Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Too often, when innovation processes fall short, top managers make the impulsive diagnosis that it’s because their people are simply unwilling to change. This assumption is pervasive: A recent study revealed that 76 percent of managers believed their organizations didn’t have the capabilities needed to move into the future.

System 161

System Innovation Restructuring Short-term 161

HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2021

What sorts of “insight” are expected from technologies? It can be used to identify the risks that workers face today, which should be acknowledged and recognized by both HR and management. Artificial intelligence is considered today to be the most creative and promising field for workforce management.

How To 111

How To Due Diligence Leadership Pipeline Stress 111

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Fortify Development. Although most small towns want to remain small, which is the bulk of their charm, as time goes on there needs to be some kind of development. It’s in small towns’ best interests to develop a plan where new industries can set up shop. Strengthen the Police Force. Make the Town Walkable.

Strategy 103

Strategy Restructuring Class Incentives 103

The Practical Leader

MARCH 2, 2022

Assessment and feedback from the leadership team and managers and staff showed vast differences. The other solitude – managers and staff – rated how the leaders lived each core value at 1s and 2s. Managers and supervisors are held accountable and rewarded for their contributions to the efforts.

Commitment 69

Commitment Teamwork Restructuring Morale 69

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Demonstrating Technological Savvy. High-potential leaders from around the world were consistent in expressing the view that technological savvy will be a key competency for the global leader of the future. One trend on this issue was clear—the younger the participant, the greater their emphasis in the importance of technological savvy.

Leadership 189

Leadership Globalization CEO Telecommunications 189

Strategy Driven

JULY 9, 2020

Maybe you are spending too much time answering emails in which case a simple day restructure will help you move more efficiently. This is something a lot of great managers and executives understand. Thank goodness for technology and apps. Ultimately, it depends on what your business’ short-term and long-term tasks are.

Productivity 66

Productivity Products Delegation Efficiency 66

HR Digest

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Agile HR can be defined by its principles of responsiveness that encourage restructuring of work to facilitate immediate feedback, planning, and action. Originally designed for software development, Agile has gained traction in various business functions, including HR, due to its adaptive and iterative approach to work.

Agility 59

Agility Short-term Reference Examples 59

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Optimists favor ‘ doing more with more ,’ placing bets that higher sales and profits will pay for the added investments in headcount or technologies; we’ve all been there at one time or another. A long time ago, this ethic saved a near-bankrupt company that I had a part in restructuring.

Human Resources 183

Human Resources Restructuring Competitive Advantage Marketing Strategy 183

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Exit interviews are a key way to identify why an employee wasn’t able to settle into an organization so it can be addressed in the next round of hiring Ensuring a job description accurately represents a role can help ensure candidates know what they are signing up for Explain company policies, probation criteria, salaries, etc.

Process 59

Process Attrition Trends Training 59

HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

We needed to shift faster to public cloud and new technologies such as IoT, machine learning, SAP Cloud Platform and advanced analytics. Our technology has helped us tremendously in analyzing the skills of our workforce, provide learning offerings to employees globally, and get access to talent pools worldwide.

Ries 76

Ries Skills Human Resources Software 76

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Ajay is a technologist and business strategist who often obsesses over issues that range from the impact of technology on disruptive business models to entrepreneurship and impact investing. Prahalad , the brilliant management guru. LG also restructured its organization by promoting locally which further endeared the brand.

Competitive Advantage 154

Competitive Advantage Prahalad Blue Ocean Strategy Glocalization 154

Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 19, 2019

In an effort to better understand when and how corporate cultures change, CCL and corporate leaders surveyed a group of global VPs and directors in HR, Learning & Development, Leadership, and Talent Management. Technology trends. The results were telling. Maintaining a market position under intense pressure.

Altman 76

Altman Decentralization COO Restructuring 76

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.

Bureaucracy 151

Bureaucracy Intellectual Capital Kotter Telecommunications 151

QAspire

OCTOBER 13, 2010

a lot of companies focus on restructuring their organization structure (hierarchy). Also download 25 Things Managers and Leaders Should Never Do [PDF] - - - - - Check out the latest edition of “Carnival of HR” at John Hunter’s Curious Cat Management Improvement blog. A very important topic brought forward. Vamsi´s last blog.

Process 130

Process Deming Restructuring Efficiency 130

The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 10, 2011

In their case, the biggest internal changes they identified were: Leadership/Culture Development. Sales Training/New Business Development. New Technology. Organizational Restructuring/Building. Organization/Leadership Development. Personal Growth/Balance/Development. Personal Growth/Balance/Development.

Video 56

Video Restructuring Brainstorming Morale 56

Rich Gee Group

MARCH 19, 2014

Car Sales - If you get into the game, you can quickly become a finance or desk manager making $120+ a year. If you keep moving up you can triple that as a General Manager. Decent career path to management or senior tech. New technology all the time. See different sites every day. HVAC - Heating and Air.

Career 192

Career Real Estate Engineering Education 192

Strategy Driven

JULY 5, 2023

In this in-depth exploration, we will delve into tips and strategies to manage your small business finances during a crisis and emerge more resilient than ever. Understanding these vulnerabilities is the first step towards effective crisis management. Are there inefficiencies you can address?

Finance 97

Finance Crisis Management Crisis Management 97

Women on Business

JANUARY 23, 2011

Washingtonians are not the only ones in transition; companies are reorganizing, restructuring, and adjusting their plans for 2009. Training and Professional Development If there are new systems in place, or even old systems that could be more efficient, take the time to train the staff.

