The Office Blend Blog

APRIL 25, 2020

You can now read The Core File newsletter at LinkedIn. Moving through a crisis with sustained resilience is not an easy task. There are uncertainties operating currently, which can drain us. No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man. – Heraclitus.

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Resources Self-aware Construction Uncertainty 59

Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 19, 2023

Khishenjeet Dhillon CMgr MCMI, stakeholder engagement lead for CMI Malaysia, said, “It was a great time for us to interact with members of the CMI community in Malaysia and hear some of their challenges in managing the new environment we have post-pandemic and mid-cost of living crisis. “[It] CMI members always see more.

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Project Webinar Learning-by-Doing Blog 52

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. Complimentary Resource – Operational Risk Management: How Best-in-Class Manufacturers Improve Operating Performance with Proactive Risk Reduction. All rights reserved.

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Resources CFO ROI Risk Management 50

Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Much like the astronauts of Apollo 13, they showed grace and calm under pressure, maintained their discipline, drew on their training and supported each other to get through a crisis. Accept Help:   The rescue operation appears to have been a model of private and public sector cooperation and coordination. They didn’t.

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Leadership Executive Coaching Blog Open-book 181

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

In the Chinese culture, every crisis is first recognized as a danger signal and always as an opportunity for overcoming obstacles. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. It is short sighted to ignore changes in society.

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Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 99

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. You just finished reading The Big Picture of Business - Cut the Weeds: Focus on Priorities and Strategy, Avoid the Time Zappers ! Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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Strategy Budgeting Risk Management Strategic Planning 103

Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2013

The paper describes how best practices in measuring organizational performance in the nuclear power industry can be applied to healthcare providers facing the daunting challenge of concurrently increasing production, efficiency, and quality – all while reducing operating costs. Healthcare Mergers: An Emerging Crisis.

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Six Sigma Organization White Paper Efficiency 62

Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

With a resume like that, it’s easy to understand why Admiral Allen was asked to speak on “Leadership in a Time of Crisis.” You’d be hard pressed to find a leader who’s led more crisis responses with more distinction than Allen.    The local officials had veto power. 

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Leadership Crisis Executive Coaching Blog 157

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. You just finished reading The Big Picture of Business - The Fine Art of Failure: Benefiting from Mistakes to Assure Success ! Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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Succession Due Diligence Budgeting Risk Management 90

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. You just finished reading The Big Picture of Business - Visioning Scope: Applying Vision Toward Your Organization''s Progress ! Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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Mission Statement Benchmarking Tactics Strategic Planning 86

Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. You just finished reading The Big Picture of Business - Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success ! Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

Energy 86

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 86

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 2, 2015

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. You just finished reading The Big Picture of Business - Avoid the Tired, Trite Terms: Encourage Original Thought, Focus on Priorities and Strategy ! Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Strategic Planning Budgeting Risk Management 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Umair Haque Blogs Umair Haque On: Global business , Competition , Economy The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable 4:33 PM Monday November 29, 2010 | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Once upon a time, there was a country where bankers disappeared.

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Banking Crisis Merton Guidelines 15

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Business Publications Small Business Review | Newsletter for Small Business Owners Small Business Review’s e-letter is published bi-weekly and provides small businesses with information on the necessary evils of running their businesses. ** N2′s Top Pick for being of real value to small businesses.

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Directory Magazine Blog Brand 167

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. Research shows they can be cut in half.

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Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Organizations that fail to continuously revise assumptions about their operating environment (i.e. Information overload is the management crisis of the 21stcentury. Fighter Pilots and Special Operations teams have discovered and used a secret to continuous improvement – a tool every enterprise can benefit from.

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Short-term Tools Learning-by-Doing Schein 65

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Crisis management is so much more than handling of the media. We therefore mounted a full-scope crisis management initiative that focused heavily on after-the-crisis help for the victims and their families. Another energy industry client operated coal mines. Another energy industry client operated coal mines.

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Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 88

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Just as we gain wisdom from the business failures and corporate scandals, we can learn equally valuable lessons from crisis situations that were successfully handled. It’s not enough just to handle a crisis effectively. The follow-through and crisis preparedness planning process helps to divert other crises from transpiring.

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Crisis Airlines Transportation Crisis Management 65

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

New research confirms the financial crisis has significantly exacerbated business complexity. A recently released survey reveals that 86 percent of firms face increasing complexity in their operating environment or organizational structure over the past three years. More information is available at www.eiu.com. All rights reserved.

