Surviving Leadership

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This (pretty long) document has evolved over the years and is often cited as an example of how that company just “gets it.” I also truly appreciated some of the business practices that leadership followed that I have missed in other organizations, including ones highlighted in McCord’s book.

CFO 58

CFO P&L Call Center COO 58

Mike Cardus

AUGUST 1, 2012

Application to Human Development and Leadership. The project gets completed, but is late, over budget and the below quality. Or implicitly, not documented although they exist as part of the unspoken rules and norms of the organization. “First you copy, Then Understand, Finally you master. What he did must have worked, right?

Delegation 130

Delegation Innovation Retail Objective 130

CO2

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant.

Executive Coaching 79

Executive Coaching Travel Strategic Planning Video 79

CO2

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant.

Executive Coaching 79

Executive Coaching Blog Execution Travel 79

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2016

As a reaction to industrial reforms and the strength of unions, a Hard Nosed style of leadership was prominent from 1910-1939, management’s attempt to take stronger hands, recapture some of the Captain of Industry style and build solidity into an economy plagued by the Depression. In this era, business started embracing formal planning.

Management 70

Management Hostile Takeover Management by Objectives Objective 70

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2015

As a reaction to industrial reforms and the strength of unions, a Hard Nosed style of leadership was prominent from 1910-1939, management’s attempt to take stronger hands, recapture some of the Captain of Industry style and build solidity into an economy plagued by the Depression. In this era, business started embracing formal planning.

Hostile Takeover 50

Hostile Takeover Management by Objectives Objective Scientific Management 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2016

These are my concluding pieces of leadership advice. Develop, update and maintain a career growth document. Leadership and executive development skills are steadily learned and continually sharpened. The achiever thus becomes a lifelong mentor to others. Know where you are going. Good bosses were good employees.

Mentor 50

Mentor Learning-by-Doing Open-book Career 50

HR Digest

MAY 6, 2024

Consolidated HR Operations What is an HRIS? An HRIS consolidates HR data and processes in one place, enabling cost savings and streamlined operations compared to using disparate tools. These features streamline payroll processes, improve accuracy, and provide valuable data for workforce planning and budgeting.

Human Resources 52

Human Resources System Information Resources 52

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

To fully enable a new vision of the future, organizations must make changes in five key business areas: Planning and Budgeting If organizations have easy access to—and indeed rely on—external talent, they can tackle new opportunities, experiment more nimbly, and operate in new areas.

Content 9

Content Katz Forrester Budgeting 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Many of the reasons for this are well documented. With HPs projects running on annually approved operating budgets and constant executive turnover, many corporations simply can’t be trusted to invest in innovation over the long haul it requires. Since 1999, HP has seen 6 CEOs and interim CEOs.

Long-term 10

Long-term Innovation Company IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Grading the importance of various initiatives in an environment of finite resources is a primary test of leadership. For example, it might be critical that a company wins a new order (which will be awarded on a given date) from a major customer, or gets a factory fully operational by a certain day.

Objective 12

Objective Sample Constraint Project 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The company’s more than 80 operating subsidiaries have complete independence and minimal oversight from headquarters, which requires little else besides regular financial statements and the return of excess cash that is not needed to sustain and grow the business. A long-term investment horizon improves operating performance.

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term Supply Chain Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

Sometimes the company faces a cash or a profit squeeze, and the folks with budget scalpels go looking for something to cut. Set aside a regular budget. Many organizations were once structured to ensure that each function operated with maximum efficiency. It's easy to ax innovation. So, the innovation efforts get shut down.

Process 16

Process Innovation Diversity Budgeting 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2013

But for many companies, the activity has devolved into either an overexplained budget or just bad amateur theater – lots of costumes in the form of analysis, charts, and presentations – but with very little meaningful substance that can be translated into action. Banish fuzzy language. Ask provocative questions.

Strategic Planning 9

Strategic Planning Planning Tips Disintermediation 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

We are always on the agenda of the executive team and are a significant part of the leadership meetings,” says Bert van Meurs, CMO of Philips Healthcare Imaging Systems. In yet another example, Caesars took the step of centralizing marketing and sales budgets, as well as decision rights, under the CMO. That was very helpful.”.

CEO 8

CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

Successful change requires strong leadership, working in lockstep with good people to move the rest of the organization in the right direction. There are critical government services that should not fail, such as processing taxes, military operations, or counting votes. The technology environment in which I arrived was bleak.

Bureaucracy 10

Bureaucracy Politics Technology Morale 10

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

They call it a "WeOrg" — and their story offers up a playbook for any organization looking to inject more freedom and self-regulation into its operations. More to the point, what if cultivating a successful inner life was front and center on the leadership agenda? Story by Bjarte Bogsnes. Story by Guy Laurence.

