Strategy Driven

APRIL 27, 2024

Financial forecasting and budget management. Whether it’s about mastering the point-of-sale system or executing brand-consistent marketing strategies, the support rendered by a franchisor is a cornerstone of franchisee efficacy. Navigating financing options and loan opportunities. Fostering a balanced professional-personal life.

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Franchising Strategy Exit Strategy Entrepreneur 106

Lead from Within

JULY 9, 2020

Carry out your due diligence and do your research. After decades of coaching powerful executives around the world, Lolly Daskal has observed that leaders rise to their positions relying on a specific set of values and traits. But in time, every executive reaches a point when their performance suffers and failure persists.

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Due Diligence How To Leadership Uncertainty 218

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Let’s look closer at what location mapping is and how it can help manage your business. Perform Due Diligence: Go through the data you have to see how you can enhance it further. With location mapping tools, it’s a piece of cake. Location heat mapping in action, courtesy of Maptive.com. What is Location Data?

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Due Diligence Management Case Study Information 81

Strategy Driven

MARCH 26, 2024

The Impact of Online Auctions on the Heavy Equipment Industry The implications of online auctions on the heavy equipment industry are extensive, influencing everything from pricing strategies to inventory management. Moreover, logistical complexities are related to transporting large, heavy machinery following the sale.

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Due Diligence Participative Price Efficiency 106

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2019

We have created legions of risk managers posing as leaders, when what we need are more leaders who understand how opportunity adds value, shapes culture, attracts talent, and brings about transformative change. Conduct your diligence before you pull the trigger, not afterwards. As the saying goes “timing is everything.”

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Due Diligence Metrics Competitive Advantage Rogers 167

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

According to bank executives, companies including Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Moelis have introduced programs to automate basic functions such as generating pitch books and valuation modeling. And that’s ripe for automation,” said Roy Choudhury, managing director at Boston Consulting Group.

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Banking Attrition Due Diligence Mayo 95

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2011

The economics and accountability of due diligence have changed. The executive implications for time management and, more important, people management are enormous. The executive implications for time management and, more important, people management are enormous. Foolish me.

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Due Diligence Disintermediation Micromanagement Analysis 12

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

I have watched entrepreneurs and executives initially trivialize the value of influence in a capital transaction, only to regret it down the road. What a sad commentary on the state of equity markets, since it’s the best way for an investor to manage the risk surrounding their investment. Hint: it’s not about the money. .

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Influence Due Diligence CIO Business Model 321

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Now the good news : As much as some people want to create complexity around the topic of leading change for personal gain, the reality is that creating, managing and leading change is really quite simple. Due Diligence : Just because an idea sounds good doesn’t mean it is. A change initiative must be treated as a project.

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Leadership Competitive Advantage Due Diligence Short-term 397

Lead from Within

MAY 2, 2017

Our intuition is the facts and data we collected: for years I am sure you have due diligence, you have collected data, and facts and you have created spread sheets and variations of what things could be and should be, all of that is important, all of it is vital because that knowledge when we need it- you will employ it.

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Due Diligence Creativity Innovation Learning-by-Doing 167

Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

However, through the efforts of the management team, the company rebounded strongly in 2010. Towards the end of 2010, Robert Vogel, President and CEO, saw the need to shift the senior management focus back to long- term strategy planning - and execution. Because the hardwood lumber industry is tied directly with U.S.

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Due Diligence Long-term Case Study CEO 98

CEO Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Regardless of what due diligence is done prior to the merger, there is still lots to learn. Good planning leads to good execution. If there is a rationalization to be done - choose the best credit manager, the best AR clerk, the best warehouse manager etc. My tips for integration: 1 - Have a rolling 90 day plan.

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Tips Due Diligence Press Release Short-term 140

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

People can do some due diligence before going to work for a compnay. offers quick, practical management tips and ideas from HBR.org. Unfortunately, there are organizations that are toxic from the top down; where senior-most management pays lip service to the tenets of leadership, but acts in ways bordering on the malevolent.

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Environment Blog Due Diligence Brand 419

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Anyone paying attention to current events has recently witnessed that it doesn’t really matter whether you’re a politician, investment banker, CEO, or just an average citizen, when it comes to making a simple decision, managing a crisis, or attempting to exploit an opportunity, timing is everything.

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Blog Leadership Self-aware Crisis 418

Strategy Driven

APRIL 29, 2016

This diversity in the buyer network is one of the key complexities in enterprise selling and it calls on the selling team to perform the due diligence required to understand the roles and impacts of each of the buyers. The most important functional bond to create – no doubt – is the executive-to-executive.

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Due Diligence Team Supply Chain Finance 50

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Many of us have confused the roles and responsibilities of the executive, legislative and judicial branches – and so have those in those branches! citizens do as much due diligence into the candidates they vote for as they do into the new TV, smartphone or car they will buy.

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Power Due Diligence Education Budgeting 171

Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  Today I would like to shift gears and take a look ahead at what the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogging community sees in store for us in 2011.  Last week I paused for a moment to look back at the year that was 2010.

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Blog Ingham Human Capital Human Resources 200

Coaching Tip

MARCH 14, 2011

Most new managers are in the dark about what it takes to be successful. The major findings of the study include: 42% of new managers don't understand what it takes to succeed. Management by default isn't an effective promotion strategy," Scott Erker, Senior Vice President of Selection Solutions for DDI said.

