Lead Change Blog

MARCH 23, 2020

I’ve seen hundreds of representations of trust: wedding rings, a cross, a child holding a parent’s hand, a bank vault, and people shaking hands, just to name a few of the common ones. When I conduct training workshops on building trust, I often like to ask participants to draw a symbol or picture that represents trust.

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

He’s like the high IQ, low EQ, dehumanizing retail/technology global VP who joined us (and met the Canadian leadership team for the first time) at a strategic planning retreat a few years ago. Surely people are not assets in the same way that their desks and chairs are assets, or that factories or bank balances are.”

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 9, 2015

We text message friends while standing in line at the bank. Most executives would agree that it is important to spend time thinking strategically about the future of their businesses. Yet, most leadership teams fail to do so. We scan the Internet while talking on the phone, then get interrupted by call-waiting.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 1, 2018

Businesses spend so much time on momentary pieces of their puzzles that they neglect long-term Strategic Planning and miss potential successes. Costs of band aid surgery and make-good work cost six times that of planning for business on the front end. Corporate leadership. Leadership programs. Website consulting.

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Change Starts Here

JUNE 19, 2013

In this 1-1/2 day workshop, you will learn the steps and tools you can use to plan ahead to reduce obstacles and also deal effectively with inevitable resistance when it happens. The workshop will be held at long-time OCA partner, the Atlanta Community Food Bank , located at 732 Joseph E. and end at 12:00 p.m. Lowery Blvd.

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

The answer lies within those factors that do not require fat bank accounts. I’ll start with leadership. The very best strategies aren’t generated by outside strategic planning consultants who bill thousands of dollars a day. There are far more than you think. The same argument can be made for strategies.

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CO2

JANUARY 2, 2011

His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). They also go down the road to explain free to not free enterprises like Skype. The Empathy Map by XPLANE Design : How to build a business model around customer insights. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against?

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Strategy should include, inform, and integrate with leadership development, talent management, organization design, and proactive culture management. Many organizations are either planning or already have strategic initiatives underway in leadership development, talent management, organization design or culture management.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Provide leadership. Strategic Plan includes provisions for refinancing, equity and debt financing. Accounting firm utilization plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals. Banking and investing plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2012

This review is the basis for most elements that will appear in a strategic plan, including the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, actions, challenges, teamwork, change management, commitment, future trends and external forces. You provide leadership for progress, rather than following along.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2010

The book will expose you to the principles of relational leadership and show you how the principles when applied in tandem, can produce substantial results. People are the core of this leadership style. You will learn how to put the attributes in play for yourself in your own leadership situation.

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CO2

APRIL 19, 2018

Stu’s motto is “I want to be a family owned, professionally run, community bank. I expected to be able to learn a few new leadership skills. I didn’t realize Gary’s company did strategic planning, and that definitely exceeded my expectations. In the process, he helped consolidate seven charters into one. You can’t fail.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

What-if scenario planning is similar to the processes utilized in overall company strategic planning and visioning. The crisis plan must be part of the bigger process, not an adjunct or afterthought. Test crisis plans during simulated drills, using qualified outside strategic planning consultants to evaluate results.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

I asked each of these leaders a single question about healthy leadership: What healthy habits do you attribute to your success as a leader? Discover a healthy leadership habit of @MichaelHyatt at Click To Tweet. Check out these healthy habits of #leadership experts @MichaelHyatt, @MarkTimm, and @48DaysTeam Click To Tweet.

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CO2

APRIL 19, 2018

Stu’s motto is “I want to be a family owned, professionally run, community bank. I expected to be able to learn a few new leadership skills. I didn’t realize Gary’s company did strategic planning, and that definitely exceeded my expectations. In the process, he helped consolidate seven charters into one. You can’t fail.

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Self-aware Executive Coaching Storytelling Learning-by-Doing 78

Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

The days of leading countries or companies via a one-way conversation are over, as Netflix’s one-way conversation with customers on prices, Bank of America’s one-way conversation on debit fees and Verizon’s one-way conversation on an e-billing surcharge recently demonstrated. 4) Seek to inspire, not just motivate.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

subprime mortgages, instead doing business the old-fashioned way, with 80 percent of revenues derived from retail banking. Time magazine may have called it “the most boring bank in the world,” but after the crisis, its conservative approach is looking more appealing than ever; it is a brand that played it smart and safe.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 5, 2012

No matter the size of the organization, goodwill must be banked. Civic service is the ultimate way to steer heir apparents toward the leadership track. Trees with thicker bases and deeper roots will sprout greener (be profitable), shed less often (fewer corporate flaws) and live longer (dominate its industry). He has advised two U.S.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

