Strategy Driven

AUGUST 9, 2016

Organizations operate within the context of their environment; the military being no different than civilian businesses. Organizations necessarily adapt to ever evolving market conditions; influencing the ultimate success of the business. Yes, StrategyDriven is an Executive Briefing corporate sponsor.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

Organizations rely on their data in order to make critical operational, tactical, and transactional business decisions that significantly affect the survival and livelihood of their company. Reports, customer transactions, and revenues can all be affected as a result of bad data.

Software 50

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Strategy Driven

MAY 19, 2013

Amongst the most widely deployed business applications today, Sales Force Automation (SFA) offers a goldmine of operational sales data, yet built-in reporting and analytics are oftentimes inadequate to answer meaningful questions. Unlock greater value from Sales Force automation with advanced sales analytics. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 1, 2015

Sevian Business Programs were developed based on StrategyDriven’s decades of experience managing and improving complex business operations. We believe a clear, forward-looking strategy, translatable to the day-to-day activities of all organization members, is critical to realizing success in today’s fast paced market environment.

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Chief Executive Officer Metrics 50

Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The Resource:   The Conference Board What It Is:  The Conference Board (TCB) is a non-profit organization that works to gather, analyze, and report information to business leaders in an effort to help them be more effective in advancing their organization's success.

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Conference Human Resources Human Capital White Paper 133

Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 2, 2010

He has been in the business world for over 28 years in various leadership positions, most recently as a senior operations executive for a service business based in the Rocky Mountain west.

Leadership 194

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2014

Some commentators felt the move to New Coke was a marketing gimmick to regenerate interest and sales in the brand after sales erosion due to the “Pepsi Challenge” taste test campaign. Similarly, Philip Morris renamed itself Altria when it was trying to position the company more as a food marketer and less as a tobacco company.

Brand 58

Brand Marketing Engineering Competitive Advantage 58

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Business Publications Small Business Review | Newsletter for Small Business Owners Small Business Review’s e-letter is published bi-weekly and provides small businesses with information on the necessary evils of running their businesses. ** N2′s Top Pick for being of real value to small businesses.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 18, 2015

While the retail industry crisis has been well-reported, particularly with respect to dwindling foot traffic to brick-and-mortar stores. These disparities are also among the biggest misperceptions that both online and offline marketers hold. Companies that do this effectively will most certainly amass market share.”.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 14, 2014

If you’re interested in this type of solution, make sure the provider allows rapid data syncing on and off the cloud and operates in multiple environments. A good management console solution can streamline creation and distribution of sync jobs with grouping functions and enhance analytics with reporting tools. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 13, 2011

Visit www.Communispond.com for free access to numerous articles, audiocasts, videocasts and e-newsletter subscriptions. Step 2: Report the headlines. Ask the boss’s opinion about what you’ve reported. Report what’s happening as soon as you realize there’s a problem and be candid about its scope.

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Kaplan Audience Chief Executive Officer Seminar 66

The Empowered Buisness

APRIL 6, 2014

That’s not to negate that economic downturns exist and can impact how a company operates and grows. It’s within your control to look for market segments or industries still in a growth mode. To be notified of those and other articles, sign up for our monthly newsletter and free report at Wired to Win BIG.

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Organization Leadership Consensus Market Segmentation 164

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2012

It's easy to imagine, as some of these executives and business owners do, that you can just "hire a marketing person" to take care of it. So here is my advice to the shy and recalcitrant: Recognize the difference between marketing and sales. There's often a lot of confusion about marketing and sales. Which means.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2014

In fact, Shannon Goodson and George Dudley reported in their book Psychology of Sales Call Reluctance that 80 percent of new salespeople fail because of call reluctance, while 40 percent of veteran sales people stop prospecting because of it. However, having the fear of making the call is nothing to be embarrassed about. All rights reserved.

Competitive Advantage 68

Competitive Advantage Learning-by-Doing Training Content 68

Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

If, for example, you are trying to find out from one of your team why their colleague didn’t include the requested statistics in a report you were just handed, something along the lines of, “Is he having trouble finding them? It can also be helpful to articulate some of the reasons why you want to know.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Blockchain has important implications for marketing and advertising. But according to The CMO Survey , only 8% of firms rate the use of blockchain in marketing as moderately or very important. This combination creates a natural barrier to entry and has likely caused marketers to take a “wait and see” approach.

Marketing 10

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Customer centricity: It’s been proven that companies that prioritize their customers see greater business results and continually bring more innovative products to the market. By tuning in to customer needs, a company is able to define the market in ways they could not have identified had they only looked inward. All rights reserved.

Organization 58

Organization Open-book Innovation Technology 58

Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Using it In the military, operatives are used to gain “intel&# on what the enemy is thinking, doing or planning. If you have something that can cause all those problems, as a leader it is your responsibility to reduce or eliminate that situation – or even better, use gossip to your advantage rather than peril.

