Lead from Within

AUGUST 25, 2015

Make firm commitments with yourself to maintain good habits— because with new positions come stress and with stress comes anxiety. Use processes that work for you; develop systems that meet your needs and make your life easier. Manage Up, Down And Across. Check Yourself At Benchmarks. Stay In Shape. Model The Day.

Power 60

Power Succession Learning-by-Doing Brainstorming 60

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

What is the number #1 characteristic of an employee/contract worker that hiring managers look for when hiring? What is the number #1 characteristic of an employee/contract worker that hiring managers look for when hiring? The #1 characteristic that I believe hiring managers seek in a candidate is flexibility. Initiative.

Career 74

Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Our stress is compounded by each new performance metric that we're told to track and optimize, but social networking companies keep adding more, because they know each new target motivates us to do the job of growing their networks for them. I will set my own benchmarks. Of course not.

Metrics 15

Metrics Benchmarking Media Commitment 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

Studies show that individuals with political skills tend to do better in gaining more personal power as well as managing stress and job demands, than their politically naive counterparts. Thus, the development of an informal coalition saved the organization and political activities, in this case, were a force for good.

Politics 12

Politics Bureaucracy Long-term Short-term 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2013

There's not a brand manager, health care administrator, CMO or CIO who wouldn't benefit big-time from benchmarking their own operations to this campaign's. The campaign developed impressive tools to better optimize the efficiencies and effectiveness of both their digital and traditional media buys. It was that good.

Marketing 8

Marketing Chief Technology Officer Case Study Critical Success Factor 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

This helps the customer feel taken care of at a stressful moment, and it minimizes the possibilities for fraud because the accident can be verified. Especially in Big Box retail, we have seen that manufacturers and vendors have less and less influence over how their products are presented, making this a tricky touchpoint to manage.

Insurance 15

Insurance Retail Brand Loyalty 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

Garvin was a generalist more than a specialist, perhaps because he came of age at HBS during the 1980s, when the school’s primary focus was the development of skilled general managers. A Sloan Management Review article (which I had the pleasure of working on) provides valuable context for Garvin’s most-read HBR articles.

Management 8

Management Balanced Scorecard NPV Article 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Less than three months into the WATTx journey, we had hired a team of 20 amazing people with impressive resumes and personalities across four main domains: data science and software engineering, IoT engineering, digital marketing and sales, and business development. Above all, it stressed one key factor: appreciation for the individual.

Company 8

Company Benchmarking Storytelling Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

How often are management concepts subjected to recalls by the people who invented them? Management concepts, by contrast, operate in poorly regulated environments where failures are often brushed under boardroom or faculty carpets. Yet poor management systems can jeopardize lives in the air, at sea, on roads or in hospitals.

TBL 9

TBL Bottom-up Long-term Early Adopters 9