One Canadian bank applied this thinking to bounced checks. His experience comes from a hands-on background within the banking sector of the United Kingdom, followed by extensive travel, dialogue, and collaboration with customers, management consultants, and respected thought leaders around the world.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

’ What they’re really selling: Banking. My analysis: Financial planning does not constitute global thought on life. Banks buy money wholesale and sell it to borrowers at retail rates. Banks are now trying to compete with financial planners and investment banking houses. It’s a sales ploy.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

About the Authors Ed Cohen & Priscilla Nelson, partners at Nelson Cohen Global Consulting ( www.NelsonCohen.com ), provide thought leadership and strategic guidance to leaders and companies around the world. Thank you again for listening to the StrategyDriven Podcast !

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

These are my considered opinions, having conducted Performance Reviews, Strategic Planning and Visioning for other companies over 35+ years. In my opinion, deregulation, as a whole, has worked negatively upon business and society (banking, airlines, trucking, and broadcasting), and the SEC is no exception. Accounting.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Among the lessons which we learned from the Y2K Bug exercise were: When they want to do so, company leadership will provide sufficient resources to plan for the future, including crisis management and preparedness (of which computer glitches are one set of “what ifs.”). About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

For project purchases, such as printing, graphic production, video production and materials creation, consultants customarily mark up slightly, to cover bank financing and handling costs. Out-of-pocket expenses are customarily passed through to clients, without markup. What is their longevity? Were they consultants 10-20 years ago?

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 27, 2010

The issue at the heart of this uncertainty involves limited access to capital at a time when banks are reluctant to lend. The same cannot be said for small businesses, mainly due to uncertain tax future many businesses face. Taxes further hinder these businesses’ ability to produce.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Yet, most CEOs were never trained on how to be CEOs, with all the responsibility, people skills, leadership and ethical management that must go along with the job. The average bank teller loses about $250 every year. We decry CEOs for the same reasons that we formerly sainted and canonized them. Every day in the U.S., Yet, only 5.1%

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Researchers at the IT Leadership Academy are doing just that in Global 2000 enterprises. However, no one is saying “before we can do analytics we must explain the take-to-the-bank value of analytics to decision makers.” The CIO’s response tends to be “reports” (61 percent of the population).

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Read on for some innovation inspiration from companies that found ways to make their customers take notice – while sticking with their values: The Difference Maker: Buc-ee’s The Dared to Be Difference: Banking on bathrooms.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

Banks are feeling the crunch; according to McKinsey , legacy financial institutions will see profits decline 20%–60% by 2025 if they fail to evolve digitally. Its recent launch of Marcus , an online retail bank, is a particularly promising signal.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2011

While the pundits continue to parse the no-win "deal" and the bloviators bemoan the failures of leadership, the rest of us might take the opportunity to consider the benefits of being uncompromising. Everything is open for discussion: the strategic plan, HR policy, project plans and everyone is part of the conversation. "By

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

billion of India’s citizens to voting, banking, government assistance, healthcare, recordkeeping, and more. Collaborative leadership was critical for the revitalization of Central Park in New York City. It also requires visionary leadership, stakeholder engagement, and operating transparency between partners.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Companies like ANZ, the Australian-based banking giant, have made explicit commitments to adopt agile principles , while others like Zappos, are on the bleeding edge of organizational transformation. Senior leadership teams that embrace agile do a few things differently. The CEO and his leadership team share a joint table.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

In one of the most comprehensive global surveys of corporate directors to date, we found that they were very worried about developing and enacting strategic plans that will enable their organizations to succeed. What would this leadership look like over time? What is top of mind for corporate boards worldwide? Not rising costs.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Then a new CFO joined the company: Masashi Oka, a financial industry veteran who had played a key role in transforming Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group-owned Union Bank in the US. Oka had found feedback from US regulators very helpful in his efforts to revive Union Bank and saw an opportunity to do something similar at Nikon.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

I’m thinking of HDFC Bank in India, Yahoo! She is a popular speaker and consults to senior leadership teams. In 2009, she was inducted as a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society, an honor accorded to those who have had a significant impact on the field. But they do it very consciously. That makes all the difference.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2015

Yet most companies are using the same old methods: strategic plans, goal-setting, streamlining operations, reducing inefficiency. The research team found four main ways: Leadership: Needless to say, it is difficult to implement positive practices without support from the top.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

For these to be embraced in the long term, the right leadership skills and mind-sets must also be in place. After the formal end of a transformation program at ANZ Bank, for example, the company trained more than 6,000 leaders in areas such as self-awareness, resilience, and the ability to energize oneself and others.

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