Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 18, 2012

Here's some new research on innovation and a guest post by By Rich Wellins, Ph,D., Senior Vice President, Development Dimensions International (DDI): In the past year, innovation has risen to the top of the business agenda. It seems not a day goes by that the major media writes (or broadcasts) stories in innovation.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 17, 2023

This article will outline why efficient fleet management is crucial for your bottom line, explore five fleet management hacks that can help you lower your company costs, and discuss the benefits of continually optimizing your fleet operations. Employee productivity is another critical aspect of fleet management.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 10, 2018

Intuitively, many entrepreneurs and businesses believe that the key to faster growth and success is more products, features, and markets. Later, after that initial success builds resources, and your penetration of the target market approaches 30 percent, it’s time to expand your horizons and make anticipatory changes to your focus.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Most of us are likely familiar with Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle model , which posits that a company’s ‘ why ’ is its most significant differentiator in the market. The second step is up to companies – companies also need to focus on retaining diverse talent, which can be difficult.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 12, 2015

Then there are the business developers forever in pursuit of new products and new markets. I listened to an IT manager explaining on a speakerphone to a colleague he served in the marketing function why it was going to take two days to get a requested report. They cultivate, grow, innovate and invest.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 7, 2017

O FTENTIMES managers and executives push for organizational change and growth, yet their businesses continue to suffer from profit loss, lack of productivity, a decline in employee morale, and frustration. Employees do care about the bottom line, and managers are correct in their message. Is it due to employee ineptitude or apathy?

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 28, 2019

Don’t embrace the practices of your peers, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to unlock hidden value and create advantage in the market. There is always room for new thinking and innovation, or at least there should be. Whenever you are being pitched a product as a solution, I suggest you exercise caution.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 4, 2013

His book The Innovators Dilemma has impacted the business world perhaps more than any other book in recent history. According to Christensen, you keep nimble and respond to up-and-coming innovations at the bottom of the market. Integrity Leadership Purpose change Clayton Christensen Innovation'

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Their next unconventional move was to stop marketing their brand as only good for colds and allergies. And while most brands market their products exclusively to women (who still make about 80 percent of the purchase decisions), they started advertising to men also. But they didn’t stop with just marketing changes.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Many believe that a brand is a function of marketing. Marketers and marketing departments love ‘branding campaigns’ or ‘brand-building programs,’ because they are sexier and more exciting than their less attractive cousin, the product campaign. You just finished reading Branding vs. Marketing !

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2021

These companies find they can have products produced in large quantities so they are always on hand when customers want and need them. When a company wants a custom product produced, however, obtaining a quote becomes a challenge. They can request one copy of the product or 1,000. Customer service improves as a result.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 4, 2021

Of course, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all when selling a product or service. That said, you have to come up with innovative ways to boost your customer service. One way to instantly do this is to set up an outbound call center to help manage customer complaints and inquiries. Don’t forget about email marketing.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 5, 2024

They discovered that those who were on the outside looking in were more likely to invest in employee perks than those companies bobbing along at the bottom of the index. In some ways, this should come as no real surprise, with glamorous firms often having an advantage in the labor market.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 28, 2019

Don’t embrace the practices of your peers, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to unlock hidden value and create advantage in the market. There is always room for new thinking and innovation, or at least there should be. Whenever you are being pitched a product as a solution, I suggest you exercise caution.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development. EY is known for its focus on innovation. Flexibility is an equally important part of our people experience.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The evolution of fleet management is underscored by several innovative practices and technological integrations that promise a more streamlined and intelligent approach. Moreover, as global markets expand and new business opportunities arise in distant lands, car transport providers play a pivotal role.