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Press Release Motivation Discount PR 100

The Practical Leader

APRIL 17, 2024

Priority Overload Less effective managers (often micromanagers) confuse motion with direction and “busywork” activity and meaningful results. A management group of a struggling administrative section in a large bureaucratic organization, were discussing how well they’ve done in moving paperwork through their organization.

Teamwork 104

Teamwork Restructuring Project Micromanagement 104

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Technologies like 3-D printing, robotics, advanced motion controls, and new methods for continuous manufacturing hold great potential for improving how companies design and build products to better serve customers. Why are older incumbent firms slow to adopt new technologies even when the economic or strategic benefits are clear?

Technology 8

Technology Depreciation Christensen Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2015

Making the right investments in learning and development programs has never been more important – or more of a challenge – for business leaders. billion dollars on learning and development programs, many executives still grapple with how to improve and enhance their effectiveness.

Development 8

Development Mentor Learning-by-Doing Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2018

In competitive markets, managers have a strong incentive to give their best effort. But economists have long argued that when companies are insulated from competition, their managers may not be motivated to maximize the profit of the firm and instead may choose to enjoy the “quiet life.” Kenneth Andersson for HBR.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Management Marketing Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

We thought that creative, capability-rich companies would have paid a lot of attention to the way they organized and the value that restructuring gave them. Instead, our interviews found a willingness to let organizational forms and structures evolve naturally, developing in line with the identity of the enterprise.

Development 8

Development Supply Chain Incentives Outsourcing 8

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

And perhaps more importantly, anyone occupying a position of authority plays a followership role at times, as first-line supervisors report to mid-level managers, mid-level managers report to vice-presidents, vice-presidents report to CEOs, CEOs report to Boards of Directors, etc.

Executive Coaching 129

Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

As we wrote recently, change management remains one of the few areas largely untouched by the data-driven revolution. But while we may never convert change management into a “hard science,” some firms are already benefiting from the potential that these data-driven techniques offer.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Analysis Survey Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

Today’s young professionals grew up in an age of mind-boggling technological change, seeing the growth of the internet, the invention of the smartphone, and the development of machine-learning systems. Product managers that I previously thought were hopeless became effective. John Fedele/Getty Images.

Skills 15

Skills Morale Ethics System 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Rather, they are boldly restructuring every function in their organizations to boost their firms' long-term ability to deliver affordable and sustainable solutions to increasingly cost-conscious and eco-aware consumers. These visionary CEOs aren't caving in to Wall Street's demands for short-term gains. Specifically, CEOs must: 1.)

CEO 15

CEO Innovation Restructuring Incentives 15

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

In addition, we believe that your starting point for strategy development is what you are already great at, rather than studying the industry and market for opportunities. Is it more important to consider capabilities when you develop a strategy now than it was, say, five years ago? SD : Why now? What do most companies do instead?

Resources 51

Resources Industry System Strategy 51

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

In the oil industry, for example, what used to be weeks of inspection work now takes just days, thanks to drone-based thermal imaging and gas “sniffer” technology to inspect oil rigs and pipelines. And one of retail’s largest players, Walmart, is testing how drones could help improve warehouse inventory management.

Competitive Advantage 10

Competitive Advantage Company Outsourcing Analysis 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2018

The model was honed by Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, with new portfolio restructuring strategies and a headlong expansion into finance. Second, that GE had a technology advantage in complex industries, and that its technologies could be shared across its businesses. Silicon Valley and the rise of information technology.

Welch 8

Welch Software Industry Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

According to the International Labour Organization, workers in developed and developing countries are facing increasing strain at work. Managing stress over the long term requires cultivating your own resilience skills before seeking external solutions so that you can turn changes, stresses, and challenges into opportunities.

Stress 15

Stress Root Cause Analysis Learning-by-Doing Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Nikon, the legendary Japanese camera maker, provides a textbook study in how smart managers can work with strategic investors to transform a struggling business. Heini Wehrle/BIA/Minden Pictures/Getty Images. Most companies see investor relations as a one-way street.

Company 8

Company ROIC CFO Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

It was called "Equal Opportunity for Women Is Smart Business" but it might just as easily have been called "Management Development for Women Is Just Management Development (but with women in it)." So many of the elements," she pointed out herself, "are simply good management procedures.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Disruptive Innovation Health Care Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2018

From leadership transitions and restructurings, to mergers and acquisitions, to regulatory changes, there seems to be constant unrest in the workforce. As part of their change story, they developed a unifying internal communications campaign called the “Nature of Next” that articulated the reasoning and vision for the acquisition.

Resistance 15

Resistance Commitment Uncertainty Restructuring 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2012

It a powerful tool for identifying innovations, especially with the opportunities for data gathering afforded by smart technologies and social media. It used the resulting knowledge to develop new service offerings, including remote monitoring, a customer-specific intranet, and a school for forklift drivers.

Marketing 15

Marketing Restructuring Brand Analysis 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2014

Right away, the senior management team converts its PowerPoint decks into a road show that explains the strategy, develops a comprehensive implementation plan, sets up a program management office, establishes steering committees, assigns roles, and even starts restructuring. But after six months the plan starts to falter.

Strategy 8

Strategy Restructuring Committee Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

The first (whose name is disguised to spare blushes) is TEKCO, a technology company. Executives mobilized experts to develop internal applications that mirrored the functionality of Facebook and Twitter, and built a platform that allowed for the creation of internal wiki pages.

Media 16

Media Consultative Restructuring Execution 16