The Practical Leader

APRIL 5, 2023

I was asked to facilitate an annual strategic planning retreat with a senior leadership team. The session focused on operational and tactical issues. Leadership and culture development to build capacity for implementation planning wasn’t on the agenda. .” The CEO sent me their draft agenda for the session.

Planning 52

Planning Strategic Planning How To Operations 52

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 3, 2022

Most of us use appeasing at least some of the time—for example, when you don’t want to let someone down when they ask you to work on a project, be on a board, volunteer for a committee, or do whatever with them. When we’re at capacity, we use the one or two tools in our toolbox to manage conflict: shaming, intimidating, or some other tactic.

Workshop 128

Workshop Micromanagement Skills Open-book 128

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Technology is a tool, which feeds into tactics. Sales is a tactic, one of dozens of tactics which an organization must pursue. Tactics feed into objectives, which feed into goals, which feed into strategy, which feeds into Vision. The Visioning committee should represent all strata of the firm.

Mission Statement 80

Mission Statement Benchmarking Tactics Strategic Planning 80

CO2

JUNE 24, 2016

THE ORGANIZATION Voyageur Outward Bound School (VOBS) is one of 11 members of the national Outward Bound network, a non-profit educational organization focused on character development, leadership skills, and service to community.

Development 78

Development Self-aware Participative Committee 78

CO2

JUNE 24, 2016

THE ORGANIZATION Voyageur Outward Bound School (VOBS) is one of 11 members of the national Outward Bound network, a non-profit educational organization focused on character development, leadership skills, and service to community.

Development 78

Development Self-aware Participative Committee 78

CO2

JUNE 24, 2016

Voyageur Outward Bound School (VOBS) is one of 11 members of the national Outward Bound network, a non-profit educational organization focused on character development, leadership skills, and service to community. Create development strategy and plans, and strengthen the VOBS development value proposition, messaging, and development tactics.

Development 60

Development Self-aware Participative Committee 60

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 26, 2008

Develop a thick skin, or otherwise accept a role as a tactical leader. Volunteer to serve on a strategic planning committee of a community organization or non profit board. Strategies will always be second-guessed, and can often be wrong. Learn to think more creatively. See “ 10 Tips for Creative Thinking ”.

Committee 126

Committee Strategic Planning Strategy Creativity 126

Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

It takes effective leadership with the right tone at the top and leaders who will nurture the right culture to build the organization needed to become the preferred provider to your markets. “Trust among the leadership team is paramount to the success of their organizations.” ” -Stan Silverman. How to Earn Trust.

Silverman 109

Silverman Career Succession Ethics 109

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Corporate Responsibility is more than just a statement that a committee whips together. Corporate Responsibility relates to every stage in the evolution of a business, leadership development, mentoring and creative ways of doing business. It is more than a slogan or rehash of a Mission Statement. Change is 90% beneficial.

Ethics 51

Ethics Mission Statement Strategic Planning Benchmarking 51

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

As a Corporate Strategist TM , Hank speaks and advises companies about growth strategies, visioning, planning, executive-leadership development, futurism and the Big Picture issues which profoundly affect the business climate. He advises at the Executive Committee and board levels, providing Big Picture ideas. Presidents.

Drucker 62

Drucker Senge Strategic Planning Newsletter 62

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 12, 2011

Congressional committees as well as the Federal Communications Commission. Through her consulting firm, Your Mind on Media , she speaks before business, professional, and educational organizations on productivity, creativity, and stress reduction. In recognition of her expertise, Dr. Cantor has testified on numerous occasions before U.S.

How To 62

How To Newsletter Stress Creativity 62

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 19, 2011

Congressional committees as well as the Federal Communications Commission. Through her consulting firm, Your Mind on Media , she speaks before business, professional, and educational organizations on productivity, creativity, and stress reduction. In recognition of her expertise, Dr. Cantor has testified on numerous occasions before U.S.

Information 57

Information Creativity Environment Newsletter 57

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

I served on boards of directors, search committees, awards panels, review boards and task forces for many. Quotes on community stewardship, leadership and related topics. I have worked with more than 1,500 non-profit, public sector, and non-governmental entities over many decades. I interfaced with many on behalf of corporate clients.

