The Practical Leader

MARCH 17, 2021

A reader posted a comment asking if it’s realistic to expect to change the culture of large organizations, especially “mature ones with profound legacies and cultural liabilities.” ” He then suggested, “it might be better to ‘orbit the hairball’ than try to untangle it.”

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Team Follow-up Maturity System 122

Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Carlos, her VP of operations, is a bright and solid asset to the firm. Then Carlos slows down—fast results to him mean poor quality and possible problems in client care, which he also owns. Tania and Carlos want the same thing: high-quality work delivered to clients in a timely manner. Questioning quality?”

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Quality ROI Micromanagement Commitment 177

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Companies with greater diversity not only have higher retention, but they have higher revenues and operating results, as well as higher brand recognition in their marketplaces. As these technologies mature at record-speed, they will only be as powerful as the training available to help employees understand how to deploy, use and manage them.

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Diversity Career Globalization Learning-by-Doing 52

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

However, learning the value of money at a young age is a crucial step in maturing towards adulthood. When operating one’s own craft business, there’s a degree of marketing and advertising that goes into it, like posts on Facebook and Instagram. In today’s economy, money is a necessity regardless of whether you’re 13 years of age or 30.

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Video Advertising Blog Review 123

Talent Anarchy 1

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Without courage, there is no growth, there is no learning and there is no progress in or maturation of relationships. To trust means we believe the other person will behave and/or operate in good faith. Courage is huge word—it includes bravery, strength, grit and determination in the face of fear. Communication.

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Chief Operating Officer Energy Maturity Commitment 106

Skip Prichard

MARCH 13, 2020

Jobs most at risk: machine operators and assemblers, clerical workers, elementary occupations, crafts and related trades. You could argue that all jobs are at risk: Machines can already analyze data, pick stocks, make decisions that touch on operational efficiency and logistics, sift through resumes and make hiring decisions, etc.

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Blanchard Education CTO Technology 101

QAspire

JUNE 10, 2012

Emotion is the basis of how they operate. Processes standards are getting better and more mature. These team members are enthusiastic, engaged and willing to see the project succeed. They are emotionally connected to the purpose of project/organization. Then the organization starts growing. To manage growth, processes are introduced.

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Project Compliance Maturity Process 172

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

When you own and operate a business you need to have certain procedures for an efficient and seamless function. Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. An inefficient operation results in unproductive activities which often miss the point and worse yet, result in wasted time and wasted resources.

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Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The Sevian Business Performance Assessment Program exemplifies StrategyDriven’s commitment to providing business leaders with high-quality, affordable solutions,” explains Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Not only is this program cost effective to implement, but it yields real and immediate benefits.”.

Chief Executive Officer 50

Chief Executive Officer Benchmarking Library Long-term 50

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 8, 2016

It’s a mature category that is still trying to figure itself out… Because it is so competitive, it really is about understanding who you are, what you stand for, and what you don’t.”. The change in management, which included Bell and Powell, meant a big change in how the company would operate in the following decades.

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Brand Brand Management Advertising Management 100

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 7, 2011

While I believe there is an element of quality information to be gleaned from the pages of Good To Great , I also believe there are some potentially dangerous and misleading concepts/principles that can cause great harm to a business if taken out of context. The problem with this study is that it applies to a very small universe.

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Collins Leadership Styles Books Restructuring 314

Your Voice of Encouragement

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Obviously, in running a company, you have to think about the big picture – where you want your business to go – in addition to attending to day-to-day operations. Because, as Chris points out, your ultimate goal as a parent is to: “Raise a dependable, conscientious, reliable, trustworthy, sensible, self-sufficient, un-entitled, mature adult.”

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CEO Maturity Long-term Finance 92

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Many leaders will be operating more like the managing director of a consulting firm. Future leaders will work with their managers in a team approach that combines the leader’s knowledge of unit operations with the manager’s understanding of larger needs. Partnering with managers. The challenge of leadership is growing.

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Short-term Long-term Trends Telecommunications 107

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 22, 2010

This promotion has no or very limited training, skill development, mentoring, coaching, etc… The person at this level fails miserably because the lack of cognitive ability, requisite tasks, and ability to operate in a managerial level. This failure has detrimental effects on the organization and the staff that this person now manages.

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Delegation Team Building Training Maturity 132

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

That requires constant innovation, in both our products and our own operations. We’ve created an end-to-end electronic domain that connects all elements of product development – conceptualization, design and analysis, simulation and optimization, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operations and sustainment.

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Operations Incubator Engineering Technology 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

He is extremely mature emotionally and described his ability to separate from the emotions of a situation. You brought out on of the most important quality of great leaders. link] mikemyatt Hi George: Agreed with one caveat, which is the ability to separate yourself from emotions. Best wishes for continued success Kalyan.

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Blog Leadership Emotional Intelligence CEO 409

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 12, 2010

All people who work DESERVE that from leadership.

Team Building 132

Team Building Leadership Process Learning-by-Doing 132

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Those who matured in the era of the Human Relations style of management were still clinging to value systems of Hard Nosed. It transcends service and quality. Other important components of business (training, marketing, research, team building and productivity) were all accomplished according to goals, objectives and tactics.

Management 70

Management Hostile Takeover Management by Objectives Objective 70

Deming Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Starting a project is like building a house – the quality of the foundation defines the remainder of the effort. The project had been operational for a few months when I joined so the foundation had already been poured. And so, I relented. So, that’s what I did. We also clarified the project methodology and trained everyone on it.

