Next Level Blog

MARCH 30, 2021

Start the Week with Planning Time : A chief operating officer I’m working with has staked out Monday morning as personal planning time for herself. A proactive way to start the day! She uses the time for both longer term and short-term thinking. What about you? What steps have you taken to proactively manage your time?

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Management Chief Operating Officer Short-term Report 166

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

Strategy Driven

APRIL 15, 2020

I lost my job as a chief operations officer because, as I said earlier, I was seen as tactless and overly direct. As a results-driven executive who is now working at home because of the pandemic, you are changing a number of often unspoken understandings about family roles and how the family operates. About the Author.

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Chief Operating Officer Management Executive Coaching Execution 138

In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 6, 2012

Within these institutions, innovation is likely as overused and as meaningless a word as strategy. Johnson had launched Apple’s retail strategy and was the man behind the aggressive store expansion a decade ago. Ironically, innovation is the catalyst of organic growth. What should be done? Last year, J.C.

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Chief Operating Officer Chief Technology Officer CEO Innovation 202

HR Digest

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Digital transformation is the key to post-covid work trends as organizations try various strategies that provide better outcomes. The greatest change seen is in remote work operations. Only 12% want to return to full-time office work, and 72% want a hybrid remote-office model moving forward. .

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Trends Chief Operating Officer Supply Chain Crisis 105

First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 26, 2015

As co-founder and chief operating officer of HGTV, Susan Packard was the second employee to join HGTV and create a niche in the lifestyle marketplace, and also… Read More Susan Packard: An interview by Bob Morris.

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Chief Operating Officer Operations Innovation Productivity 70

leaderCommunicator

JULY 12, 2013

They’ll provide you with tips, strategies and thought-starters from many of the smart folks in my network. That''s just one of many headlines congratulating the chief operating officer at Facebook for leaving work at a reasonable hour to spend time with her kids. During our most recent episode…. David Grossman. _.

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Chief Operating Officer eBook Incentives Download 128

LDRLB

JULY 27, 2012

A study conducted by ACCOR found that although 90% of leaders say employee engagement impacts business success, 75% have no engagement plan or strategy. As John Robak, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Greeley and Hansen , attests, “Those individuals in our organization who are inspired tend to outperform.

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Leadership Development Development Chief Operating Officer Leadership 151

CEO Insider

JUNE 9, 2023

Other research shows that businesses with a collaboration strategy were twice as likely to outgrow their competitors, while their collaborating employees saw gains in efficiency, quality of work, innovation, and overall job […] The post The 3 Key Blockers to Collaborative Communication appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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Magazine Efficiency Quality Innovation 110

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 23, 2015

Victor Prince: As the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the U.S. As a consultant with Bain & Company, he helped clients across the United States and Europe develop successful business strategies. Today, Victor is a consultant and speaker who teaches strategy and leadership skills to clients around the world.

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Team Micromanagement Chief Operating Officer COO 120

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 11, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises LLC and Xen Wireless form StrategyDriven Analytics to provide utility industry executives and managers with asset management program benchmarking data supporting operational and investment decisions and fleet and individual plant performance assessments. Plant Maintenance and Operations. About StrategyDriven.

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Wireless Benchmarking Asset Management Industry 58

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2016

It had earlier set an ambitious target of taking a quarter of Japan’s auto market, but to achieve that, the chief executive had said that the old way of making and selling cars would no longer suffice. A new strategy was required. Fifteen years later, Nissan under Ghosn’s strategy and leadership was indeed back on its feet.

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Chief Operating Officer Short-term Strategic Fit Restructuring 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2013

. “Utility leaders must find cost effective ways to replace aging assets, transfer knowledge to a new generation of workers, release currently unavailable capital, and optimize strategic operations and maintenance programs,” explains Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven’s Chief Executive Officer. About StrategyDriven.

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Energy Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer Compliance 57

Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2013

.” “An effective safety culture is far more than slogans and posters,” continues Greg Gaskey, StrategyDriven’s Chief Operations Officer. ” Nathan and Greg authored Preventing Catastrophic Industrial Accidents based on their decades of experience managing nuclear and industrial complex operations.

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White Paper Industry Risk Management Chief Operating Officer 61

Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

Alexander Osterwalder – Thinkers 50 #1 Strategy Thinker 2015-17, million-selling author Business Model Generation and Value Proposition Design , inventor Business Model Canvas. Mike Sursock – Head of Operations Group at Baring Private Equity Asia. Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches. Thought Leaders – Cohort 1.

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Executive Coaching Human Resources Magazine CEO 70

Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Effective leaders know how to achieve operational excellence, and they embrace continuous improvement. It’s a source of mutual support on developing strategies to deal with toxic individuals. These leaders never micro-manage. Ensure you are part of an informal network within your organization.

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Silverman Career Succession Ethics 108

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Bob Smith (not his real name), source of the quote and Chief Operating Officer at Otis Elevator, knows that elevators tend to remain well under the radar screen until they break. In the elevator business, you can be hugely successful and highly profitable by going unnoticed.

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Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 51

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2011

A recent post by fellow HBR blogger Gill Corkindale illustrates how dysfunctional or outdated organizational designs can make it difficult for managers to operate effectively. Make sure that structure is aligned with strategy: It seems obvious that organizations should be designed to advance business strategies.

