture that prioritizes innovation, creativity is incentivized among team members. Customer centricity: It’s been proven that companies that prioritize their customers see greater business results and continually bring more innovative products to the market. About the Author.

Organization 58

Organization Open-book Innovation Technology 58

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

Let’s say you’re working in a new market, far away from headquarters, and you need to get approval for an initiative that is somewhat outside the company’s current strategy. As we spoke to them, Mansfield and his team shared five insights on how to work with senior management to get strategy-stretching innovations to market: 1.

Innovation 8

Innovation Marketing Disruptive Innovation Project 8

Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Let us give you our definition of what it means to be a founder: Playing a central role in starting and managing an initiative that will have impact (preferably visible and large) on an organization or the broader world. I think the most important thing that I look for [when funding a project] is really, who’s that champion?”

Innovation 80

Innovation Social Capital Reputation How To 80

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Especially as it relates to their actual experience and their projected needs. This is not as difficult as it sounds, especially if you can apply internal pressure to senior management where your product will be used. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

Proposal 58

Proposal Price Long-term Customer Loyalty 58

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. Could I see the future as a projection of the strides I’ve been able to make, similar to what other women in business have done?

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Most Western executives have limited exposure to a frontier market until they are relatively senior in their careers. By then their worldviews are largely formed, and at best they graft frontier market experiences onto that mature-market base. At worst, they misjudge or simply stay out of markets vastly different from their own.

Marketing 8

Marketing Career Wireless Decentralization 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 16, 2014

For example, Austin, Dallas, Kansas City and Salt Lake City are among the fastest-growing hubs for high-tech startups in the country, according to a 2013 report by the Kauffman Foundation. Resource Management Warning Flag 3 – Marginalizing Employee Contributions. Geography can also factor in startup success and failure rates.

Company 52

Company Real Estate Strategic Planning Venture Capitalist 52

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

What you need to do is look at the sales cycle and parenthetically look at the dollars, but they have to be compared to what you projected those dollars to be. And it’s the managers or the leaders responsibility to help them be responsible for themselves. Jeffrey, I sell broadcast television advertising in a small market.

CRM 58

CRM Advertising Customer Loyalty Competitive Advantage 58

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Unfortunately contemporary management theory and practices have ill prepared us for our current reality. They create value not by making things but by designing what gets made, determining markets for products, and generating consistent customer satisfaction. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Ohno 50

Ohno Productivity Products Six Sigma 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

What’s the best way to get your passion project moving? ” Next, make a timeline based on what you think you can reasonably accomplish toward your project in the time you have. As you chip away on your project, continue to give your job the attention it needs. Or pay a freelance consultant to do market research?

Project 8

Project Outsourcing Learning-by-Doing Commitment 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 2, 2014

we are contending with wave after wave of jobs moving overseas, markets that whip up and down, and energy prices rising at an unprecedented rate. Management, by contrast, is focused primarily on coordinating action to fulfill objectives established by leaders. What type of management practices do we need to put in place?

Chief Executive Officer 50

Chief Executive Officer Learning-by-Doing Charisma Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

By all measures, emerging markets are having a tough year. However, multinationals still expect their emerging market portfolios to deliver robust growth and increasing profits based on the memory of their performance in recent, more bullish years. Let’s see how this story is playing out in the different emerging market regions.

Marketing 8

Marketing GDP Automotive Supply Chain 8

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

Actually, this project started probably three or four years ago when Paul’s last book came out, which is called Jumping the S-Curve. Paul Nunes and I have known each other for many years, and we’ve both been writing about the subject of disruptive innovation from different vantage points and different angles.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

Or, as it turns out, even the vicinity of 1455 Market Street, the address of Uber’s San Francisco headquarters. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), late 2015 was the most difficult hiring period in four years. ” message and think, Hey, maybe it’s time for a change.

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Hammer Media 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2014

But what if these social media projects were only scratching the surface of social media’s business value? Then came the next wave, external social business, rooted in customer service, corporate marketing, and communications. Many companies are still working through this stage by managing all social media at the corporate level.

Media 13

Media ROI Corporate Accountability Guidelines 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

At the consultancy where she used to work, Karla Martin, Google ’s Director of Global Business Strategy, watched a partner repeatedly offer the lead role on new business to a white male whom she had previously led on a massive cost-reduction project for a multimillion-dollar client. ” What, or who, will open the door?

Management 8

Management Diversity Report Globalization 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. As part of this research, we conducted 120 interviews, including nine with board members and 19 with top managers. Practice #1: Increase trust by defining new conversational norms.

Strategy 8

Strategy Analysis Operations CFO 8