Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2020

During the testing process with the larger partner, one of the startup engineers was heard to say “They should be mad. He is also the co-author of Built on Trust – How to Gain Competitive Advantage in Any Organization. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 16, 2023

The answer to our new client’s dilemma lay hidden in his company’s extraordinary commitment to sales process and training. Leadership teams for authentic challenger brands evaluate the competitive landscape with an eye toward changing something fundamental about the way they approach the business. Challenger promises.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

What if leaders could shift the cultural mindset around what gives businesses a competitive advantage and recognize the benefits of being more human? Empathetic leaders make good decisions because they are adept at processing information. In the book, you will find seven simple ways to train yourself to lead more empathetically.

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LDRLB

MARCH 14, 2012

Process design. Kates further refines her approach by providing numerous examples from real business using the ideas in the book. Strategy book review competitive advantage forecasting kates' Customer impact. Talent and leadership. Secret sauce. Trendability.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2023

From streamlining processes to taking advantage of technological solutions, these methods will help you save money while still providing excellent customer service. Look for processes that can be automated or require minimal efforts, such as bookkeeping, customer support, marketing, and IT services.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Originally published in December 2016: After reading nearly 30 new books about leadership this past year, my pick for 2016's best new leadership book is, Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change , by H. The people who will be involved in the process. The timing of the process. James Dallas. Is easy to read and absorb.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Soon, I will announce my choice for best book about leadership for 2017. After reading nearly 30 new books about leadership this past year, my pick for 2016's best new leadership book is, Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change , by H. The people who will be involved in the process. The timing of the process.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 16, 2017

After reading nearly 30 new books about leadership this past year, my pick for 2016's best new leadership book is, Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change , by H. Technically, the book came out in the fall of 2015, but gained its popularity and momentum in 2016, hence my selection as my 2016 pick. The timing of the process.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 26, 2013

Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization Dan Pontefract Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2013) How to strengthen engagement, empowerment, and execution, then leverage them for a decisive competitive advantage In recent years, we have observed a tsunami of books, articles, and events that focus on employee engagement.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 5, 2019

This is a powerful book. He cites a passage from General Gordon Sullivan’s book, Hope Is Not a Method , that is particularly instructive. Many people seem uncomfortable with this process. Asking them is less than half the process. Finally, curiosity is about being relentless and disciplined about the process.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 6, 2017

After reading nearly 30 new books about leadership this past year, my pick for 2016's best new leadership book is, Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change , by H. Technically, the book came out in the fall of 2015, but gained its popularity and momentum in 2016, hence my selection as my 2016 pick. The timing of the process.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Are you staying ahead of the competition and creating a sustainable advantage? That’s the opening line in The Strategy Book by Max Mckeown. Max Mckeown is an author of several best-selling, award winning books. He’s also a sought-after speaker on subjects ranging from competitive advantage to strategy to leadership.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

This instrument measures one’s preferences for engaging the innovation process. According to the Basadur Innovation Profile , people who prefer to use information to judge or evaluate (optimizers and implementers) in the innovation process are on the left side of the vertical axis. I’m a big believer in the power of assessments.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Whether your supply chain is causing pain right now or if things seem to be okay, perhaps even reasonably good, in today’s extremely fast-changing environment the reality is that just about every company in every industry can benefit or create real competitive advantage from having their supply chain optimized.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 14, 2018

The best tools walk you through a process that gives you the answers, custom fit for your organization. competitive advantage, value proposition, and market position) and drill down to function-level strategy (e.g., Strong processes are essential tools for consistent delivery on the FrontLines. Know Your Bolt-Ons.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

I have read and reviewed all of Fred Reichheld’s previous books and thus was especially interested in reading his latest, The Ultimate Question 2.0: It is a revised and expanded edition of Reichheld’s previous book (The Ultimate Question: [.].

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Engaging Leader

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Creativity is the starting point for all innovation, and most organizations rely on innovation to create a competitive advantage. Creativity is the starting point for all innovation, and most organizations rely on innovation to create a competitive advantage. Where does it come from? Simply put, it is passion.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 18, 2017

This low-risk, high-reward strategy is an approach to innovation that all companies should recognize and apply when it will give them a competitive advantage. This approach focuses on three key elements: Creating a family of diverse innovations around a central product that make that product more appealing and competitive.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

” Those words are printed on the back cover of Five Frequencies: Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Competitive Advantage. Five Frequencies prescribes more than 20 practical Signal Boosts for turning culture into competitive advantage. How do you ensure it’s the former, not the latter?”