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Crisis Survey Analysis Finance 78

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2012

Along with explaining in clear if caustic terms how financial markets work, the book prefigures almost every criticism of the financial system that's been levied since the crisis of 2008. An overleveraged housing market? A link between financial sector growth and income inequality? A natural tendency toward instability in financial markets?

Books 15

Books Short-term Long-term Finance 15

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Business shift from the retail dealer customer service mentality of Firestone shifted to a high-production tire operation. Rather than stick together in crisis situations and collectively investigate the problems, both Ford and Firestone distanced themselves from each. 85% of the time, planning and forethought will avert the crisis.

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Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 60

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

Of the companies who continue to operate without a plan, 40% of them will be out of business in the next 10 years. 85% of the time, a formal program of crisis preparedness will help the organization to avert the crisis. What many of them think is a plan include some accounting figures or sales goals. Consider leaving a comment!

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Budgeting Succession Consultative Crisis 92

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Once the PR crisis passes, things will get back to normal. Not engaging in planning for future operations: So what are you gonna do about it? If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. Learn to live with it.

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Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 84

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Effective Crisis Handling, Case Studies. There is an art to Crisis Preparedness. The same planning process that nurtures Crisis Preparedness can and must also accommodate for Crisis Management. This is regarded as a premiere textbook case of quality crisis management. Product Contamination-Damage.

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Crisis Crisis Management Budgeting Risk Management 73

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2013

When public radio executive John Davidow was appointed to head online operations at his station, it may have seemed like an unusual development for a 50-something veteran of traditional media. Finally, it''s important to explain your trajectory in terms of the value you bring to others.

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Career How To Media Fashion 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Business and organizational stories do not hit the public consciousness until there is a crisis. Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. billion as the stock market plummeted, amid a crisis of investor confidence. Operational Statistics.

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Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 61

Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2014

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. You just finished reading The Big Picture of Business - Communications Reflect Your Strategy ! Consider leaving a comment! Copyright 2007-2014 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Strategy Budgeting Audience Risk Management 106

Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2014

No business can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. The same community relations posture will not last forever. Consider leaving a comment!

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Franchising Marketing Strategy Strategic Planning 82

Strategy Driven

MARCH 7, 2014

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. You just finished reading The Big Picture of Business - Becoming a Legend ! Consider leaving a comment! Copyright 2007-2014 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved.

Balanced Scorecard 81

Balanced Scorecard Budgeting Risk Management Learning-by-Doing 81

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

But three years after the financial crisis broke, I remain more convinced than ever that the fundamental cure for restoring economic growth and repairing societal trust in business is to deepen our ability to manage companies for the long term. Countries, too, but that's a topic for another day.)

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Long-term CEO Short-term McKinsey 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. You just finished reading The Big Picture of Business - Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success ! Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

Energy 63

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 63

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. You just finished reading The Big Picture of Business - Yesterdayism… Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future ! Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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Planning Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing Budgeting 68

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

As companies operate, all make honest and predictable mistakes. Once this crisis is past, we can think about the future.” The emphasis is upon the latest slogans of mission but does not look closely at how its systems operate. Capitalization is stretched beyond limits, and operations advance in a cash-poor mode.

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Self-aware System Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

How do you handle crisis management and preparedness? Growth, defined as increasing revenues each year (rather than improving the quality of company operations). Continuous quality improvement within your own operation. Does the strategic plan provide necessary guidance to the activities you will measure? Productivity gained.

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Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 79

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. Crisis Plan. Statements to Make Publicly.

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Positioning Company Strategic Planning Guidelines 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Without goals, one cannot operate under self-control. Without goals, one never really succeeds…he-she merely averts-survives the latest crisis. Operations continue to streamline and are professional and productive. Commitments must be made to other people. Knowledge of results is a powerful force in growing and learning.

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Strategic Planning Goal Planning Budgeting 56

Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2011

Pressures continue and accelerate for companies to stay in operation, become competitive, keep ahead of the marketplace and perform quality work. Reacting to a Crisis or Emergency. Provide business owners with a totally different perspective on how they can operate and be more successful. What’s new in the marketplace.

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Strategic Planning Benchmarking Long-term Consultative 71