The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

.” Four Steps to Balancing Agile Leadership and Innovation Management Agile organizations are knowledge-creating cultures thriving on controlled chaos. The first two stages depend on people or leadership skills. Stages three and four lean heavily on disciplined management systems and processes.

Innovation 59

Innovation Agility Strategic Planning Core Competence 59

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The CPO works closely with executive leadership, department heads, and HR teams to align these strategies with the organization’s goals and objectives. By implementing a robust performance management system, the Chief People Officer can drive a culture of accountability and continuous improvement within the organization.

CPO 388

CPO Human Resources Compliance Human Capital 388

Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 14, 2015

Or, you’re a Sales Director implementing a new customer information system. You don’t want to push her buttons, and she’s got a system that works, so you leave her alone about the requirement. The challenge is everyone wants to be like her (particularly the new guys who need the system the most).

Team Building 180

Team Building System Focus Group Situational Leadership 180

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 27, 2024

If you’ve been in leadership for very long at all you’ve probably seen dozens of leaders in the organization change. You may have a better system in place. You will need people to follow your leadership and this requires an established relationship of trust. Leadership in place. Use a focus group.

Stakeholder Analysis 71

Stakeholder Analysis Learning-by-Doing Planning Edmondson 71

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Working with a team of 5 Executive Directors from a company that employs ~2000 people we identified a gap in the Managerial Leadership Training , Mentoring and coaching of employees prior to being promoted to a Manager Level within the company. With this team we used it to explore the challenge of Developing a Managerial Leadership Process.

Operations 128

Operations Training Tools Planning 128

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Setting up systems and habits : Often, we set up systems for the Performance Zone, such as weekly meetings with a set agenda or dashboards with key metrics. These are great, but are we also setting up systems and habits for the Learning Zone? When and how? Is experimentation important and, if so, how do we go about it?

How To 120

How To Learning-by-Doing Books System 120

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

We led focus groups, created advisory and steering teams, and engaged our executives in workshops and feedback sessions. As we continue to bring our culture to life in our operating model and our HR practices, we continue to use surveys, crowdsourcing, focus groups and other tools to ensure our people are heard.

Human Resources 132

Human Resources Focus Group Crisis Definition 132

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

” Those words are printed on the back cover of Five Frequencies: Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Competitive Advantage. I followed up with the authors to learn more about their leadership philosophy. But you should pick a longer time horizon for calculating ROI on your leadership choices. What Leaders Tolerate.

Competitive Advantage 92

Competitive Advantage Leadership Analysis Tips 92

The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

As someone in a focus group quipped, “The most dangerous place in this organization is at the exit door around quitting time. It’s a good time to reflect on the vital connections of leadership and love. Management is “head work,” and leadership is “heart work. ” Leadership is emotional.

Absenteeism 40

Absenteeism Leadership Participative Workshop 40

The Practical Leader

MAY 29, 2019

” They identify five ways leaders can provide stronger change leadership: Don’t just set up training programs — create a learning culture. Leading change was a key focus that emerged from reader feedback on the main topics over 600 readers said they’d like to see in my latest book project.

Agility 55

Agility Organization Henderson Focus Group 55

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 11, 2012

In this article I will illustrate that achieving employee engagement is a systems solution. Creating a system that drives needed innovation and allows people to make progress on their work, creates a reinforcing loop of innovation and progress. Clement “Executive Leadership” Cason Hall & Co. References. Villa, [link].

Metrics 161

Metrics Objective System Resources 161

Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

If you’ve been in leadership for very long at all you’ve probably seen dozens of leaders in the organization change. You may have a better system in place. You will need people to follow your leadership and this requires an established relationship of trust. Leadership is in place. Any steps you would add?

Stakeholder Analysis 58

Stakeholder Analysis Learning-by-Doing Planning Edmondson 58

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 18, 2016

If your customers’ experiences with your “parking lot” were a picture of your whole service system, what would it tell them about what you value and your top priorities? Now, focus the service garbage detection spotlight on every other process in search of stupid rules. Start with your customers’ first encounter.