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

"At the heart of every institution whose advantage has endured lies an organizational model that works more effectively than its competitors," say authors Brian MacNeice and James Bowen in their new book, POWERHOUSE. Process Designing the organizational structures and processes to achieve the vision/mission statement.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

“When it comes to culture, one of the most glaring issues is that far too many leaders do not recognize it as one of their greatest competitive advantages,” says Matt Mayberry , author of the new book, Culture Is The Way. Thank you to the book’s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 26, 2014

When organizations first start doing process improvement they use a myriad of ways to decide which processes to improve first, such as: IT bought some software and needs to install it, so let’s look at the current process first. A department wants to improve the process because it would help in a key initiative.

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 4, 2018

It’s here that corporate leaders can learn a lot, particularly now that it’s becoming increasingly apparent that people (not products or processes) are the largest source of competitive advantage for a business. Put simply: without putting the right people in the right environment to succeed, your company will flounder.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 16, 2014

Peter Fingar, co-author of Business Process Management : The Third Wave , then asks these measurement corollaries in his 2013 article “How Do Your BPM Metrics Measure Up?”. So you need to discuss that with the Process Owner and Executive Sponsor. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. Are we doing things right?

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LDRLB

MAY 22, 2013

Or maybe you’re looking out to what books are on the horizon. Bell’s book on how leaders must take charge of their people’s development is a great read. In this new book, Su and Wilkins reveal how to develop a voice that is both powerful and authentic. Innovation is rarely a linear process. Leadership. Innovation.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 19, 2015

A system of selling and its accompanying sales process are pretty much doomed to failure before they begin. Maybe it will help you in your awareness and decision-making process as you try to elevate your sales skills – or your sales results, or even your sales team – to a level of superior. The process is old.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 22, 2015

Starbucks’ CEO Howard Schultz’s book Pour Your Heart Into It provides an excellent example. Throughout the book Schultz articulates his experiences in life, how those experiences shaped his values, and how they became the values at Starbucks. Include the entire organization in the process of choosing core values.

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Michael Lee Stallard

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

As one of the best examples of a leader who connected with people and cultivated a culture of connection, Frances is profiled in both of my books, Connection Culture and Fired Up or Burned Out. In planning and allocating resources, she introduced a circular management process that involved nearly everyone within the organization.

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Leading Blog

MAY 15, 2012

The Strategist is not a book about strategy, but a book designed to equip and inspire you to be a strategist. The essential component of the strategy-making process is the leader. Author Cynthia Montgomery, says we have reduced strategy to a right-brain exercise and have lost sight of what it takes to lead the effort.

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Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2019

An Ironclad brand is one that unleashes your competitive advantage. With these nine conditions as a backdrop, Pedersen presents her eight-step process for crafting a brand strategy— The Ironclad Method. In the first step of creating your brand strategy, you orient to your target customer and your competitive frame of reference.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“When it comes to culture, one of the most glaring issues is that far too many leaders do not recognize it as one of their greatest competitive advantages,” says Matt Mayberry , author of the book, Culture Is The Way. Thank you to the book’s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 26, 2019

Ted George of the National Institutes of Health describes in his book “ Untangling the Mind ,” stress can have negative effects. With increasing levels of stress, the nervous system processes the stress as a threat. These advantages add up to a powerful competitive advantage. Cultures of Connection.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 30, 2017

One is the seeming contradiction with the core premise of my book, Leaders Made Here. The process for creating a leadership culture has five tenets. I had a leader tell me his supervisor wouldn’t let him expense a leadership book he wanted to read. If you’re not in pursuit of this advantage, start today and enjoy the journey!

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 18, 2020

It’s no surprise that Tamara Ghandour’s book interested me because I read all I can about innovation and creativity. I will quote from the introduction of the book because she articulates why innovation is important to everybody succinctly and powerfully: All of us are capable of and responsible for innovation. Of course not….so

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LDRLB

JANUARY 27, 2011

In a moment, I’ll tell you how to get a free copy of this book courtesy of the authors and LDRLB. Those companies who do provide a significant competitive advantage in the market place. The strongest points of the book are the case studies. Strategy book review calhoun demand kash strategy'

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 14, 2015

A culture of voice occurs when each employee experiences the safety, confidence, and trust they need to contribute their fullest, resulting in open, honest, and healthy communication, innovative problem solving, knowledge transfer, and real potential for a sustainable competitive advantage. The Strategic Planning Process.

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LDRLB

MARCH 14, 2012

Process design. Kates further refines her approach by providing numerous examples from real business using the ideas in the book. Customer impact. Talent and leadership. Secret sauce. Trendability. Although most of the examples are B2C companies, there are still insights for B2B organizations and non-profits.

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