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Chief Operating Officer Operations Strategy Proposal 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2018

True incorporation requires bold decisions about reorganizing the business to make analytics a key component of strategy. This case came to light when one of us, Jose Murillo, GFNorte’s chief analytics officer, presented it to a graduating class of the Queen’s College analytics program, where the rest of us learned about it.

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Company Chief Operating Officer Incentives Project 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

But companies must come to grips with their cannibalization concerns, because getting overly defensive can curtail powerful growth strategies. As Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook noted in Apple's recent analyst call, there did appear to be some of that going on. That's a good way to end up on the corporate chopping block.

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Chief Operating Officer Price Comparison Marketing 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2010

For example, we'll ask candidates to develop an innovation strategy for the CEO of a major beverage company, synthesizing insights from the market conditions outlined in a beverage industry trend report (which we provide). Once the candidate has devised a strategy, have her present it to your team as if she is presenting to the CEO.

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Innovation Chief Operating Officer Christensen Objective 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2013

As Rudy Lobo, their Chief Operating Officer explains, at the very moment the company goes after an opportunity, it simultaneously considers what it will take to exit it. It can help small companies seem like big ones; and can help big ones explore new territories and operate as a "virtual" back office for companies on the move.

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Competitive Advantage Chief Operating Officer Entrepreneur Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2016

One chief operating officer I worked with was appointed to her newly created role with the expressed purpose of integrating two supply chain organizations resulting from an acquisition. Having risen through the supply chain ranks, she spent most of her time reacting to operational missteps and customer complaints.

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Supply Chain Chief Operating Officer Execution Rogers 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

understands both hiring math and competitive strategy when it comes to filling entry-level jobs in its 3,000-plus Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy stores. The strategy offers them a rare trifecta: It’s good for the company, youth, and society. Across the U.S., With low unemployment, the competition for talent remains fierce.

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Organization Chief Operating Officer Education Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

Another client, the chief operating officer of an insurance company, was experiencing massive stress in the context of a work crisis. After pointing out that her ongoing stress might be a signal that she was still uncomfortable with this course of action, we had a productive dialogue about alternative strategies.

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Stress Chief Operating Officer CEO Micromanagement 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2013

Their son-in-law (married to their eldest daughter) had recently been named chief operating officer. The family asked us to review the COO''s strategy for the business as part of its corporate governance process. The strategy was overwhelming in its completeness. The founder and his wife are now in their late 60s.

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COO Chief Operating Officer Strategic Planning Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

One senior leader at a professional services company, whom we’ll call Bronwyn, made the move from client-facing partner to chief operating officer. She was able to build on the analytics and change management insights she had brought to clients to help strengthen her own organization from the C-suite.

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Chief Operating Officer Supply Chain Finance Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2017

The Chief Operating Officer of one of the world’s biggest banks described the environment that fostered the culture that enabled the Libor and related scandals: “It all begins with the organization’s biggest lie.” And think carefully about who is likely to be affected if you do speak out.

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Power Chief Operating Officer Politics COO 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2016

As more companies choose not to simply be “remote friendly” but actually all-mobile right from inception, creative hiring strategies that fit this new paradigm will ensure they hire the best remote workers. Clevertech’s culture deck is a vital part of our recruiting strategy.

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Chief Operating Officer Chief Technology Officer Document Video 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

It has become an axiom that “strategy is about making hard choices,” as we have been advised for over 20 years by leading thinkers including Michael Porter and Roger Martin. New tools and strategies. There is no doubt that these companies have all made hard choices in executing their strategies. Size and speed.

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Chief Operating Officer Apparel Marketing Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

” For me, a passionate employee is someone who pays attention to the whats and the hows of the company’s strategies and tactics, someone who is involved and curious and who constantly questions what the company is doing and their own role in making it successful. Engagement isn’t about being happy. ” My answer?

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Company How To CIO Chief Operating Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

And a great potential source of talent with the right skills are professionals who change career lanes — people with experience and training in accounting, finance, human resources and strategy who leave corporate jobs to follow their passion to have a social impact. About 75% come from the private sector.

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Chief Operating Officer How To Airlines Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

We are not critical of directors who disagree with management strategy or voice alternative directions. Does the director fail to grasp the firm’s central idea and business strategy? Worse, he detracted from critical problems that the board should have drilled into and resolved. He was a dysfunctional director. Let us be clear.

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Chief Operating Officer Hedge Micromanagement Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

It may seem odd to use a dystopian world as a model for an office workspace, but that’s just what Citi did. Karyn Likerman, Head of Inclusion Programs and Work-Life Strategies, admits, “Even though the space is completely unassigned seating, I typically sit in the same place each day and so do most of my colleagues.”.

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Chief Operating Officer Open-book Travel Diversity 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

It may seem odd to use a dystopian world as a model for an office workspace, but that’s just what Citi did. Karyn Likerman, Head of Inclusion Programs and Work-Life Strategies, admits, “Even though the space is completely unassigned seating, I typically sit in the same place each day and so do most of my colleagues.”.

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Chief Operating Officer Open-book Travel Diversity 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2012

A few years ago, the chief operating officer launched a customer quality initiative to improve six core processes and assigned executives to "own" each process. How can you break this cycle? Consider a health insurance company that has been struggling with change programs gone haywire for quite some time.

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Company COO CFO Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

In its strategy to help employees with disabilities build long-term careers, Unilever partnered with Connecticut’s Department of Rehabilitation Services and Southeastern Employment Services to launch a training and placement program.

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Compliance Chief Operating Officer Innovation Survey 8