Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

In 2013, Nokia’s mobile phone business was sold to Microsoft. The driving force behind digital transformations is adopting and implementing digital technologies to processes, products, and assets to improve efficiency, enhance customer value, manage risk, and uncover new monetization opportunities. Nokia just couldn’t keep up.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Right now, the idea of kicking butt in 2013 is probably the last thing on your mind. But come January 2, when that alarm clock goes off, you’re going to feel a lot better about facing the New Year with a blueprint for success. Unless a face-to-face meeting is critical, your desk is the best place to be for maximum productivity.

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 24, 2020

With thanks to Tom Rath for the simple organizational framework he offered in his 2013 book, Eat, Move, Sleep , here are some best practices in each of those categories that I learned in doing the research for my own book, Overworked and Overwhelmed and how you can leverage them in our current operating environment.

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Chart Your Course

OCTOBER 27, 2014

A great product alone is not enough to sustain and grow revenues in a global marketplace with seemingly endless options for customers to consider. Entrepreneurs willing to invest the time and effort into satisfying the most valuable component of their business are setting themselves up for long-term success. Retention Is Key.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Evangelist : Sparks imagination by telling a story, plants seeds for future products, conveys experiences and emotions. The Outsider : Brings a “beginner’s mind” to reimagine and reinvent an industry or product category. This variety of types is key to startup success. The Visionary : Strategic, prophetic.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 31, 2013

With the end of the year approaching, this week is great to share some of my favorites of 2013. Favorite Team Building & Leadership Activities + Simulations 2013. In this activity all people are asked to use their Steadiness behavior to be supportive of the team and get satisfaction from helping others be successful.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 22, 2024

Efficiently managing the money a company needs to run its daily operations, known as working capital, is crucial for success. It’s influenced by factors like complex supply chains, many suppliers, different products, and uncertain technology. The research looked at 1,054 American manufacturing companies from 2011 to 2013.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Women in leadership are well positioned to influence and guide their team members for greater success. How can they tap into their team members’ intrinsic motivations to fully engage them for both personal and professional success? As leaders, you have great capacity to facilitate your team members’ success.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 19, 2013

A Gallup Poll conducted last year gives credence to what many successful companies have known for years--engaged, involved workers impact a business'' bottom line in a positive manner. . Well being translates directly into higher performance and productivity. In 2012, Gallup looked at 49,928 businesses or work units and about 1.4

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The problem is, these technologies don’t appear to be making a difference to productivity figures, or subsequently the wages and wellbeing of people. It’s a refrain with a strong heritage, with Robert Solow famously remarking that “you can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics” back in 1987. in 1992.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 6, 2013

Success Under Stress: Powerful Tools for Staying Calm, Confident, and Productive When the Pressure’s On Sharon Melnick AMACOM (2013) How to avoid or overcome self-defeating barriers to success…including those that are self-imposed Walt Kelly’s possum, Pogo, once observed, “We have met the enemy and he is us.”

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

We invite you to learn how to: Transform meetings into productive work experiences using the same work design principles that transformed factory work and made video games engaging. Identify the critical choices that meeting designers, leaders, and contributors make that transform meetings into productive work experiences.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 29, 2012

Here are three questions to ponder as you prepare to lead on purpose in 2013: What are you doing to build trust with those you lead? Building trust is a critical factor in leading others to success. Yet developing confidence is a defining key to success. Act confident even when you feel the opposite.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 5, 2013

So, with that in mind, here are five attitudes that I think will be necessary for business leaders to take, in achieving success in 2013 and beyond: Attitude # 1: Diversity is not a black and white subject ~ There are a myriad of distinctions between human beings. And, what better time to do it than at the beginning of a New Year?

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Tim Milburn

MAY 19, 2013

Hopefully, you are learning what it takes to be productive and to help those on your team to be productive as well. One way to increase your leadership “productivity” is to turn to social media and online communities. Another reason Basecamp can help sharpen your leadership productivity skills? Yup, Twitter.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 10, 2022

The researchers analyzed around 10,000 new novels that were launched in China between 2013 and 2015. The researchers tracked not only the popularity of each e-novel, both in terms of click-throughs and eventual purchases, but also the productivity of the author in terms of how often they updated their book series each month.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 14, 2023

In a recent article, I highlighted some of the challenges involved in translating investment in technology and innovation into productivity improvements across the economy. A recent exploration of the German economy by the University of Maastricht showed just how big a problem this is, with productivity growth of just 0.3% in 1992.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 1, 2021

One example of this is the 2013 Target cyber-attack. A successful cyber-attack can ruin your reputation, a consequence that can forever tarnish the name of your business. A cybercriminal might gain access to your data and products to hold them for ransom, or you might be liable to legal consequences as a result of a data loss.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 16, 2016

These products and services become even more powerful through a lens of deep sustainability, co-solving multiple problems and incorporating multiple benefits. Where it replaces darkness, it creates four more productive hours per day. As of February 28, 2013, the company claims: 13,638,438 “lives empowered”. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 26, 2013

companies more than $31 billion each year in lost productive time. Overwhelm and the resignation and panic it generates are great wastes and very effective killers of productivity and profitability. Eliminate these modern wastes – silent killers of productivity and profitability – and transform your organization!

