Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 16, 2012

Is it the ability to recognize sources of sustainable competitive advantage? Failure to have a CEO succession plan is nothing short of dereliction of duty. Then look to the CEO, some of whom, fearing competition, don’t even want to deal with the notion of a succession plan. And then, drive execution accordingly?

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Talent Management Planning Succession Management 232

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

Sean Glaze of Great Results Team Building shared 3 areas of competitive advantage for you and your team. Sean writes: “ Ultimately, the greatest competitive advantage you can have is the QUALITY OF YOUR INTERNAL TEAM CULTURE. And CULTURE is a symptom of LEADERSHIP. ” Find Joel on Twitter at @JoelGarfinkle.

Leadership Development 342

Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 342

HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

As the founder and CEO of Human Workplace, Liz envisions a future where work is fluid, nimble, and built on trust. Join us in this cover story celebration of Liz Ryan, a change driver of the decade, as she unveils the secrets to creating workplaces where authenticity, trust, and innovation thrive. That’s incredibly gratifying for me.

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Ryan Handbook Letter Competitive Advantage 59

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 12, 2024

Survive, Reset, Thrive (SRT) is a practical and innovative interconnected three-mode approach : Survive : Stabilizing your business when a shot hits. Gordon Food Services , the largest family-owned and managed food distributor in North America, successfully went through SRT, and they also showed that large companies can be agile and adaptive.

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Agility How To Uncertainty Competitive Advantage 116

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 4, 2012

They are staffers, not line managers. Internal Strategic Planning managers do the same thing. An organization’s best strategists are in the C-Suite, and the CEO is usually the catalyst. Here are the key differences between the species: Strategists are obsessed with bolstering their company’s competitive advantage.

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Strategic Planning Document Competitive Advantage Consultative 221

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 28, 2012

During my tenure as a CEO, my Board of Directors never challenged me with questions pertaining to the corporate culture. Imagine Apple without innovators or Zappos neglecting service or Whole Foods selling a slew of processed foods loaded with saturated fat. And when they are long gone, the culture is left to the CEO to nurture.

Competitive Advantage 131

Competitive Advantage Long-term CEO Ethics 131

CO2

DECEMBER 12, 2023

“Executive coaching is a professional development process where an experienced coach works with executives, managers, and other high-potential individuals to enhance their leadership and management skills. Cohen, an experienced CEO and Executive Coach. The Essence of What is Executive Coaching?

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Executive Coaching Execution Emotional Intelligence HCI 78

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 20, 2013

The “steel” in strategy is its capacity to set the stage for an organization to achieve ironclad competitive advantage. Booz & Company’s survey of 3,500 global leaders, including 550 CEOs and 325 other C-suite executives report a serious lack of cohesion within their organizations. Innovative. Sounds simple enough?

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Tactics Retail Price Brand 217

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. Our DE&I approach is multifaceted.

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Diversity Career Globalization Learning-by-Doing 52

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 10, 2014

Rita Gunther McGrath, a Professor at Columbia Business School, is regarded as one of the world’s top experts on strategy and innovation with particular emphasis on developing sound strategy in uncertain and volatile environments. McMillan Inc.

Competitive Advantage 75

Competitive Advantage Uncertainty Review Education 75

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

But it’s the opposite of what’s needed to drive the things the financial industry needs right now – in particular, innovation. Only 53% of financial employees rate their firm’s ability to innovate: at top-performing companies, this figure is 70%. If one thing stifles innovation, it’s closed minds.

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Banking Leadership Business Model Competitive Advantage 251

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Risk-averse CEOs find comfort in the ‘ doing more of the same’ strategic mode. To rise from the ashes, our young management team made several tough sacrifices to transform a multi-product, multi-brand operation from generalist to specialist. There are plenty of generic strategic choices to drive a business forward.

Human Resources 183

Human Resources Restructuring Competitive Advantage Marketing Strategy 183

Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

It follows that teams and organizations with cultures of connection have employees with a superior cognitive advantage, higher employee engagement, better strategic alignment, superior decision-making and greater innovation. That adds up to a powerful performance advantage (and a competitive advantage).

Leadership 253

Leadership Open-book Competitive Advantage Stress 253

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

I cannot even begin to count the number of times I’ve had a CEO tell me that certain immutable business principles just don’t apply to his/her business because, “this business is different.&# If you don’t have direct competition you’ll surely have indirect competition.

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Blog Brand Depreciation CEO 305

Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Research from two well-respected organizations makes it clear that we have a big collective blind spot that’s dragging down productivity, innovation and economic performance. Gradually over time, America has become overly obsessed about managing tasks. American leaders need to wake up and smell the coffee. What can be done?

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Leadership Six Sigma Competitive Advantage Consensus 400

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 3, 2018

Organizations populated with lonely people experience lower employee engagement, poorer quality of decisions, and a reduced rate of innovation. If you are a leader or manager in your organization, communicate an inspiring vision by reminding people of how the work they do is helping others. Communicate an inspiring vision.

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Competitive Advantage Ethics Stress Survey 199

The Practical Leader

AUGUST 22, 2011

In Beyond Performance: How Great Organizations Build Ultimate Competitive Advantage Keller and Price reinforce the decades of accumulating research showing that roughly 70% of organizational change programs fail. .&# Act : How do we manage the journey? Innovation and Learning&#. Assess : How ready are we to go there?

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Competitive Advantage Price Organization Review 68

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 17, 2012

I was devoted to master strategies and “big play” innovations that ideally positioned a company to dominate their chosen market(s) and enjoy sustainable competitive advantage. The philosophy begins with a mindset obsessed with the competition. But, should every company be striving for this type of strategic advantage?