Policies 150

Policies Follow-up Banking Bureaucracy 150

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

ABOUT Contact Us Create-Learning.com Get Connected Facebook LinkedIn RSS Feed Log in Join and Receive 9 Team-Building & Leadership Activities:That work and allow people to learn from the experience. Tuesday, November 02nd, 2010 Posted by: mike Met some friends for a focus group at a local coffee place. Challenges of leadership.

Process 149

Process Team Building Focus Group Learning-by-Doing 149

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

At Geisinger, a healthcare system serving more than 1.5 For example, in 2012 we launched a controlled-substance monitoring dashboard to better understand use of controlled substances in our system, with a focus on improving pain management. The devastating opioid epidemic in the U.S. Data-driven assessment.

System 10

System Health Care Review Focus Group 10

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 3, 2016

I chose a compact camera system with interchangeable lenses. Within each theme Facebook provides a range of focused groups and pages – some are interest groups, others focused specifically on photography, and many commercial retail pages. How have I increased exposure for the photos?

Outsourcing 150

Outsourcing Learning-by-Doing Globalization Retail 150

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Leveraging a variety of listening methods, such as surveys, focus groups, department-wide fireside chats with leaders, and so on, we pull back the layers on the needs of our employees and tackle what matters most to them, while also keeping in mind the needs of our customer and business.

Human Capital 52

Human Capital Human Resources Diversity Education 52

QAspire

OCTOBER 24, 2010

What key actions will help me to align myself to those values and belief system? Establish quality circles or improvement/quality focus groups and rotate people to give everyone a chance to participate. Train your middle managers on quality to build a right leadership ecosystem. How will it benefit me? Don’t Kill It!

Quality 122

Quality TQM Directory Belief Systems 122

QAspire

JANUARY 9, 2011

They create focus groups on process improvements, document the lessons, relentlessly train teams and incorporate preventive measures in their processes. You can form small focus group from your current team and improve in small iterations. Even they face similar challenges and problems, but only once. What about you?

Learning Organization 160

Learning Organization Organization Senge Blog 160

The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 26, 2022

” The Theory X leaders at the retreat had trouble seeing the disconnect between endorsing HR’s plans for engagement focus groups and gathering input; with their inclination to mandate office facetime. Collaboratively aligns systems, structures, and processes to serve the servers and strengthen teamwork.

Policies 59

Policies Morale Report Survey 59

Management Craft

JUNE 2, 2011

Management or leadership training. Leadership strategy facilitation. Employee relations assessments, focus groups, surveys. Competencies and performance systems. Here are a few examples: Talks/workshops on topics from my books. See the list here. Talent management alignment and optimization. Talent assessment work.

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Workshop Travel Training Talent Management 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 27, 2016

The best way to accomplish this is to set phone appointments after the first inquiry that comes via a website or an online RFP system. Based on recent focus groups with clients who are involved in buying/procurement departments, we heard loud and clear their frustration with trying to get someone on the phone to quote prices.

Guidelines 50

Guidelines Hotels Follow-up Commitment 50

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 12, 2012

While preparing for a focus group meeting it came to me NOISE. I’ve led this with larger teams you can break the group into teams of 6 or less and they each work independently then get together and share ( or the facilitator finds commonalities and categorizes them) OR lead a series of focus groups with smaller team separately.

Strategic Planning 158

Strategic Planning SWOT Analysis Planning 158

Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

If you’ve been in leadership for very long at all you’ve probably seen dozens of leaders in the organization change. You may have a better system in place. You will need people to follow your leadership and this requires an established relationship of trust. Leadership in place. Use a focus group.

Stakeholder Analysis 43

Stakeholder Analysis Learning-by-Doing Planning Influence 43

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 5, 2012

How will we measure progress & Success?