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

Keeps others informed and up-to-date on relevant information. Consistently showing up on time and being present when scheduled sends a strong message to colleagues and supervisors that an employee is serious about their job and values their role in the organization. Well, for starters, it directly impacts productivity and efficiency.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. “Me Too&# companies fight to eek out market share in an attempt to survive, while disruptive companies become category dominant brands insuring sustainability.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 24, 2014

How can new leaders at organizations large and small help stir things up in a positive way that produces new innovations, generates new energy and engages staff? Early successes back up your goals, can help persuade the non-committal within the organization, and encourage those already on board to push for more progress.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 1, 2021

At the core of his management theory was the idea that employers should turn their workplaces into psychology labs, measuring and monitoring employees’ every move to boost their productivity and reduce their stress levels. New HR Trends (2022). Upskilling. and create a quantitative impact on organizations.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Global firms have employed blue ocean strategies to cater their services and offerings to the BoP (Bottom of Pyramid). The BoP markets are a hotbed for innovation and companies that are able to mold their business models to fit within this paradigm can truly alter traditional business models. To quote the late, great C.K.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2013

The same goes for your print collateral, which despite the digital takeover still has a place in modern marketing. Granted, pretty packaging isn’t going to close a deal, but being up on graphic/design trends in print and online let perspective customers know that you’re in year 2013, and paying attention.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 20, 2010

A few common methods include: The number of people reporting up through the organization The quantity or amount of product or services produced The “bottom line&# or income produced by the company The number of links, references or accolades to the leader or the organization Other methods that focus on things and not people.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In his book Thursday is the New Friday: How to Work Fewer Hours, Make More Money, and Spend Time Doing What You Want , Joe Sanok outlines how we arrived at this point in history, what we each can do internally to thrive, and how slowing down is actually the key to growing productivity and creativity. That brings us to today.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Meanwhile, Google’s parent firm Alphabet has seen spectacular year-over-year growth in advertising revenue: up 43% in the third quarter, with its stock price up 68%. . Tech companies are bringing new ideas to the market every day, new innovative products that have changed the daily use of technology.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 11, 2011

by John • December 11, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. I was Nabob’s VP of Marketing, a 32 year-old disciple of an excellent turnaround CEO – a fellow by the name of Hugo Powell who eventually moved on to Interbrew (now Anheuser-Busch InBev ) as CEO. In the CEO Afterlife.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

From my perspective I’d advise clients to give a bit on valuation, or live with more rigid financial engineering to acquire influence (gain access to markets, knowledge, intelligence, connections or superior business savvy). In fact, many investors simply don’t carry much clout, or add very little value once the deal is closed.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

All business (for profit or not) provide goods, services, or intellectual property/capital to a market (or markets) for some form of consideration. What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

If change and innovation weren’t key contributors to sustainable success, and the enterprise could just run on auto-pilot, you could replace the CEO with a General Manager. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle. The fact is that business is not a static endeavor.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity. Rather entering the productivity zone is found working at about 60% to 70% of capacity.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 7, 2018

I have the “up close” view that comes from long days of working, long nights of dining and long weeks of studying together in development courses. They feared they were not up to facing the future successfully. For new products and services for your market? What a privilege! They were overwhelmed. Why is this important ?

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 21, 2021

If stress continues to build up, you may succumb to the pressure and fail to achieve your objectives. Think of Innovative Ideas for Your Enterprise. If you’re looking to enhance your business, you need to be creative and develop innovative ideas, as this may help you implement the necessary measures and lead to improved results.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

We created a metric wherein we asked leaders to evaluate the performance of a business compared to industry standards on a series of performance criteria including revenue, market share, sales, profitability, quality of products and services, new product development, and business performance. Leadership is a conversation.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Tenure Inhibits Change and Cripples Innovation : Organizations that favor tenure also tend to be prone to majoring in the minors. You see tenure is not synonymous with loyalty, but rather is more often a measure of compliance and survival. the company is not leveraging its true talent base.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In fact, it were the L&D teams that were instrumental in bringing about wider acceptance of innovative measures, processes and strategies, including reimagining how employees learn to work in a digitized world. Managers will increasingly need to take up more innovative roles to manage disparate and dispersed teams.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 29, 2022

While I have been notably skeptical about the various claims that robots and AI will destroy vast swathes of the jobs we know today, there is an understandable concern about the impact technology is likely to have on the labor market, and especially about how one can go about making our own job as disruption proof as possible. Jobs ranking.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

At an organizational level have you focused so much on process improvements and incremental gains that you’ve failed to recognize opportunity and innovate? If efficiency starts diluting productivity rather than increasing it something is woefully amiss. Are you efficient or effective, or do you know?

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