Lead Change Blog

JULY 16, 2015

Others, full of optimism, forge ahead with gusto, experience meteoric success, and later face a precipitous change in fortune due to a circumstance that could have been planned for. For career and business success, it’s worth pursuing a middle ground—one where we take calculated risks but have a fallback strategy in case Plan A craters.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 30, 2017

Strategic Planning: This program crafts a strategic plan and ongoing strategy execution process, which identifies the initiatives required to move the organization form its current state to the achievement of its long-term vision. The 7 programs include: 1.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2019

This may sound harsh, but the truth often is… I’ve witnessed far too many people in positions of leadership that wouldn’t recognize an opportunity if it hit them squarely in the face. If you cannot recognize, attract, and acquire opportunity you should not be in a leadership position. Click To Tweet.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 17, 2019

It’s perhaps fair to say that governments are not usually the quickest at adopting new technologies, but this reticence does not appear to be dampening enthusiasm for technologies such as AI. AI is unlike any recent waves of technology change, it is truly transformational.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Planning, tactics, organizational development. Value-added leadership is a healthy way of life that puts collaborations first. When all succeed, then profitability is much higher and more sustained than under the Hard Nose management style. Value-added leadership is a healthy way of life that puts collaborations first.

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 29, 2024

From the rapid decline of the planet to regulation tightening, the political climate and the introduction of new technologies, leaders are up against challenging terrain. Preparedness and implementing a risk management program are crucial to recovering and resisting the impacts of change, as well as maintaining a competitive advantage.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

It is a catalyst toward long-term evaluation, planning and implementation. In reality, the Mission Statement is rewritten several times, as the planning process ensues. I ask clients to do so without using the words: ‘technology,’ ‘sales,’ and ‘solutions.’ What do we want to become?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2012

For years, companies have been pouring money into people, processes, and technology that can help them manage risk. Most have done a great job of containing their financial reporting and compliance risks. Managers could keep the organization within acceptable tolerance ranges, driving performance to plan.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. The truth is that great companies are those which can thrive and prosper in the absence of sophistication.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

I’m a big advocate of Strategic Planning and Visioning. I know from experience that planning while going through the ‘alligators’ is the most effective way to conduct the process. By seeing the daily changes resulting from the planning, companies are poised to rise above the current daily crises.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 27, 2012

If current employees are hesitant to talk, HR should also be conducting exit interviews , particularly in high-risk occupations like healthcare, to identify any areas that may put the company, its customers and consumers at risk. HR can facilitate discussions and task forces for planning and next steps.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 2, 2015

Many people used to do the same thing with the word ‘technology,’ using it far from its reasonable definitions. These clichés do not belong in business dialog, in strategic planning and in corporate strategy. Street talk, misleading slogans and terms taken out of context do not belong in the business vocabulary.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The concept delves more deeply than mere regulatory compliance, stretching towards a proactive approach that involves risk anticipation, scenario planning, and sound decision-making processes. The strength of governance can be significantly amplified with the employment of a dedicated leadership team.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 1, 2012

Compliance Management in Environment, Health & Safety. Aberdeen research report on how best in class companies manage Environmental, Health & Safety processes and technology while outperforming their peers. Complimentary Resource – How the ABC’s of Leadership Behavior Impact Safety Management Systems.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2015

One plans for business success through careful strategy. It is an ongoing process of evaluation, planning, tactical actions and benchmarking accomplishments. Futurism is a continuum of thinking and reasoning skills, judicious activities, shared leadership and an accent upon ethics and quality. Clarke, Technology and the Future.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

More recently, CARVER has converted a new community of believers in the business world, including CEOs, financial analysts, and risk management planners, not to mention any number of Fortune 500 security directors. It can be highly useful if you need to, for example, defend a budget request or a strategic plan to company leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

Every large financial services company has instituted risk management, but that hasn't prevented risky behavior in the form of office politics and personality conflict — as the JP Morgan trading debacle has demonstrated. Risk management isn't exclusive to banking. MORE ON MANAGING RISKY BEHAVIORS.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2018