Mentor 114

Mentor Training Process Development 114

Ron Edmondson

JUNE 5, 2013

You may have a better system in place. You will need people to follow your leadership and that requires an established relationship of trust. Leadership – Make sure you get buy in from those who will most likely end up implementing the change. Change Leadership Ministry Organizational Leadership'

Stakeholder Analysis 83

Stakeholder Analysis Edmondson Learning-by-Doing Focus Group 83

Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

Many leaders are uncomfortable with the emotional side of leadership, but without that connection, their organization will not thrive. Leadership Tip: “Employees need to know that their voices will be heard, their opinions will be respected, and their efforts will be appreciated.” ” -Jason Richmond. ” -Larry Fink.

How To 107

How To Middle Management Reputation Short-term 107

The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Many leadership teams seem to think that talking about agility will magically transform their organizations. A department, division, or organization’s culture ripples out from its leadership team. Organizational behavior reflects leadership team behavior. Leadership Team Planning ( click for typical agenda).

Agility 110

Agility Team Leadership Storytelling 110

Management Excellence

MAY 18, 2011

For those who’ve lived and thrived on a high-performance team, the memory of what it was like to work with a motivated, caring, challenging (but respectful), accomplishment-focused group of individuals provides sustenance for the lonely, near-death experiences that characterize so many other team and project experiences in the workplace.

Team 75

Team Focus Group Project Motivation 75

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

They have a leadership problem," I listened carefully. I featured Ronn, a former P&G executive (and current executive coach and entrepreneur), in several places in The Little Black Book of Innovation , most notably for his rant against the evils of focus groups. It's time for leadership to step up.

Innovation 11

Innovation Competitive Advantage Leadership Christensen 11

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 30, 2016

If you’ve been in leadership for very long at all you’ve probably seen dozens of leaders in the organization change. You may have a better system in place. You will need people to follow your leadership and this requires an established relationship of trust. Leadership in place. Use a focus group.

Stakeholder Analysis 30

Stakeholder Analysis Learning-by-Doing Planning Edmondson 30

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2018

A new research study I led at CTI uncovers, through a nationally representative survey of 3,212 individuals with STEM credentials, and through dozens of additional interviews and focus group conversations, the differentiators of success for women in STEM. Yet 82% of women in STEM say their contributions are ignored. Be authentic.

Succession 14

Succession Reputation Focus Group Leadership Styles 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Corporations often approach ethics as an individual problem, designing oversight systems to identify the “bad apples” before they can turn the organization into a “rotten barrel.” They replicate despite changes in leadership and in management systems. Vince Streano/Getty Images.

Ethics 11

Ethics Organization Incentives Long-term 11

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

Instead of the ‘old’ method of relying on focus groups that meet behind two-way mirrors, it’s time to engage customers in a two-way conversation to innovate new products and services that matter. Rule 6: Rely on Others for Growth and Innovation. Take Mountain Dew, for example.

Media 67

Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Yes, set up a “focus group” of employees to serve as community leaders who will shepherd your company into the social networking world, but don’t put all of the power in their hands. Pitfall #7: Neglecting employees, partners, investors, or customers when building your Social Nation.

Media 50

Media Follow-up Software Newsletter 50

HR Digest

APRIL 10, 2019

By the time EAPs come into the picture to help with opioid addiction, the disastrous status quo health care system has already failed an individual. In a value-based primary care arrangement, the physician isn’t compromised by employment in a large health system. However, patients trust their primary care doctor.

Health Care 71

Health Care Hotels Short-term Long-term 71

Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2014

Conduct focus groups. Organize an ongoing feedback system. Develop systems to execute the program, communicating at every step to publics. Maintain community files. Plan how to best reach each public… which avenues will be the most expedient. Get as many ideas from qualified sources as possible.

Franchising 74

Franchising Marketing Strategy Strategic Planning 74