The Horizons Tracker

MAY 28, 2020

Many economists were predicting a global recession before the coronavirus crisis, but the prognosis now is even gloomier. Even among those who still have a job, their work is likely to be done under considerable stress. Those able to work from home have to adapt to often very new ways of working. Link ideas to actions.

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Hamel Leadership Supply Chain Tourism 115

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Operating in excess of that threshold will cause increased stress, lack of attention to detail and errant decisioning. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?

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Blog Leadership Brand Depreciation 419

The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

During these times of crisis and frantic change, we can get caught running flat out with our heads down. What’s more, the firms that “slowed down to speed up” improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating profits over a three-year period.” Is that what you want?

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Wilde Bottom-up Technology Letter 69

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

Jon explains: “ Although lower case numbers and increased vaccine availability offer hope that the crisis is nearing the end, the pandemic’s finish line is still an elusive target. And chances are, your pre-pandemic life wasn’t exactly stress-free, either. Braden Kelley provided Using Intuition to Drive Innovation Success.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Ethics 267

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Cousera’s data shows that across all skill domains, the link between proficiency and stock returns is 43%, with this level of return largely enduring during the Covid crisis. This trend was reinforced by the Coursera data, which revealed a 1,200% increase in enrollments onto courses in areas such as mindfulness and stress management.

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Skills GDP Crisis Short-term 129

Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

His book, Lessons from the Navy: How to Earn Trust, Lead Teams, and Achieve Organizational Excellence is loaded with advice to help all leaders aspiring to operate at the highest levels. A few months prior, I had been selected to be executive officer, or XO (Chief Operating Officer), of U.S. Naval Hospital Rota, Spain.

Leadership 132

Leadership Crisis Learning-by-Doing Team 132

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Don’t utilize your competitions practices, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to create an advantage that can be leveraged in the market. A solution that is situationally appropriate and highly adaptable to unanticipated stresses is, in a way, “best&# , but rarely shows up in the “solutions&# literature.

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 313

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

Identify problems upstream and spare the organization a lot of stress and expense. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not.

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Blog Survey Talent Management Brand 304

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

If you cannot turn an idea into innovation, if you can’t put thought into practice, it’s not a game changer. The churches I had previously worked with operated from the the philosophy this is church, and if people want it they will come. If it’s not really meaningful, it’s not a game changer so why do it? Focus on value creation.

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Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 360

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Processes, trends, fads, perceived stresses and “the system” force adults to make compromises in order to proceed. Non-profit organizations operating more business-like. Innovating programs, strategies and methodologies. How individuals and organizations start out and what they become are different concepts.

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Strategic Planning Planning Ethics Learning-by-Doing 51

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I agree that having these types of meetings helps relieve some stress or at minimum gives you a place to share the burdens/successes you are faced with. As a result a lot of idea sharing and thus opportunity for innovations was potentially lost. Finding a time that works with everyone’s schedule is key. Great post.

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Blog Greenleaf Maslow Follow-up 124

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Most of the regulation was meant to safeguard the financial system, and the taxpayers who had to bail it out, from another crisis. The race is open and the gap between investment banks will widen even further as they race to adopt technological innovations and reconfigure their workforces to satisfy changing customer demands.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Bottom-up Compliance 8

Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Jay Woo , CAA South Central Ontario’s Chief Operating Officer offered up this piece of advice: “Stay connected to your front line.” A huge innovation that no other company has. A piece of simple advice, but it’s amazing how few senior leaders walk that talk. He makes up “success&# stories constantly. Just ask Woo.

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COO Chief Operating Officer Blog Godin 28

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

The surprising finding was that the solution — with exceptions linked to crisis situations — was not centralization and standardization, which too often led to either ineffective efforts or a total flame-out. Too often silos are constrained and fail to create brilliant offering or marketing innovations.

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Brand Aaker Objective Team Building 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

Studies show that individuals with political skills tend to do better in gaining more personal power as well as managing stress and job demands, than their politically naive counterparts. At the other end of this dimension is the broader context, where politics operates at the organizational level.

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Politics Bureaucracy Long-term Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2017

This becomes more likely as the organization takes on strategic risk — through innovation, mergers and acquisitions, or because its environment is becoming more volatile. Their operating environment changes in a way they don’t recognize, or they take on a project that they believe is within their capability but isn’t.

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Company CEO Finance System 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Similar to health systems across the country, during the financial crisis Banner experienced substantial declines in patient volume and reductions in reimbursements amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars. This helped squelch rumors of impending layoffs and reduce the stress and fear that inevitably accompany cost cutting.

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Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 8

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 22, 2020

This leads to lower stress levels and higher engagement. By allowing workers to operate remotely, therefore, organizations are opening themselves up to a far broader talent pool than is available within commuting distance of a physical office. Indeed, research has even shown that people would gladly accept lower pay for such autonomy.

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Real Estate Environment Handbook Software 98

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

I’ve seen several (entrepreneur) CEOs who suffer from this Jekyl/Hyde personality, most likely due to the extreme stresses of starting/running a self-funded business. Elated and encouraging one day, and scowling and demeaning the next. I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

Leadership 420

Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 420

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

Founded in 1966, Norwegian quickly became an innovator in its field as the first company to offer round-trip cruises that nearly anybody could afford. In 2000, with more than $100 million in negative cash flow, the company agreed to be acquired by Star Cruises, a leading cruise operator in Asia. An innovator? Customer-focused?

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Company IPO Price Loyalty 10

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 14, 2022

The study shows that many workers in this sector operate on zero-hour contracts, which made them often unable to raise any concerns they had to their managers. They were also faced with a constantly changing regulatory environment as Covid restrictions were updated. Unsafe practice. Zero-hours contracts should be banned.

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Stress Participative Crisis Report 124

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 7, 2015

High stress and anxiety — at all levels. Strategic and operational paralysis has become the norm. Innovation is something other companies do. Too many operational changes. Office doors, once open, are closed. Loss of respect up, down and sideways. Frenzied work environment, but nothing gets done. Long payables.

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Absenteeism Short-term Long-term Strategic Planning 100

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2013

She was at sea, however, in a more operational role. The innovator: leadership as creative idea generation. This will in turn create a culture of mutual support and trust, reduce team stress and conflict, and make for more creative problem solving. What can be done to prevent a situation like the one with Kate?

Leadership 14

Leadership Chemicals Execution Influence 14

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Rumelt (PublicAffairs, 2022) What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and a jumble of incoherent policies. How can you design a successful, sustainable innovation process?—his Blog Post ). The Crux : How Leaders Become Strategists by Richard P.

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Books Leadership P&L Blog 369