Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Clarify management values. Usually, management has not yet articulated their own individual values, let alone those of the organization. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. Consider leaving a comment!

Mission Statement 79

Mission Statement Benchmarking Tactics Strategic Planning 79

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

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Diversity 86

Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 86

Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

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Energy 73

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 73

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 2, 2015

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Strategy 50

Strategy Strategic Planning Budgeting Risk Management 50

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 7, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC launches StrategyDriven Advisory Services, a management consulting firm dedicated to helping executives and managers define organizational needs and develop and manage the complex, mission critical projects needed to improve operational effectiveness and lower costs in response to today’s most pressing challenges.

Operations 50

Operations Chief Executive Officer Uncertainty Strategic Planning 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC and NTE Solutions partner to provide energy industry executives and managers with asset lifecycle management and regulatory compliance advisory services. Risk management and compliance. Project development and management. Asset management and operational programs improvement.

Energy 57

Energy Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer Compliance 57

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Quality is not something that managers assign others to achieve. Rather than assume all is wrong or right with an organization and take a defensive posture, management must view quality as essential to their economic survival or growth. It is not enough for management to endorse quality programs; they must actively participate.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Crisis management is so much more than handling of the media. We therefore mounted a full-scope crisis management initiative that focused heavily on after-the-crisis help for the victims and their families. There are three aspects to Crisis Management and Preparedness. Thinking Through the Strategies. by Hank Moore.

Crisis Management 75

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 75

Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2014

Managers and employees with the most to lose are most fearful of change. Tie activities to customer outcomes (the tenet of Customer Focused Management). If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. All rights reserved.

Strategy 92

Strategy Budgeting Audience Risk Management 92

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Current management of both companies were ill-advised on handling the crises. When they are compelled to do so, company leadership will provide leadership for change management and re-engineering…two of the many worthwhile concepts that should be advocated every business day. Those We Bring Upon Ourselves.

Crisis 58

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Strategy Driven

MARCH 7, 2014

Courage and leadership. I remarked to Sonny that I often quoted his song “The Beat Goes On” as analogous to change management, and he was pleased. I was then challenged to come up with such a program, the result being the Leadership in Action Awards. Mature confidence and informed judgment. High performance standards.

Balanced Scorecard 69

Balanced Scorecard Budgeting Risk Management Learning-by-Doing 69

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

92% of all business mistakes may be attributed to poor management decisions. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. The average person and organization changes 71% per year. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

Budgeting 79

Budgeting Succession Consultative Crisis 79

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

We took a risk once, and it didn’t work out. That was caused by previous management. When you suggest that a more targeted customer focus would benefit all, including their bottom line, management often gets pious, argumentative and confrontational. Learn to manage change, rather than become a victim of it.

Budgeting 74

Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 74

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 4, 2013

The insightful companies examine their own backyards… applying the discussions, uncoverings and applicabilities to how they will better manage in the future. Recommendations for crisis management and preparedness as part of macro planning are offered. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving.

Crisis 57

Crisis Airlines Transportation Crisis Management 57

Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2014

Interpret the results to management in terms that are easy to understand and support. Provide management with information that justifies their confidence. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. Document the findings.

Franchising 70

Franchising Marketing Strategy Strategic Planning 70

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Savage is the author of The Flaw of Averages (Wiley, 2009) and of an HBR article with the same title , chairman of Vector Economics , Inc (VectorEconomics.com), an adjunct faculty member at Stanford and Cambridge, and a frequent lecturer on risk modeling.

Airlines 14

Airlines Report Guidelines Discount 14

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

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Energy 56

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 56

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

The same planning process that nurtures Crisis Preparedness can and must also accommodate for Crisis Management. This is regarded as a premiere textbook case of quality crisis management. There will also be those unplanned crises that nobody could have predicted. The City of New York had conducted planning for multiple contingencies.

Crisis 71

Crisis Crisis Management Budgeting Risk Management 71

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

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Planning 58

Planning Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing Budgeting 58

Strategy Driven

JULY 24, 2014

It’s not that there is one right process to work on first but the choice of a poor project creates many challenges that often lead to a bad name for the whole concept of business process management. Uncommitted leadership. If you have uncommitted leadership, stop. StrategyDriven Project Management Forum.

Project 57

Project BPM Critical Success Factor Process 57

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

“If I had to sum up in one word what makes a good manager, I’d say decisiveness. It is possible for a company and its managers to know much about certain arts and sciences without having the will to pursue them. Management relies only upon ‘bean counters’ for company direction. Paul Getty. Vanderpoel.

Strategy 58

Strategy P&L Strategic Planning Tactics 58

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Top management must endorse corporate imaging and other forms of practice development, if your company is to grow and prosper. Your key management team is dynamic, in terms of business issues. Risk management team. Few companies can even sustain present levels of sales without some degree of business development.

Positioning 50

Positioning Company Strategic Planning Guidelines 50