Next Level Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

At the risk of igniting a debate among readers on the efficacy of building the Islamic center a few blocks from Ground Zero, I would argue that both Obama and Bloomberg have shown principled leadership on the issue. "  Whether they’re stated or not, most organizations have operating principles.  Why do you think so?

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Thin Difference

JUNE 29, 2019

When you invest in an employee’s career development, you’re more likely to secure their retention for the long-term. Kevin Sealey, the education-first vice president of operations for EPOCH Student Living , explains how this benefits your business, not just you personally: “Do not ever stop learning and further developing your craft.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2013

You would think that an Ivy League institution like Cornell University would be a model of the best practices of leadership throughout its organization since Cornell and most universities believe they are growing the next generation of leaders for our country and our world. not necessarily and not always. That got everyone’s attention!

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Even More Leadership Lessons from the Washington Redskins So, if you’re a regular reader of this blog, you might have expected me to have some sort of leadership lessons post on yesterday’s mid-term elections.  He appears to have removed himself from the day to day management of football operations.

Leadership 137

Leadership Blog Sports Learning-by-Doing 137

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. Taking a long view doesn't mean companies should go radio-silent.

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CO2

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Sometimes, because it is a true operating value. An operating value is something we do without thinking about it. And at times it costs us money chasing down innovation at a cost of operational excellence. When you consider the values in your company do you consider them in terms of bounded or unbounded values.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

It is a catalyst toward long-term evaluation, planning and implementation. Crystallize the core business in terms of viabilities to move successfully forward to some discernible point. Settle the organization’s short-term problems. Visioning is the process where good ideas become something more. How will we evolve?

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Mission Statement Benchmarking Tactics Strategic Planning 79

CO2

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Sometimes, because it is a true operating value. An operating value is something we do without thinking about it. And at times it costs us money chasing down innovation at a cost of operational excellence. When you consider the values in your company do you consider them in terms of bounded or unbounded values.

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Innovation Executive Coaching Strategic Planning Definition 60

CO2

JANUARY 3, 2011

The idea is that when moving to action you first observe the battlefield or what ever areana you are operating in. Once you have done this you then look at that information in terms of context or Orientation. Boyd saw this as a group of interacting loops that are in continous operation until the end of the battle.

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CO2

JANUARY 4, 2011

At the time our mission statement was, “ Anything for a buck, as long as it is legal and ethical. &# So we were paid to take a newsletter promotion Sid was doing for his business, we was a gifted writer (and a student of great copy writers), and attach a penny to each of the 18,000 newsletters.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Good performance measurement can help overcome the short- term bias of financial measures by explicitly monitoring how well a company or business unit is positioned to sustain and improve its financial performance. Short-term value drivers are the immediate levers of ROIC and growth. One dimension of this is the needed flows of talent.

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ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 21, 2010

The result is a long-term performance drag on the bottom line of many small companies. Larger companies are often owned by shareholders who are removed from day-to-day operations of the company and therefore more likely to demand performance accountability from the management. Not all companies have this problem, however.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

At the current rate of change, it will take until the year 2085 for women to reach parity with men in leadership roles in our country.” The dearth of women in leadership roles—and in whole fields—creates the perception that women do not belong in those positions or professions. It’s a painful revelation. “At percent of the U.S.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:51 — 42.4MB) Email This Post | Print Post | Sign up for our Email Newsletter Speak Your Mind Tell us what youre thinking. Register for the complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter and receive instant access to our Organizational Performance Measures whitepaper series.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Even More Leadership Lessons from the Washington Redskins | Main | The Power of Courtesy » November 05, 2010 The Heroes of Walter Reed Yesterday, on a rainy afternoon in Washington, DC, I had the privilege of doing something that I wish every American had the opportunity to experience. 

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 9, 2014

Leadership Role #1: Reading the World and Creating a Vision. Therefore, one of the most important competencies of leadership is the ability to read the world. Therefore, one of the most important competencies of leadership is the ability to read the world. No business is an island. Creating a coherent narrative.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 31, 2011

In some cases, insurers have actually agreed to increase what they’ll pay so long as other insurers are forced to pay even more. Blue Cross wrote that TheraMatrix’s operations were “competitive and damaging not only to BCBSM’s financial interests, but also to its business relationships.&# Juliano Howard T.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

While that has long been considered traditional retirement age, Boomers are known for bucking the system. How do your organization’s strategic and operational goals inform what work roles will be needed in the future? Email This Post | Print Post | Sign up for our Email Newsletter Comments 2 Responses to “The Boomers are Leaving!