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Open-book Workshop Blog Video 170

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2014

It’s a compilation of error rates by business task, as reported by studies over the last 30 years or so. Sure, there are some solutions out there that require coding or programming to operate, but the kind you’re looking for can be ‘taught’ to perform tasks simply by clicking and dragging your mouse to objects on the screen.

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CRM Software Efficiency Learning Curve 70

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Since the unit’s reported financial results were so good, the executives at the corporate headquarters didn’t ask many questions about the drivers of the unit’s profits – until it was too late. It turned out that the unit was driving profits by raising prices and cutting marketing and advertising expenditures.

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ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2011

Dirty Little Secrets offers dozens of examples to clarify precisely how buying decisions can be facilitated through the right kind of questions, including an in-depth case study of a marketing manager who recognizes the need for a better website and wants to bring in an external design team. The result?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Bob Smith (not his real name), source of the quote and Chief Operating Officer at Otis Elevator, knows that elevators tend to remain well under the radar screen until they break. The CIO’s response tends to be “reports” (61 percent of the population). and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar !

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

 He is struggling to understand why it is that HR is not considered a core function of a an organization like sales, marketing, or operations when it is afforded the opportunity to "direct, deliver, and develop" the employee talent necessary for the company to achieve its goals.  Why?  Why?

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2011

The modern corporation that has evolved as a result consists of many specialized functional departments, such as sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, operations, and finance. Getting a 50,000-foot picture of our operations illustrates outdated, cumbersome, inefficient processes. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 17, 2011

You cannot presume that packaging is simply a matter of clever design that helps your products fly off the shelves of a super market. Why could he not use the assembly line method used by the burger company to maximize the number of operations every surgeon performs? We live in a complex world. Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Fighter Pilots and Special Operations teams have discovered and used a secret to continuous improvement – a tool every enterprise can benefit from. Keep your company fighter-pilot agile in any turbulent or changing market. They must close the gap between what was true about the market yesterday and what the new truth is today.

Six Sigma 57

Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Training Tools 57

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

For example, marketing optimizes its activities for its own benefit and the sales and customer service functions do likewise. The end-to-end process of customer acquisition and retention — getting rid of duplicate activities and information across marketing, sales and customer service — isnt touched.

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Process CEO Insurance Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2018

Consider that in just the first two months of 2018, 24 health care provider organizations reported data breaches affecting over 1,000 patients each, a 60% increase over the same time period last year. No two organizations are the same, and neither are the cultures and contexts in which they operate. What tone will work with the staff?

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Health Care Forrester Policies Tactics 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

He started very well, but as soon as his cash flow improved, financial burdens from family systems stifled his operations. When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities.

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Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 14

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The Benevolent Dictator : Empower Your Employees, Build Your Business, and Outwit the Competition by Michael Feuer and Dustin Klein What does it require to take a concept rapidly and effectively from mind to market? This behavior consumes your time, disturbs day-to-day operations, and alienates other team members. All rights reserved.

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Motivation Management How To Retail 51

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 4, 2013

For many years, we will be measuring how loss of corporate credibility has tainted all facets of business, in terms of remediation, replacement, litigation, make-good, rework, damage control, recovery process, settlements to victims, decreased stock market value and sagging retail sales. Rebuilding the community image.

Crisis 57

Crisis Airlines Transportation Crisis Management 57

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

65 Content Marketers List the 44 Content Marketing Agencies Crushing It (Plus 70 Tips & 78 Myths Dispelled) ​Digital marketing is becoming harder to ignore as we now live in a world of internet ubiquity. Click "READ MORE" to see the 44 content marketing agencies and 70 related tips from the experts!

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Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Now consider the joint judgment involved in a process of co-creation , whereby companies collaborate with customers or other partners to bring new offerings to market. Now consider the joint judgment involved in a process of co-creation , whereby companies collaborate with customers or other partners to bring new offerings to market.

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Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 14

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

A recently released survey reveals that 86 percent of firms face increasing complexity in their operating environment or organizational structure over the past three years. “It is clear from the research that complexity has become a constraint and a risk for firms,&# says Abhik Sen, editor of the report. About the Research.

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Crisis Survey Analysis Finance 78

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. This chapter puts business events of the last two years into perspective… covering a broader scope of subjects than has been reported and discussed. The stock market is down 25%.

Ethics 58

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 58

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The parable of the disappearing bankers gives the tiniest glimpse of a better way: a path to a smarter kind of growth, built on a different set of institutions — those that operate at micro-scale, instead of mega-scale, built on human relationships, instead of anonymous transactions, self-organizing, instead of "administered," and that have the (..)

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Banking Crisis Merton Guidelines 15