Strategic Planning 51

Strategic Planning Planning Ethics Learning-by-Doing 51

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Together with outside counsel, this committee will pursue its objectives, per the written agenda. Ask counsel to write a plan of action for putting the quality program into place. Assemble an internal quality team… making sure that all major departments are represented. Set realistic timelines for putting recommendations into place.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2014

Here are the three tips they said had the biggest impact: Be strategic, not tactical. The biggest mistake most managers make is that they spend their days and nights focusing on tactics when they really need to think about strategy. Tactics are important. Talk about the red. That’s a waste of time.

Project 8

Project Management Tactics Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2013

Army War College were told repeatedly they were preparing for leadership roles in a "Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous" (VUCA) world. It''s important to note, however, that even when new tactics win major battles, it takes a long time until they are routinely taught.

Power 8

Power Tactics Committee Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Next, the 10-member senior leadership team used a variety of means, such as town halls, and videos of executives explaining the plan, to clearly and repeatedly communicate the urgent need for cost reduction as a requirement for process redesign across the system that would ultimately improve patient care.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2017

This might include anything: reducing status difference by choosing to dress more casually, introducing a “red card” at executive committee meetings to ensure someone has the ability to challenge you, or carefully holding your tendency for extraversion in check so that others get a moment to speak up.

Self-aware 15

Self-aware CEO Politics Film 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

Although the search has been productive, members within the FVA leadership circle wanted to see if there was a better search process that would unearth more solutions and potentially create more value. A vice president of the group had been to a presentation on Open Innovation and was intrigued by the concept.

Innovation 8

Innovation Maturity Engineering Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

Organizational politics refers to a variety of activities associated with the use of influence tactics to improve personal or organizational interests. So what is it? Power in “the rocks” rests on individual interactions and formal (or “hard”) sources of authority such as title, role, expertise, or access to resources.

Politics 14

Politics Bureaucracy Long-term Short-term 14

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Everyone will naturally think that the person sleeping with the boss will have the inside scoop on promotions, pay and information, and that undermines trust in leadership, cautions Robert Chestnut, Airbnb’s Chief Ethics Officer. (Similarly, bosses should be vary of the legal ramifications of a relationship with an employee.).

Long-term 83

Long-term Policies Committee Human Resources 83

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving by Hank Moore Any company or organization is like a tree. They staff committees and events, hoping to generate more leads. So, we serve on their volunteer committees, convinced they will think well of us…enough to speak well of us to still others.

Committee 52

Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 52

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. This becomes a coordinated committee, with multiple departments and professional disciplines represented. Unfortunately, the follow-through never transpired after the media coverage died down. Thus, lawsuits flew in the company’s face. by Hank Moore.

Crisis Management 77

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 77

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. How diverse is the planning committee? He guides companies through growth strategies, visioning, strategic planning, executive leadership development, Futurism and Big Picture issues which profoundly affect the business climate. by Hank Moore.

Strategic Planning 68

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 68

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2018

The numbers of women and people of color in leadership roles are still staggeringly low across industries. It might also be a juicy-sounding assignment like chairing a diversity or company culture committee. Serving on committees that are not linked to revenue or core business goals. Procuring the conference room.

Management 15

Management Committee Diversity Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Distributing different personality types across hiring committees is a good way to glean more-accurate assessments of candidates and limit the influence of personal bias. According to Mark Murphy , founder and CEO of Leadership IQ, 89% of new hire failures are due to attitude, while just 11% are due to a lack of skill.

Company 8

Company Committee Long-term Groupthink 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

operation and then over to Japan where they were reviewed by a special committee – which would then have to communicate back to the U.S. For example, some of Toyota’s former U.S. senior executives believe that keeping the U.S. This required customer complaints to first make their way through the U.S.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Improvisation suggests a fundamental openness and flexibility at the tactical level — the willingness to explore, experiment, and iterate. At the same time, a vision that’s too long in the making, and likely designed by committee, is a surefire way to end up with a lame compromise that doesn’t excite anybody.

Agility 8

Agility Strategy Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2016

” It is up to leadership to right this balance. One tactic: Make sure the next 10 hero stories you tell are about doers, about the front line, about those who execute. ’ No one took the floor to defend the choices that had emerged after months of committee work. I didn’t like any of them. How inclusive.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy 360-Degree Feedback How To Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2015

. ” This is true for all teams, of course, but if you’re leading a team of B players (people who are just average in terms of competence, talent, or potential), your leadership matters even more. In addition, there are four important tactics any leader can use to make their teams more effective. Further Reading.

Team 8

Team Management How To eBook 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. I further made recommendations that future charitable requests would go through committee and that the client’s partners and key executives were better suited by serving on community boards, thus polishing their own luster. by Hank Moore. Accounting.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57