Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Between surging demand, labor shortages, outdated air traffic management, and travel reservation I.T. systems, air travel feels a bit more like a chore than like a treat. The biggest challenge for companies when it comes to operational excellence is siloed behavior. In the U.S., This issue can become a major performance barrier.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2024

Efficient inventory management is a cornerstone of organizational success, impacting everything from customer satisfaction to the bottom line. In this blog, we explore this suggestion and delve into other effective strategies organizations can adopt to better manage their inventory.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 29, 2023

In the digital age, sales lead management has become essential to business growth, and data is the key to unlocking its full potential. This blog discusses six best practices for sales lead management in a data-driven world. Follow these tips to knock your sales numbers out of the park!

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

via @BruceVH The Law of the Loaf from @wallybock Slow Burn: How to Turn Today's Motivation into Tomorrow's Success by Ken Downer @RapidStartLdr Authentic Leadership: Will the Real You Please Stand Up? He said "yes" and gave me four nickels.”

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Leaders who don’t understand the value of distributable and actionable knowledge not only limit opportunities, but they’re also building huge contingent operating liabilities. One of great challenges for any leader is to break down cultural tendencies that foster silo-centric thought patterns.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 19, 2013

In the “old days,” a person was hired into a position, learned the job, and – usually because of some form of functional proficiency – received a promotion into management. Then, as a manager, this same person could tell a few people what to do. No one person will be smart enough to keep up.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 13, 2021

All this data is essential for maintaining your business operations and keeping customers happy, and it has become an integral asset for companies, big and small, all over the world. But without proper data management practices, you are putting your business at great risk. Collect and use data sensitively.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 11, 2022

Data analytics is a major driving force behind business leaders’ efforts to streamline operations, connect with new clients, and gain an advantage over competitors. Employing such solutions is a key step for organizations to develop an up-to-date approach to data management.

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 24, 2020

The following list is verbatim from one of those sessions and is representative of what I’ve been hearing in all of them: angry anxious anxious, flustered frustrated upset confused understanding a bit anxious disappointed. 2020 has been a year of unprecedented stress for all of us and it’s only June.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Of course, it is the mainstay of operations, but you also need to focus on revenues to keep things on track. Whether you run a small private practice or a large multi-specialty hospital, improving revenue cycle management should be your priority. Here are some measures you can embrace in 2023 to facilitate the system.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 16, 2023

As the real estate market continues to evolve, technology plays an increasingly crucial role in streamlining operations and maximizing efficiency. From property management to client communication, having the right software can make a significant difference in driving success.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 4, 2023

Can better management and leadership nurse the NHS back to health? Author Nigel Cassidy / Photography Fabio De Paola Some people say the problem with the NHS is too many managers. We visited the current “Trust of the Year” that has nurses queuing up to work there. As much as anything, this is a management story.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 1, 2014

As a follow-up to my last post about getting smarter about how we invest our limited training budgets. Training System™ -- a new platform that promises to reshape how training is delivered in modern organizations. Training System™ -- a new platform that promises to reshape how training is delivered in modern organizations.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Businesses in such thriving environments often face the need to move, whether for expansion, to tap into new markets, or to enhance operational efficiency. Without proper planning, businesses risk operational disruptions, financial losses, and a negative impact on customer relations.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The debate over whether or not LinkedIn is a viable stand-alone CRM system is an often discussed issue in business. On the one hand, some believe that you need to integrate it with an existing CRM system in order to get the best of both worlds. Others think that the former can provide enough support via its Sales Navigator system.

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

We met and decided to investigate using systems-analysis approach a major machine that broke down after a scheduled shutdown and the company could not get running again, costing the company millions per month in lost revenue. The machine ran continuously with eight various machine managers & operators. They were right.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 12, 2020

Managing your business gets increasingly more difficult as you scale it, Thankfully, there are plenty of ways to ensure that your company stays organized as long as you adopt some golden rules to help streamline your workflow and logistics processes. So in this post, we’re going to talk about five important things to follow.

