Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In Covert Cows and Chick-fil-A , former executive vice-president and chief marketing officer, Steve Robinson explains that for Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A, the most important phase in the purpose statement was, “ by being a faithful Steward.” The stewardship idea guides their marketing. It’s about relationships.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2017

But what do you do in a context that resists change? Or, “What weaknesses make us vulnerable to losing customers or market share?” Your innovation team need not operate with the same degree of secrecy as Skunk Works but should be given the autonomy to explore and develop new and innovative projects. well, it’s not good news.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Businesses that operate as a collection of independent departments often struggle with cohesion and finding common ground but those with HR as a strategic partner become efficient, uninterruptible success stories. Other departments might look at the HR presence as an intrusion and resist allowing them to oversee discussions and decisions.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 9, 2014

At the same time, the advent of new ground breaking technologies such as electricity and motorization – today we would call them disruptive – allowed the estates to operate with significantly less staff. Don’t try to resist technology in the workplace. In Downton Abbey, resistance to change nearly cost the Grantham family their estate.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The data shows that the sons and daughters of high-status parents have many more advantages in the labor market than previous work believed. This was underlined by research presented at the National Youth Summit from Co-operatives UK, which found that 66% of young people thought there were insufficient good jobs for young people.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2019

Fact, you cannot operate a successful business alone. When leaders intertwine all these components, it sets, not only, the leader right, it can also set direct reports right, it can set the wider business community right – it may even set the markets and the industry right.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

According to the Agile Alliance, “If you extend the idea of Agile as a mindset, then people seeking Business Agility ask themselves, ‘How might we structure and operate our organization in a way that allows us to create and respond to change and deal with uncertainty?’ Products and services pushed out to the market.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Your business now operates as part of a global digital eco-system where leveling the playing field has become a digital impossibility. Start thinking about opportunities based on insights, customers, markets, and business models.

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 29, 2024

No matter how resistant we are to obstacles, learning curves or outright catastrophes, the landscape in which we work is constantly in motion. Now more than ever, businesses are dealing with the impacts of significant world events that have altered how they operate today. However, change is not all doom and gloom.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It’s about creating a pathway for new hires to understand, adapt, and align with the company’s ethos, vision, and operational methodologies. Customization ensures that the software feels like a natural extension of your organization’s operations, rather than a one-size-fits-all solution.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 7, 2014

To rise from the ashes, our young management team made several tough sacrifices to transform a multi-product, multi-brand operation from generalist to specialist. This turnaround occurred at Jacobs Suchard’s North American operation, eventually sold to Kraft/Mondelez after many years of profitable growth as a coffee specialist.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2013

If you operate a home décor company that strives to connect to style-savvy urban hipsters but your website is cluttered, and very UN-edgy, you’re going to be perceived as anything but hip. The same goes for your print collateral, which despite the digital takeover still has a place in modern marketing. Or, big execution. Your website.

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HR Digest

APRIL 10, 2023

Organizations must adapt to new technologies, market conditions, and customer demands to remain competitive. It can be driven by internal factors, such as a need to follow HR trends, or improve operations, or external factors, such as regulatory changes or economic shifts. This can include coaching, mentoring, and counseling.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2019

Fact, you cannot operate a successful business alone! When leaders intertwine the components aforementioned, it sets, not only, the leader right, but also sets direct reports right, it sets the wider business community right – it may even set the markets and the industry right.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 20, 2021

If you’ve been in the market for new business insight technology, such as a financial services analytics solution, the benefits of these are obvious. But you must also remember that any new technology you onboard will bring change to your bank’s operations—some of which isn’t welcome just yet. A Resistant Culture.

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Leading Blog

JULY 24, 2013

But it has been capitalized on by marketing agents, politics and religion for the best part of two millennia.". And that desire impacts how we operate in the world. "If That''s why we resist change and want our agendas and ideologies to prevail." Tom Asacker reveals the role of belief in leadership in The Business of Belief.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Big companies have all the required resources, but also a lot of red-tape and resistance to change. Innovation can take many forms from operational innovation to business models and creating platforms. search), 20% toward adjacent markets (i.e. and 10% on completely new markets (i.e. Gmail, Google Drive, etc.)

