Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 8, 2020

As a manager, taking the time to learn and understand how you can become a great leader can aid in improving your team’s success and engagement rate. To effectively do this as a manager, you need to take a step back and comprehend your strengths, weaknesses, and motivations as far as being a leader is concerned. What does this mean?

Management 85

Management Delegation Leadership How To 85

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

Liz Weber of Weber Business Services provided Your Silence Speaks Volumes: Speak and Lead Proactively. Liz writes: “ Do you find yourself reserving your input in meetings until after your team has shared or brainstormed? Your silence may be doing more harm than good. Follow Ken on Twitter @RapidStartLdr. Jennifer V.

Leadership Development 267

Leadership Development Development Leadership Ethics 267

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

Instead of mapping workflow in detail with “boxes and arrows,” managers should focus on the “diamonds and arrows” of decision flows. In our transformed information economy, improving the decisions of knowledge workers can have a much higher impact on business performance than fixing daily workflow inefficiencies.

Operations 8

Operations Workshop Long-term Brainstorming 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

A surprising thing happened during a recent brainstorming session I led for a retail client. They seemed to think that designing and managing the customer experience is a marketing function, as if the customer is only associated with marketing, and the store only with operations. If such confusion can exist at a high-growth, $2.5

Brand 8

Brand Reis Objective Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

But just as she was about to move into her recommendations, Jack interrupted and said, “Nancy, I appreciate your hard work on this project, but it is not relevant to our agenda, and it doesn’t have merit for the business objectives we’re covering today.” Brainstorm fresh ideas that go beyond the obvious.

Execution 8

Execution Learning-by-Doing Project Brainstorming 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

The CMOs will need to be much more attuned to the business objectives and strategies of the company in general and the CEO in particular, while the CEO must become more immersed in the customer perspective. Make the CMO the “bonding agent” that connects the organization.

CEO 8

CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8