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Strategy Competitive Advantage Innovation Operations 229

N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

There are many so-called management gurus in today’s politically correct world who would take great exception to what I’m putting forth in today’s post. Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] patriciazell Wow…thanks, Mike! link] mikemyatt No thanks necessary Patricia…I hope this post helps in some way. I Think Not.

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Brand Depreciation Blog Politics 353

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Moreover if they decide to develop the application should this be done internally with existing staff, or outsourced, and if outsourced will it be done domestically or offshore and who will manage the process. Oh, and what about development methodology?

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 334

HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

The pandemic gave us the opportunity to really test our agility and innovation, and I am proud to say we exceeded expectations, ” she says. “ Carey Pellock: Since I joined Neustar in 2012, the company has undergone significant changes – most notably a transition from public to private company status and the arrival of a new CEO.

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Leadership Agility Diversity Competitive Advantage 52

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Anyone can be collaborative leader—whether you are the CEO, a mid-level manager or a front-line supervisor. According to John Chambers , CEO of Cisco, “You cannot create collaboration is you think leadership is about control.” Diversity is the bedrock of innovation. . It doesn’t matter what your role is.

Competitive Advantage 282

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Creativity Diversity 282

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Let me make this as simple as I can; managing expectations is gamesmanship – aligning them is leadership. Treating all commitments and promises as formal projects will help manage performance risk and will also create continuity of process and delivery.

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Leadership Commitment Competitive Advantage Resistance 411

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 1, 2016

This company earned that honor by re-staging a tired coffee brand with innovative packing technology and breakthrough advertising. After buckets of red ink and much soul searching, our young management team came to terms with the fact that Nabob could not survive as a ‘generalist’ against multi-nationals twenty times its size.

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Brand Competitive Advantage Marketing Strategy CEO 100

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

Guest post from Robert (Dusty) Staub : “Perhaps the only sustainable competitive advantage is increasing your ability to learn faster than your competition.” - Arie de Geus, former head of Strategic Planning, Shell Oil Company Are you getting the best results from the people–the embedded collective intelligence–in your organization?

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Organization Teamwork Learning-by-Doing System 158

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2019

We have created legions of risk managers posing as leaders, when what we need are more leaders who understand how opportunity adds value, shapes culture, attracts talent, and brings about transformative change. Advantage : No advantage equals no opportunity. I’ve often heard people quip they would rather be lucky than smart.

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Due Diligence Metrics Competitive Advantage Rogers 167

Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Probably the biggest factor challenging conventional management is the massive Gen Y or Millennial generation of young people entering the workforce. This is leading to a profound change in the architecture of the corporation and how we orchestrate capability to innovate. Product and service innovation.

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Innovation Competitive Advantage Trends Open-book 84

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Sacrifice must remain a part of the organization’s DNA to sustain competitive advantage. . More on complexity and the road-tested strategies that cut through the clutter can be found in the pages of my new book for leaders, managers, innovators, and entrepreneurs.

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ROE Human Resources Marketing Strategy Competitive Advantage 249

Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Whether you are a CEO or a new team leader, Max provides helpful tools and checklists to improve your strategic plan. He’s also a sought-after speaker on subjects ranging from competitive advantage to strategy to leadership. You’ve met thousands of managers and leaders in businesses around the world. He holds an M.B.A.

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Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage Document Short-term 114

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 8, 2015

To compete effectively, speed, innovation and intense customer focus are of essence. Yet conventional silos, management practices and mindsets act as brakes on all of these. To build an agile organization requires a revolution in conventional management thinking and practice. Is it possible to get the best of both worlds?

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Agility Short-term Long-term Competitive Advantage 120

In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

High on the list is weak marketing, weak management, and weak strategic discipline. I will say that the crux of the matter is the incessant pressure on management to maintain or rediscover corporate growth. After decades of absence from the innovation arena, their cultures are no longer conducive to strategic brand building.

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Brand Competitive Advantage Fashion Price 100

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The researchers suggest that managers at international firms tend to enjoy higher salaries precisely because of the international experience these firms expect from, and utilize, in their managers. This helps both the firm to grow, which in turn makes it easier for those managers to earn a higher income.

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Globalization Competitive Advantage Human Capital Analysis 87

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 5, 2013

At the risk of adding to my reputation as yesterday’s man, I’m fully supporting Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s ban on working from home. The competitive advantage lies in how Yahoo’s employees work together to fulfill Marissa Mayer’s strategic vision. Frankly, there aren’t many of us out there applauding this controversial big play.

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Competitive Advantage Reputation Strategy CEO 241

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Understanding and implementing the concept of “ actionable leadership &# is a major key to success in becoming a great CEO. Walt Disney, one of the greatest creative talents and true innovators of our time realized the value of action when he said: “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.&#

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Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 387

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 7, 2010

It was an inspiring message and he is genuine and clearly passionate about the organization, its people, customers and what it represents. Dan told the audience that he recently committed to his father, Chick-fil-A founder S. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Due Diligence Competitive Advantage McCarthy Godin 186

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The new work contract – where employees take responsibility for their own careers and corporations provide them with career-enhancing but impermanent opportunities – can be as difficult for organizations to manage as it is for individuals. We must manage our human assets with the same rigor we devote to our financial assets.

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Bureaucracy Intellectual Capital Kotter Telecommunications 151

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

From my experience, these six characteristics encapsulate the competitive business culture. This is a tremendous competitive advantage for the smaller player. Clearly define your goals. Like a sports scorecard, competitive spirit demands measurement and accountability of performance. Live a culture of innovation.

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Power Sports Competitive Advantage Advertising 208