2013, Management and Telecommunications

StrategyDriven Enterprises Partners with Xen Wireless to Form StrategyDriven Analytics, a Utility Industry Asset Management Blind Benchmarking Service

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

Wireless Benchmarking Asset Management Industry

Picasso and Project Management

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 21, 2013

So what does any of this have to do with Project Management? Projects (and Project Managers) also have many different ways to reach the end goal. The point of all of this is that project managers are really artists and not scientists. From painting by numbers to the Sistine Chapel there is a massive gap. About the Author.

Project

Project Management Film Telecommunications

The Twelve Sales Metrics that Matter Most

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

I recently conducted an extensive research project involving more than one-hundred vice presidents of sales at top technology companies (software, cloud, computer hardware, and telecommunications) to better understand the art and science of managing a sales organization today. Telecommunications 66%.

Metrics

Metrics Telecommunications Telemarketing Software

If Data Is Money, Why Don’t Businesses Keep It Secure?

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

If businesses are to continue using personal data to create value for themselves and for their customers, they will need to manage it as carefully as they would money, in four key ways. Similarly, trust erosion triggered by Edward Snowden’s revelations of government surveillance in mid-2013 are estimated to have cost U.S.

Telecommunications

Telecommunications Cost-Benefit Analysis Reputation Survey

Rethinking the Work of Leadership

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2013

In 1973, Peter Drucker stated in his book Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices, "Management is not culture-free, that is, part of the world of nature. Yet, here we are in 2013 with organizational leadership models that continue to deny the social nature of organizations and wallow in inertia. It is a social function.

CIO

CIO Leadership Drucker Telecommunications

Study: Firms with More Women in the C-Suite Are More Profitable

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

women make up nearly 40% of MBA graduates and 40% of managers. However, it is not just a matter of getting women to the very top ranks of management. The Netherlands, for example, initiated a temporary quota policy in 2013, though it lapsed last month. Yet in the U.S. of Japanese C-suite executives were women.

Bottom-up

Bottom-up Diversity Policies Telecommunications

Ten Reasons Salespeople Lose Deals

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

These interviews were conducted with salespeople across a wide variety of industries including high technology, telecommunications, financial services, consulting, industrial equipment, healthcare, and electronics, to name a few. Administrivia. Pre-sales Resources.

CRM

CRM Telecommunications Price Long-term

Skills Shortages Worsening

Chart Your Course

JANUARY 9, 2014

September 11, 2013. The most active hiring will be in the materials and IT & telecommunications sectors. Herman Trend Alerts are written by Joyce Gioia, a Strategic Business Futurist, Certified Management Consultant, author, and professional speaker. © Copyright 1998-2013 by The Herman Group of Companies, Inc.,

Skills

Skills White Paper Case Study Telecommunications

Ten Reasons Salespeople Lose Deals

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

These interviews were conducted with salespeople across a wide variety of industries including high technology, telecommunications, financial services, consulting, industrial equipment, healthcare, and electronics, to name a few. Administrivia. Pre-sales Resources.

CRM

CRM Telecommunications Price Long-term

What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

After Mugabe claimed victory in a disputed election in 2013, however, corruption increased , while the strengthening U.S. Zimbabwe’s largest telecommunication company Econet Wireless has found success with its online payment platform that helps Zimbabweans manage the challenges of its multi-currency system.

Banking

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance

The 3 Things CEOs Worry About the Most

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

Please note that titles used here reflect the positions the individuals held in 2013, when we conducted the interviews for a separate article ). Talent Management. We interviewed 24 CEOs and asked them to name the biggest challenges facing their organizations. Talent-related issues were the top concern, mentioned by 16 of the CEOs.

CEO

CEO Stephenson Pharmaceuticals Globalization

The Case for Lending Out Your Star Performers

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

A leader with significant experience in negotiating international energy agreements moved from Petronas, the national oil company, to Telekom Malaysia where she acquired skills in operating an integrated telecommunications network. Peter Voser, the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell from July 2009, retired in May 2013.

CFO

CFO Leadership Development Telecommunications Cost

How Company Culture Shapes Employee Motivation

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

So most executives manage it according to their intuition. It takes a careful mix of mission, management, and culture. One 2013 study illustrates this well. We saw this play out in retail, banking, telecommunications, and the fast food industry as well. Insight Center. How to Be a Company That Employees Love.

Motivation

Motivation Company Airlines Learning-by-Doing

The Factors Behind China’s Growing Strength in Innovation

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2018

billion, with the company growing at a compounded annual rate of over 100% between 2013 and 2017. DJI’s first hit product was the Phantom in 2013, and ever since, DJI has introduced new products at a rapid-fire pace. Other than explicit cost advantages in terms of nominal wages, Chinese engineers and managers work a lot harder.

Innovation

Innovation Engineering Business Model Long-term

The Mistakes Behind Healthcare.gov Are Probably Lurking in Your Company, Too

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2013

I’ve seen this mistake numerous times in other industries — from a customer service fiasco by a major telecommunications company that launched DSL at too large a scale to NASA’s failure to recognize the implications of a foam strike in the Columbia shuttle tragedy. Playing the blame game. percent).

Company

Company Telecommunications CIO Learning-by-Doing

Leadership Digital

StrategyDriven Enterprises Partners with Xen Wireless to Form StrategyDriven Analytics, a Utility Industry Asset Management Blind Benchmarking Service

Picasso and Project Management

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The Twelve Sales Metrics that Matter Most

If Data Is Money, Why Don’t Businesses Keep It Secure?

Rethinking the Work of Leadership

Study: Firms with More Women in the C-Suite Are More Profitable

Ten Reasons Salespeople Lose Deals

Skills Shortages Worsening

Ten Reasons Salespeople Lose Deals

What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe

The 3 Things CEOs Worry About the Most

The Case for Lending Out Your Star Performers

How Company Culture Shapes Employee Motivation

The Factors Behind China’s Growing Strength in Innovation

The Mistakes Behind Healthcare.gov Are Probably Lurking in Your Company, Too

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