Bureaucracy 12

Bureaucracy Company Agility CIO 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

PMs have to have a deep understanding of how the organization operates and must build social capital to influence the success of their product – from obtaining budget and staffing to securing a top engineer to work on their product. They also have more influence and authority over company resources.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2014

It is important to generate ideas and suggestions via writing memos, E-mail messages and internal documents. Tie activities to customer outcomes (the tenet of Customer Focused Management). Nourish Communications Skills.

Strategy 99

Strategy Budgeting Audience Risk Management 99

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Not engaging in planning for future operations: So what are you gonna do about it? Document and comprehend the reasons for successes. There’s not a thing that we can do to change things. The status quo is perfectly acceptable. That’s the way the cookie crumbles. That’s life. What are you gonna do about it?

Budgeting 78

Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 78

Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2014

Document the findings. No business can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities. If others understand what the company is doing, they will be part of it. Evaluate how well each program and its messages were received. Continue fact-finding efforts, which will yield more good ideas for future projects.

Franchising 75

Franchising Marketing Strategy Strategic Planning 75

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2015

At Mayo Clinic, surgeons who perform lumpectomies or partial mastectomies for breast cancer work during the operation with the Frozen Section Pathology Lab to determine whether all the cancer has been removed. Yes, 20 minutes is valuable extra time in an operating room while the surgeon and staff wait for pathology findings.

Health Care 8

Health Care Business Model Mayo Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2016

But the earlier arrivals were a bit bemused by their colleagues, who apparently operated in a different time zone. What Leadership Looks Like in Different Cultures. But with a better understanding of cultural norms and work styles you have a stronger chance of hitting your on-time, on-budget goal with a global team.

Team 8

Team Management Stress Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2015

“But there’s an art to the ask,” says Diana Faison, a partner with leadership development firm Flynn Heath Holt Leadership. He may also already be constrained by a set budget. What the Experts Say. It can be difficult to approach your manager for a raise. “It helps to break it all down,” she says.

How To 8

How To Case Study Restructuring Pharmaceuticals 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

This holds for corporate operating units and departments. You must always educate corporate opinion makers on how you function… and the skill with which you operate. Operating units and departments must schedule and follow a program to market their worth to their companies. Visioning document. Strategic Plan.

Positioning 50

Positioning Company Strategic Planning Guidelines 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

There is no converting them to your more enlightened way of thinking and operating. Leadership Programs Community stewardship – for the right reasons – is wonderful. Leadership programs exist in every major city. People who work for non-profit organizations also populate leadership programs.

Committee 52

Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 52

Rapid BI

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Most effective organizations that operate structured approaches to internal communications appoint a dedicated communications manager. Employee communications are not optional extras, they are part of business as usual and should be planned and budgeted for as such. Departmental dashboard.Contracts/ budgets. Timing is critical.

Planning 61

Planning Strategy How To KPI 61

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. billion, its budget in 2015 was slightly higher than the total gross sales of General Motors. Could the organization turn itself around?

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Crisis Kotter 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2012

On February 6th, the State's Standing Committee on Investigations and Government Operations is holding a hearing. The committee points to a finding of the Division of the Budget that at not-for-profit organizations under contract with state mental hygiene agencies, there were 1,926 employees with salaries greater than $100,000 in 2010.

Execution 12

Execution Letter Committee Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

In study after study for over a decade, operations researchers have found that retailers understaff during peak hours. These extra hours were not part of the manager’s labor budget and were only given to the stores that were identified as likely to increase their sales by Co-PI Kesavan’s analysis.

Retail 8

Retail Productivity Products Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

The vendor can make the website, deliver it on time and on budget, and even make it beautiful to look at and easy to use, but it may not achieve our goal, which is to sell more of our products online. This approach to project leadership is not common, but we see it more frequently on startup teams and in smaller organizations.

Project 8

Project Management Uncertainty Software 8

HR Digest

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Written communication has always been a core component of workplace communication, whether in the form of memos, faxes, or other physical documents. In the online version of being called to your boss’ office unexpectedly, workers now experience similar panic from unexpected video calls from leadership last minute. Grammarly, Inc.

Tips 59

Tips Active Listening Skills Diversity 59

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 18, 2008

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Reference Bond Project Stress 120

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

Presidential elections, the choice of a running mate can influence voter views of the candidate and shift the dialogue, as happened following Mitt Romney's naming of conservative budget-chopping congressman Paul Ryan as his vice presidential pick in the race for the White House. Unlike the U.S. Differentiation: What skills are you missing?

COO 16

COO Wireless Ryan Chief Operating Officer 16