Project 28

Project Deming Root Cause Analysis RACI 28

Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

Long-term track record, unlike anything accomplished by any other individual, all contributing toward organizational philosophy, purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. No entity can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities. As one matures, survives, life becomes a giant reflection.

Article 50

Article Strategy Long-term Mentor 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Those who matured in the era of the Human Relations style of management were still clinging to value systems of Hard Nosed. It transcends service and quality. Other important components of business (training, marketing, research, team building and productivity) were all accomplished according to goals, objectives and tactics.

Hostile Takeover 50

Hostile Takeover Management by Objectives Objective Scientific Management 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

When that happens, you don’t need a lot of rules because people make judgments that are in sync with what the business needs and how the business operates to get there. Amazingly, one of the paradoxes of the corporate world is that mature organizations often choke off the capabilities needed to succeed.

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Company Survey Rogers Skills 50

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Good parents have the same qualities as servant leaders – they are committed, focused, loving, caring, empathetic, and are present without losing sight of the future. It sounds like a supportive, mature environment you are describing; where ego isn't the main thing but doing the right thing is. That's consensus."

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Consensus Team Building Blog Team 333

You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 31, 2010

They are also imposed to provide structure in organizational settings that support the work and build a broad framework within which individuals are free to operate and contribute. It lacks maturity and I hazard to say, increases, rather than diminishes, the need for more rules. I am an inveterate rule follower.

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Maturity Blog Merchandising McCarthy 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2017

To evaluate the impact of hiring consultants and to figure out when they might offer the most value, I turned to the wine industry , where over two-thirds of wineries hire consultants to improve the quality of their wines. Wine quality was assessed using tasting scores from Wine Spectator and Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate.

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Consultative Industry Quality Retail 10

HR Digest

JUNE 24, 2023

Understanding HR Analytics The Evolution of HR Management Over the past century, HR management has undergone a remarkable transformation, evolving from an operational discipline to a strategic function. Optimized HR Operations: HR analytics streamlines HR processes by automating data collection, analysis, and reporting.

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Metrics Trends Compliance Analysis 98

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Undoubtedly, it would operate according to data rather than intuition and make only evidence-based recommendations. ” In psychology, the technical – and less socially loaded – term is emotional maturity. Unsurprisingly, we all become more “mature” (boring) as we age.

Management 8

Management Emotional Intelligence Maturity Morale 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Others point out the strong similarities between Xiaomi’s operating system (named MIUI) and Apple’s iOS. For starters, unlike Apple, Xiaomi is not targeting premium customers; it’s mostly teens buying those high-quality phones, and hardly at a premium, since Xiaomi’s prices are at least 60% lower. A neat trick.

Industry 15

Industry Price Business Model Disruptive Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Instead they are waiting for the technology to mature and for expertise in AI to become more widely available. It’s true that some technologies need further development, but some (like traditional machine learning) are quite mature and have been available in some form for decades. We think this is a bad idea.

Company 8

Company Maturity System Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2014

Throughout my earlier career in larger companies, honesty and being self-critical have always been obvious qualities to look for in candidates, but it wasn’t until I joined Medallia that I realized their special significance for startups. Full disclosure: I work at a startup, and it’s my job to quickly build a team of the right people.

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Maturity Self-aware Career Advice 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

These kinds of statements speak to a leader’s choice of values, and a failure to understand the relationships between a safe work environment and operational performance. The reality is that virtually all workplace injuries are preventable, and safety management and operational excellence are intimately linked. At Cummins, Inc.,

Operations 17

Operations Chemicals CEO Metrics 17

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2013

80-90% software products vs. 40-50% advertising products) and company maturity (e.g., If the marketing support is greater and the product is more mature, than a higher quota might be assigned. In my former company, Open Market, we had rising quotas each year as we got more mature, from (if memory serves me) $1.1M

Marketing 8

Marketing Productivity Products Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2011

High-quality solutions do not rise to the top - and effectiveness is neither recognized nor rewarded. It crashes the latest version of the operating system that just got installed. And one important change in the market for education technology is likely to accelerate its maturation markedly within the next several years.

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Education Innovation Entrepreneur Venture Funding 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

But a comprehensive framework for achieving quality decision-making throughout an organization is still rare — almost three-quarters of companies have no formal corporate-wide approach to making major, complex decisions. As details of the engineered design matured, the estimated cost escalated, nearly doubling to $2 billion.

Organization 8

Organization Uncertainty Proposal Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Market maturity: Salespeople in mature markets focus on protecting business with existing customers, while salespeople in growing markets tend to focus on new customer acquisition. The global guidelines significantly improved the quality and consistency of incentive plan design across countries. Create Centers of Expertise.

Globalization 8

Globalization System Incentives Guidelines 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

P&G''s Connect and Develop ) to increase velocity and quality of their new product introductions, the IT infrastructure support for this business process change is critical. Improving Operational Efficiency. These projects reduce time, cost, and variability while improving quality and transparency. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

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Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

In order to attract the right people for the open positions in your organization, hiring managers need to create “talent profiles” that define the qualities and qualifications required for different types of positions, alongside the leading attraction drivers for each target group. Delivering on your promises.

Globalization 8

Globalization Brand Survey Engineering 8