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Organizations that fail to continuously revise assumptions about their operating environment (i.e. Fighter Pilots and Special Operations teams have discovered and used a secret to continuous improvement – a tool every enterprise can benefit from. How long can you survive the repetition of the same mistake?

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Short-term Tools Learning-by-Doing Schein 63

Strategy Driven

JUNE 27, 2011

Rather, this simple statement captures the thinking required to build a sustainable competitive advantage that forces trade-offs among competing resources, tests the soundness of particular initiatives, and sets clear boundaries within which decision makers must operate. See Figure 1). Section three is a recipe for burn out.

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

The idea of vision goes back to a term that says we must look past the horizon for something that can only be seen in the minds eye but not really seen by our senses. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant.

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Executive Coaching Execution Strategic Planning Marketing 104

CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

The idea of vision goes back to a term that says we must look past the horizon for something that can only be seen in the minds eye but not really seen by our senses. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant.

Executive Coaching 104

Executive Coaching Execution Strategic Planning Marketing 104

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2011

Unfortunately, with the focus on profit, solution placement, timelines, and commissions, the potential for true servant-leadership has been overlooked. But all too often, the long lag time between recognizing the need for a new solution and actually purchasing and implementing it leads to lost sales, lost opportunities, and lost productivity.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 3, 2023

It gives you a clearly defined path to more business and greater profits in the long-term. You should encourage feedback on your leadership, as well as the business as a whole. You’ll have to prioritize customer loyalty to make this happen, and you can do this in more than a few ways, including: Sending out newsletters.

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Succession Word of Mouth Marketing Talent Management Learning-by-Doing 156

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

We believe the strength of any team is in the followers and there can be no leaders without followers, but the vast majority of research to date has focused on the leadership side of this equation. It is worth keeping in mind that some jobs have clear leadership requirements; virtually all jobs have followership requirements.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Consequently, although you should leverage the communities they have built, you need to create your own community to ensure your long-term success. StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

Company 62

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 17, 2011

The term ‘professional’ comes from the Latin word ‘professio,’ which literally means to take an oath or a vow. Over the last few centuries, the term professional has come to mean different things to different people, but that central idea has not changed. That one thing changed a long time back.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2013

” Marketing can sometimes slip through the cracks given the constant and pressing demands of sales, client service, and internal operations. Seek to send out a press release once a month (as a long term goal). You probably didn’t answer, “How to implement effective marketing.” Consider leaving a comment!

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Skip Prichard

JULY 12, 2021

Music is my first language, the machine code of my operating system. Chapters are like paragraphs, or sentences: some may be short, some long; the variation of pacing, of phrasing, of crescendo and decrescendo, all has its own meaning and impact. It’s right there in the term: “thriller.” The term is again a giveaway.

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Open-book Books Short-term Advice 134

Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

CEO 57

CEO How To Venture Capitalist Follow-up 57

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For long-term relationship-building, be sure that your values and those of your clients mesh. Pitches MUST be short, which is more time-consuming than presenting long ones. Other ideas: donate your expertise as an award, speak at the local library or school, and interview local officials to report for newsletters.

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Twelve cases are written as narratives with multiple teaching points, but without a focus on a particular business decision; the remaining twenty-three cases were written around specific conundrums related to strategy, operations, finance, marketing, leadership, culture, human resources, organizational design, business model, and growth.

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Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Civic service is the ultimate way to steer heir apparents toward the leadership track. No entity can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities. If steadily built, the trust can be exponentially parlayed into successful long-term business relationships. Community Relations. About the Author.

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Loyalty Bottom-up Strategic Planning Bond 58

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

As companies operate, all make honest and predictable mistakes. The emphasis is upon the latest slogans of mission but does not look closely at how its systems operate. The term “mission” is a buffer, excuse, putdown and roadblock. Working long and hard, but not necessarily smart. It is big and grandiose.

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

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. Or, do we now see the need and importance to embrace longer-term approaches? The term CEO has recently been held in disfavor. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

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Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 58