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CoachStation

MARCH 14, 2023

You want to make a good impression and set yourself up for success in your new role. There are many unknowns and even fears leading up to your first day. According to a study by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), effective onboarding can increase employee retention by 25% and improve productivity by up to 50%.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 29, 2024

Here, we explore how companies can strategically integrate AI into their sales operations to drive efficiency and improve overall performance. This automation includes entering data into CRM systems, scheduling client meetings, and drafting initial email correspondences.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 16, 2017

Next month’s Frontline Festival follows up on this month’s with a theme all about growth and change. If you find yourself on a dysfunctional team, or just want to get a new team off to a great start, ask yourself the following three questions from Susan Mazza of Random Acts of Leadership. Follow Susan.

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CoachStation

MARCH 14, 2023

You want to make a good impression and set yourself up for success in your new role. There are many unknowns and even fears leading up to your first day. According to a study by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), effective onboarding can increase employee retention by 25% and improve productivity by up to 50%.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Often, following transitions in leadership, the principles of the predecessor are abandoned. Because Southwest Airlines seems to have the worst, most outdated operating technology in the industry. Meanwhile the flight attendant union president explained the phone systems also could not handle the load. If you screw up, own it.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As equality has risen up the corporate agenda in recent years, a growing number of companies are creating a dedicated leadership role to focus on diversity and inclusion, with around half of S&P 500 firms having a chief diversity officer. They also believed these qualities were the most important for successful EDI leadership. ”

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2023

This book helps managers understand the postmodern worldview held by generation Z and younger millennials, how it influences their behaviour at work, and how they want to be led in the workplace. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne offer up a bold, new idea that will transform how we all think about innovation and growth.

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Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 13, 2023

GGOB (also known simply as, “The Great Game”) is an approach to business management where you ensure all stakeholders understand the core business operations, high level financial statements, and key numbers. The intent is inform and engage all employees in business planning and operations, while having fun.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 8, 2021

Apart from exploring the map, conducting diplomatic and warfare activities, the player has to build cities and make improvements, manage people and resources, develop technologies, and build an army inclusive of defense systems. TIME AND PRIORITY MANAGEMENT. CULTURE AND PEOPLE MANAGEMENT. COMPETITION.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 19, 2023

Within a healthcare organization, there is a head of every department who ensures operations run smoothly. With a leader or proper management, healthcare facilities can avoid becoming chaotic and putting patient care at risk. If you have what it takes to take up the role of a healthcare leader, check out a few career pathways.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Demonstrating a powerful paradigm shift for finding solutions, Herman teaches us to see things differently, using art to challenge our default thinking and open up possibilities otherwise overlooked. The Net Promoter System shines as their guiding star. Few management ideas have spread so far and wide as the Net Promoter System (NPS).

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

How they showed up as leaders and how they engaged was critical to my leadership development. They understood that organizational systems are made up of many dynamic and emergent human systems. Organizations do not exist of fragmented parts, but rather a series of human systems within a larger and connected human system.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Often, following transitions in leadership, the principles of the predecessor are abandoned. Because Southwest Airlines seems to have the worst, most outdated operating technology in the industry. Meanwhile the flight attendant union president explained the phone systems also could not handle the load.

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HR Digest

MAY 23, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has been a great wake-up call for companies and their ability to manage change in the workplace. Organizational change management is about bringing changes in a company’s management style by first identifying problems (or potential ones) and then implementing suitable changes. And some did.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 8, 2024

” Five years earlier, we’d conducted introductory service/quality improvement workshops for senior management and head office staff of a large company. Culture and feedback surveys gathered input before and during these follow-up workshops. The senior management team declined. They had to get costs down.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2018

With OCR processing , businesses can achieve operational objectives and ensure they render excellent services to customers. The following are advantages of using OCR to improve customers’ user experience. The use of OCR by enterprises increases operational efficiency to ensure every customer is satisfied with the services rendered.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 20, 2017

When you call customer service you want to know 2 things: (1) Does the person who picked up your call care about you and your issue? I recently did a follow-up visit to a client who had invested in one of our Winning Well Operations Excellence Rallies. and (2) Are they capable of fixing it?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Following is the methodology used in selecting this year’s winners: Peer recommendations and interviews. Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. and a development manager at Oracle Corp. CHRO for HSBC.

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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. Dimension Time Cost Operator. The DTC Operator can work to release Psychological Inertia.

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 17, 2021

Many divisional, departmental, branch, or other sub-unit leadership teams add to the tangled culture hairball by following along with a weak or dysfunctional culture or — even worse — wallowing in helplessness. Realign/integrate/prune current projects, processes, systems, and development initiatives.

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