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Waldroop Due Diligence Learning-by-Doing Survey 97

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

The importance of research, due-diligence and marketplace understanding surface. This is a creative way of re-treading old knowledge to enable executives to master change rather than feel as they’re victims of it. Experience Gathering – Circumstances within and outside your control caused the projects to fail.

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Succession Due Diligence Budgeting Risk Management 82

Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2014

It’s created through a process of due diligence and a deliberate effort to intentionally and consistently integrate the seven core values into the workplace. As a leader, your duty is to execute, and executing your duties will bring credibility and build trust among your team. Simply put, one has to try.

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Development Team Loyalty Due Diligence 60

Leading Blog

JUNE 10, 2024

The Venture Mindset is a new mental model where failure is a must, due diligence is put on its head, dissent is encouraged, ideas are rejected in their myriads in search of a single winner, plugs are pulled, and time horizons are extended. Too many ideas may distract and disorient the management.” Execution matters.

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Consensus Venture Capitalist Long-term Due Diligence 344

Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2014

As data-driven marketers are taking full advantage of collecting, organizing, and analyzing demand management, many are adopting the classic marketing waterfall model from leading experts such as Sirius Decisions. 7 Keys to Executing a Successful Business Rebrand. One size fits all’ marketing waterfalls are too rigid.

Marketing 51

Marketing B2B Due Diligence Benchmarking 51

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

A normal acquisition process seeks to ensure something basic: a strategic rationale for a deal, supported by a thoughtful selection process, with known risks identified by a short, intense due diligence. What this requires is doing some integration due diligence as part of the M&A process.

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Due Diligence Company Stakeholder Analysis Retail 10

Women on Business

JANUARY 26, 2011

This due diligence included, setting a new household budget, moving investments, setting up a home equity line of credit, and finally, buying a new car (for the first time in 11 years!). My former employer decided to downsize our management group within two months of my planned exodus.

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Press Release PR Exit Strategy Discount 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

By Karen Cates, Adjunct Professor at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. ” Read more from Kellogg Executive Education: How “Brainwriting” Can Get Better Ideas Out of Your Team. As you manage first impressions, existential anxiety can be paralyzing to the workforce.

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Education Content Execution Due Diligence 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The main challenge firms face in contracting arises from the sheer number of contracts they must keep track of; these often lack uniformity and are difficult to organize, manage, and update. Improved Tools for Managing Contracts. AI software, however, can easily extract data and clarify the content of contracts.

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Due Diligence Software Document Review 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2018

As a former M&A attorney, former Google executive, and a serial entrepreneur, I have experienced M&A from every point of view. The first and second year associates would get the task of reading through every contract the target company had entered…usually stacked in in banker’s boxes in some due diligence room.

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Due Diligence How To Technology Emotional Intelligence 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Last year Feld, who is managing director at Foundry Group and co-founder of TechStars, announced he would no longer travel for business. The physical impact was real: I had deluded myself into thinking that I had ways to manage it. As a VC, you need to conduct due diligence on companies. Not really. Thriving at the Top.

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Travel Execution Venture Capitalist Transportation 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

Few executives appear prepared for the challenges of digital M&A. When we recently interviewed top M&A executives in Europe about their experience, fully three-quarters of them said that digital disruption has had a relatively large impact or even requires a complete overhaul of their M&A strategy.

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Due Diligence Company Learning Curve Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2017

.” Bear in mind that even though the job is yours if you want it, you must “continue to be enthusiastic” in your dealings with your prospective manager, says Lees. ” That may indeed be the case, but it’s not the message you want to send to your would-be manager. ” Be methodical. Do I crave autonomy?

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Due Diligence How To Travel Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2017

As LCPs have proven their ability to transform the talent practices of the PE firm to the fund’s managing partners, they’re then tasked with doing the same for portfolio companies. Evaluating leadership capital has always been a critical component of due diligence for deal teams.

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Due Diligence Leadership Early Adopters Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Hiring managers benefit because they have an opportunity to create diverse teams. Four things are required: Do deeper due diligence. Find out how they made it work and double down on the due diligence. I work with executives around the globe; so being on Telepresence and Webex is a natural way we communicate.

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Due Diligence Diversity Video Leadership Styles 8

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. His idea was to turn investor relations on its head by using regular meetings with top-class investors as something akin to due diligence.

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Company ROIC CFO Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2014

General Electric’s corporate business development group (about a dozen professionals) is bigger than the entire executive team in many midsized companies. But in 2010 (at $13 million in revenue), management decided that to grow, the firm needed to buy other companies. They have strong due diligence skills.

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Company Due Diligence CEO Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2016

Managers who take overseas assignments or change industries should ensure that they are clear on what constitutes legal misconduct and socially sanctioned though technically legal behavior in their new environment. The current data show that a company’s behavior can affect a manager’s career even after leaving the organization.

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Company Due Diligence Mission Statement How To 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2018

There are four separate aspects of it, and we’re all better at some than others: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. Get better at managing yourself, or keeping the goals that matter in focus? Within these domains nests a total of 12 learned and learnable competencies ).

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Emotional Intelligence Self-aware 360-Degree Feedback Due Diligence 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

Martin describes how executive teams carefully explore the risk of different courses of action, but neglect to make a similar assessment of the risk of staying the course. If executives on your team are endlessly asking for more information, effectively stalling any decisions or progress, try getting the team to put some boundaries in place.

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Strategic Planning Due Diligence Proposal Rogers 8