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?. Put simply, how do you judge the success of a chief human resources officer, and who qualifies for the 2020 Top CHRO List? Selection Methodology. While new to Verizon, her contribution is already being felt.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Enterprise social collaboration is a way for organizations to leverage social tools to improve employee engagement, bolster productivity and tap into a company’s collective intelligence. You just finished reading The Top 5 Ways Enterprise Social Collaboration Can Boost Organizational Productivity ! Consider leaving a comment!

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 25, 2017

Chris Edmonds: Two key indicators of a healthy team are that they are productive (getting tasks done to standards, on budget and on time) and effective (working together with a minimum of drama.) A 2013 University of Phoenix survey revealed that nearly 7 in 10 American workers have served on dysfunctional teams. Don’t tolerate it.

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Chart Your Course

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

percent more calls than their in-office counterparts, amounting to an extra day of productivity every week. In 2013, a TechRepublic and ZDNet survey found that 62 percent of companies already had or will launch some form of BYOD program by the end of that year. The work-from-home employees completed 13.5 Mobile Devices.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

By blindly creating and/or tolerating working conditions in which people do not and often cannot effectively listen to one another, we kill productivity and profitability. According to the International Listening Association , more than 35 studies indicate that listening is a top skill needed for success in business.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 16, 2015

A Conversation with BRIAN TRACY About UNLIMITED SALES SUCCESS Question : Why are some salespeople more successful than others? It says that 80 percent of success is mental and emotional, not technical and physical. And the keys to successful relationship selling are trust and credibility.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 23, 2014

Pixar has been phenomenally successful with the likes of Toy Story , The Incredibles , Finding Nemo, and Up, to name but a few of its films. If any doubt existed that Disney’s magic was back, it was put to rest with the 2013 release of the blockbuster movie Frozen. Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 29, 2013

This post was originally published in SmartBrief on Leadership 7/25/2013: “Moneyball” was a book and movie based on Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane and his use of statistics (sabermetrics, to be precise) to get the most production out of his team by spending the least amount of money. Source for Nos. Source: Great Leadership.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 6, 2014

Counter-intuitively, many successful entrepreneurs didn’t start with a compelling vision, a wow idea or indeed a workable business plan. I call them the Xceptionalists because their success came from the xceptional execution of an ordinary idea. Your product doesn’t have to be a Bentley, Hublot, or a Stradivarius. Not easier.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Degenerative or unproductive moods are tremendous, yet invisible, killers of productivity and profitability. Yet contemporary management theory rarely recognizes the importance of moods and the impact they can have on productivity and profitability. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Mood is everything.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2015

It’s not about your company brand or your company’s killer product or service. If you want a safe, inspiring, productive culture, leaders must invest time and energy daily modeling, coaching, and aligning desired behaviors so that everyone is treated with trust, respect, and dignity in every interaction.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

MAY 29, 2013

Incorporating some of these steps into your leadership can definitely increase your chances of success and sustainability whether you are an extrovert or an introvert. These scientists and engineers develop innovative products and breakthrough ideas. Where was the hustle and bustle of a typical noontime lunch rush?

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

A Conversation with BRIAN TRACY About UNLIMITED SALES SUCCESS Question : Why are some salespeople more successful than others? It says that 80 percent of success is mental and emotional, not technical and physical. And the keys to successful relationship selling are trust and credibility.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

This disenchantment is painfully clear in the Gallup 2013 State of the American Workplace survey. The Product Management Perspective: Compelling products (or services) create success. To the extent you create great products, that people want to buy, you will achieve success.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

: Making Your Ideas, Products, and Services Easier to Understand Lee LeFever John Wiley & Sons (2013) A brilliant explanation of how to explain more successfully so that you as well as others “get it” Exposition is probably the most versatile and often the most valuable of the four levels of discourse that Aristotle (384-322 [.].

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Strategy Driven

JULY 28, 2013

Facilities Shoptalk: An Overall Guide for Successful Facility Management. Real world facility solutions to optimize every process of your cleaning program for total efficiency and productivity. Click here for more information on Facilities Shoptalk: An Overall Guide for Successful Facility Management. Consider leaving a comment!

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 24, 2013

According to a May 2013 survey from email marketing company Constant Contact, 59 percent of small businesses say running their business is harder today than it was five years ago. They credit their success with more affordable and effective marketing tools via the Internet, and growing support for local businesses. They all benefit.

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