Business evolution is an amalgamation of thoughts, technologies, approaches and commitment of the people, asking such insightful questions as: What would you like for you and your organization to become? How important is it to build an organization well, rather than constantly spend time in managing conflict?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Technology is but one tool of the trade. In the 1940s, technology brought us the 45-RPM and 33-1/3-RPM records… adding up to the ‘mother speed’ of 78-RPM. You just finished reading The Big Picture of Business - Yesterdayism… Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future ! Ideas make the future happen.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2018

billion people, the Chinese consumer market is a tempting target for Western technology companies. The recent news that Google is considering a re-entry into China further highlights a troubling balancing act faced by technology companies looking to do business there. With over 1.3 ” Google’s bind is a common one.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

If your ideas are met with choruses of “that will never work,” “we can’t take that risk,” “let’s just stick with the plan,” your teammates are likely falling prey to a common decision making bias that former Rotman dean Roger Martin refers to as Underestimating the Risk of the Status Quo.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

The reality is that many businesses are quick to recognize great ideas, but they often have no plan for how to successfully integrate them into their business model. Every sound business initiative begins with a solid strategic plan. All initiatives surrounding new ideas should include detailed risk management provisions.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

military says, volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity , where technology and strategy changes rapidly. Essentially, tactical performance is how well you stick to your plan, and adaptive performance is how well you diverge from your plan. Before, tricky problems would be redirected to a risk manager.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Executives in any business, however, can learn valuable lessons in crisis leadership: One critical concept that we share with the participants in the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (NPLI) at Harvard is that every crisis includes many situations , each with different contingencies and considerations. Are you ready?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

If as a leader you don’t take the time to get to know your team members on a very personal basis you simply won’t build the trust necessary to successfully weather the seasons of leadership. What are the greatest challenges you face in pulling this off, and how do you plan to deal with them? How will this impact >?

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

We’ve got the latest technology. Not engaging in planning for future operations: So what are you gonna do about it? There’s too much talk about planning. Our company has got the most up to date technology. Technology represents less than 1% of an organization’s pie chart. That’s life.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

During the years while K-Mart did not plan for change, Target and Wal-Mart did plan, change and established defined marketplace niches. economy spent one trillion dollars fixing and treating the so-called Y2K Bug, which we now know was a manufactured “crisis” by technology consulting companies. In 1999, the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

The best way to assure executives and their communications teams respond to breaches quickly is to have a well-oiled incident response plan in place. It appears Whole Foods had a plan in place as the company reported its most recent breach five days after detection. Failing to accept accountability.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

O NE OF the unfortunate side effects of living in an age of accelerating technology is having to deal with increased uncertainty. We tend to see situations in one of two ways: either events are certain and can, therefore, be managed by planning, investment, and reliable budgets; or they are uncertain, and we cannot manage them.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

There should be a customized incident-response plan that is routinely tested via simulated attacks, which can also test a company’s vulnerabilities. A plan can help minimize business disruption, reduce the time attackers have to steal critical data or money, and reduce the amount of damage. ” “Who has access to them?”

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2014

Specifically, he saw that the advent of digital technologies was going to fundamentally alter the way people conduct commerce, pay for things, and manage and move their money. It was a technology-driven form factor. You can set up a savings plan. Leadership' You can buy goods online and offline. You can pay bills.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

I’m a big advocate of Strategic Planning and Visioning. I know from experience that planning while going through the “alligators” is the most effective way to conduct the process. By seeing the daily changes resulting from the planning, companies are poised to rise above the current daily crises.

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Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 58

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

In the subset of cases where the company’s condition was classified as “Crisis” or “Challenged,” a similar difference was also evident, moving the companies to the “Stable” or “Growth” category 92% of the time, versus 70% for non-management consultants.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Fortunately, Bezos gave you his plan, if you just know where to look. Steve Anderson spent his career in the insurance industry focused on risk and business growth. He is a leading authority on insurance, risk management, technology, and innovation. The S-Team (senior leadership team) developed Amazon’s flywheel.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” Insight Center. The Future of Operations.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

Adoption risk: Adopting technologies or responding to market, business, and technology trends too quickly or too slowly; reactively or over thought, without considering how non-technical implications or unintended consequences contribute adoption risk. This loss aversion prevents taking appropriate risks.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2014

Our research on boards of directors and corporate governance has shed new light on many board practices and reveals the need for improvement in several areas including skills and selection , succession planning , and diversity. Just 41% of FOB directors said their boards had an effective CEO succession planning process (vs.

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