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 6, 2014

I’m the SVP of Operations of a Cable TV Company that operates in 4 states and has 22 operating divisions. In the fall of 2008 our team had leveraged its past lessons well, and our operating statistics were all pointed in a positive direction. I also couldn’t resist a T-shirt opportunity. Roboto”.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 11, 2017

Resisting multi-tasking is an everyday challenge. Mike leads the execution of Veriato’s strategic direction, and heads up the Marketing group. He has a diverse background covering sales, operations, marketing, and product management. Multi-tasking and time slicing are, in fact, one and the same. Don’t give in.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 12, 2020

BPD is important for endless reasons including; Proper Alignment of Operations with Business Strategy: To change or modify the business strategy usually requires improving multiple operations being performed by different people involved in a business. Augments Operational Effectiveness: ?

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Leading Blog

MAY 10, 2016

Our resistance to selectively give up the past is arrogance. The 3-Box Solution is a daily operational balancing act. Being alert to weak signals – emergent changes to technology, culture, markets, the economy, consumer tastes and behavior, and demographics. Even if they are not working for you, to be frank.)

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

by John • November 20, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. Michael Jackson , the theme to “Billie Jean” and a phenomenal blend of marketing and entertainment drove the Pepsi brand to the pinnacle of contemporary culture. So, what are Pepsi’s marketers doing to revitalize it?

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 4, 2011

The fact is that most companies spend a surprising amount of effort actually resisting innovation in so-called non-creative functions like operations, finance, customer service, and sales. Just because innovation is not in someone’s job description, that doesn’t mean it isn’t important to their work.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 28, 2022

It’s perhaps no surprise, therefore, that data from Rice University shows that market power today is more concentrated in the hands of a relatively small number of incumbents than ever before. It runs the risk that startups targeting niche problems get crowded out in favor of those forced to chase mass market problems.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

Instead, longevity is based on entrepreneurial thinking and innovation – in exploring ways to adapt corporate and business strategies in response to market, technological, and social and cultural change. Resistance from Within. The most significant hurdle by far is resistance to change from within. Resistance from the Supplier.

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Women on Business

APRIL 18, 2012

Overall, they have a colorful, fresh, attractive vibe that is not only hard to resist, but fun to experience. Regardless of whether you operate offline, online, or both, you need to create a pleasant experience for your customers. So what can you learn from this wildflower farm? Get people excited about your product or service.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Operating in excess of that threshold will cause increased stress, lack of attention to detail and errant decisioning. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 4, 2011

The fact is that most companies spend a surprising amount of effort actually resisting innovation in so-called non-creative functions like operations, finance, customer service, and sales. Just because innovation is not in someone’s job description, that doesn’t mean it isn’t important to their work.

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Market declines, increased competition and industry culture shifts all play an enormous role in how an organization functions. Understand That Change Is Necessary People are unlikely to play their role in organizational change if they don’t understand why new ways of operating are needed. This relates back to clear communication.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Being a successful entrepreneur does not come easily because learning to operate a successful company takes long. Do it because you have a great ambition to fix problems, and there’s nothing more thrilling than bringing a new product to market. Build A Strong Team. It is essential to value other people’s skills and talents.

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Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2022

We all know we need to take time away from work but we often resist. They add a marketing department instead of outsourcing specific expertise or making sure they have strong operational processes in place. Creativity/Inspiration. Enjoy Retreat In Order to Advance by Eileen McDargh. This is a big mistake.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 30, 2020

I’ve written a few times about the virtues of offering staff flexible working options, and it’s interesting that it’s largely taken a pandemic to force the hand of managers who have so often resisted such approaches out of hand. Research suggests that virtual workers operate best when working in bursts.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

Companies with a healthy culture gain a positive reputation, not only among employees, but also with customers and the market. The culture required to drive a strategy of innovation is different from the culture required to develop efficiency or operational excellence. In any organization, there’s always resistance to change.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 9, 2012

As team life spans continue to shrink in response to faster industry/market changes, how can leaders not only ensure team cohesion, but adapt to the changing team and personality dynamics that inevitably occur when old team members leave and new ones join?

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Steve Farber

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Mahoney, one of seven principals who jointly manage the firm, recognized a need several years ago for an organizing framework that would help everyone understand and see the cultural and operational keys to OAC’s success.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

This research also revealed that self-awareness could lead to better performance by enabling leaders to understand exactly how they operate and how they can achieve optimal results through behavioral changes. Research tells us that those who are more self-aware have a better understanding of others, allowing them to lead more effectively.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

They encourage resistance, partial/missed answers, and lies. These questions restrict possibility, cause resistance, create distrust, and encourage lying. These narrow the range of possible responses, often creating some form of resistance or defensive lies; they certainly cause defensiveness and distrust. What Is Change?

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