LDRLB

JUNE 20, 2011

I wrote a post a few weeks back called Save a Tree, Stop Strategic Planning. We do kill a lot of trees when engage in strategic planning (SP). A printed plan is not an implemented plan. If any future clients of mine read this, strategic planning is worth the $$$ I will bill you). “Are those trees worth it?&#

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LDRLB

MAY 31, 2011

Is strategic planning dead? How many leaders have read a strategic plan, fallen asleep, woken up hoping you didn’t snore too loud, and then tried to get through it and fill your part of the boxes in? Strategic plans read like Ikea directions. And that is my main frustration with strategic planning.

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Strategic Planning Planning Document Middle Management 127

LDRLB

MAY 16, 2012

Is our plan still working? Any fool can produce a plan. The genius is in seeing how new events open up new possibilities for the old plan. Or even entirely new plans that weren’t possible when the old plan was written. Most corporations have an annual planning cycle. Some people follow the plan.

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LDRLB

JUNE 20, 2011

I wrote a post a few weeks back called Save a Tree, Stop Strategic Planning. We do kill a lot of trees when engage in strategic planning (SP). A printed plan is not an implemented plan. If any future clients of mine read this, strategic planning is worth the $$$ I will bill you). “Are those trees worth it?”

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Strategic Planning Planning Middle Management Ryan 74

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2016

The middle layer of the pyramid is comprised of the middle management of the organization. In the middle, of course! The middle management team makes or breaks strategic execution! To close, senior leaders need to focus on the middle of their organizations in order to achieve their strategic intentions.

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Tips Middle Management Strategic Planning Objective 150

LDRLB

MAY 16, 2012

Is our plan still working? Any fool can produce a plan. The genius is in seeing how new events open up new possibilities for the old plan. Or even entirely new plans that weren’t possible when the old plan was written. Most corporations have an annual planning cycle. Some people follow the plan.

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Planning Strategic Planning Objective Strategy 104

Chartered Management Institute

JULY 20, 2012

Do you think CEO's and Executives are doing alot strategic planning for their businesses? In this new era of business and recession, senior management have been focused trying to resolve short term issues and goals such as meeting bank covenants, increasing sales etc. This is how serious the issue has become.

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LDRLB

MAY 31, 2011

Is strategic planning dead? How many leaders have read a strategic plan, fallen asleep, woken up hoping you didn’t snore too loud, and then tried to get through it and fill your part of the boxes in? Strategic plans read like Ikea directions. And that is my main frustration with strategic planning.

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Strategic Planning Planning Document Middle Management 79

Next Level Blog

JUNE 18, 2018

You can consider this post an update of one I wrote back in the summer of 2009 about how middle managers can feel like the meat in the sandwich. I’ve used that analogy for years with my clients in middle and upper middle management. When you have the plan, communicate it. Ambiguity creates micromanagement.

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Middle Management Audience Micromanagement Planning 161

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2023

A conversation with McKinsey’s Emily Field on reimagining the roles to fit the times.

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Middle Management McKinsey Management Power 15

LDRLB

JUNE 14, 2011

A few weeks back, Tim Vanderpyl wrote a post about strategic planning. It generated some great debate on LeaderLab and Twitter about the usefulness of strategic planning and we invited Ryan Olsen to write a response to Tim. That response is below. In short, I would have to say that I agree and there is absolutely truth in the theory.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2018

In the business environment, researchers discovered that average EQ scores increase the higher in an organisation a person is, up to middle-management. Surprisingly, EQ levels drop sharply when you go above middle-management and what is more surprising, CEO’s, typically have lower EQ scores than the lowest ranked employees.

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Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Leadership Stress 340

Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 24, 2018

Combatting the impact of individuals’ cynicism, especially when exacerbated by an apparent lack of buy-in from middle management. A lack of ‘Why’ and ‘Can Do’ modeling, especially by leaders and managers. Developing a shared focus on becoming a “learning organisation” and actively managing its cultural change.

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LDRLB

JUNE 14, 2011

A few weeks back, Tim Vanderpyl wrote a post about strategic planning. It generated some great debate on LDRLB and Twitter about the usefulness of strategic planning and we invited Ryan Olsen to write a response to Tim. Strategy strategic planning strategy' That response is below. This is in addition to the ‘business as usual.’”.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Reversing a toxic culture requires a leader who brings a certain set of attributes: A leader must have a foundational plan. The organization’s values need to translate into action for employees at every level—from support staff to middle management to top executives. A leader must embody soft skills.

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Middle Management Execution Skills Learning-by-Doing 215

HR Digest

APRIL 6, 2020

Middle managers. They sometimes report directly to the top management or in a big organization they may have one or two levels above them, whom they report to. They carry out the organizational strategies and plans at the “ground level”. They typically report to the middle managers.

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Management Chief Financial Officer Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain 87

Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 20, 2016

Solid managers with real contributions. They work hard, they’re incredibly loyal, and they’ve been on the succession planning list forever. Everyone loves a go-getter, do it all fast kind of guy– at the frontline and middle manager level. I run into them in every company I work with. Non Stop Energy.

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360-Degree Feedback Middle Management Metrics Energy 180

Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2022

Only then can you devise an action plan for moving forward. To attack that crux, he devised a plan to create value for a large group of Marvel characters by having them all inhabit the same fictional “universe.” This corporate displacement of strategy with goals has increased over the last decade or two. Richard Rumelt.

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Film Licensing Long-term Strategy 102

Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 14, 2014

It includes the board of directors, the management team, subject matter experts, and consultants. Planning and governance processes that ensure leaders of the company stay on track, executing a thoughtful strategy. This includes forecasting, budgeting, and performance management systems. Quality leadership with deep experience.

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Leadership CEO Planning Long-term 217

Six Disciplines

MARCH 5, 2014

Two-thirds of HR and IT organizations develop strategic plans that are not linked to the organization''s strategy. Only 27% of a typical company’s employees have access to its strategic plan. 70% of middle managers and more than 90% of front-line employees have compensation that is not linked to the strategy.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

Your role is to ensure that your culture has been planned for and developed purposefully and intentionally. It is not an afterthought or a nice-to-have plan that they delegate to human resources to develop. Middle managers are instrumental in creating a deep personal commitment to change.

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How To Middle Management Reputation Short-term 107

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Here are a selection of tweets from February 2011: @Bill_George: I discussed Apple's Jobs succession plan on @bloomberg yesterday, today the Atlantic continues debate. Leadership and Knowledge Management by @mikemyatt. Forbes : Are We Neglecting Our Middle Managers? Tactics Are the New Strategy in @incmagazine.

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Emotional Intelligence Self-aware Middle Management Tactics 186

Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Catmull writes, “Management’s job is not to prevent risk but to build the ability to recover.” ” Accepting losses and missteps as inevitable opens time for managers to plan restoration and even unexpected improvements. When I used to practice jiu-jitsu I regularly picked the strongest grapplers to roll with.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 21, 2012

While plan-do-check-act methodology has been around for long, the time it took was way longer. We still need plan-do-check-act but the iterations are expected to be shorter. We still need plan-do-check-act but the iterations are expected to be shorter. What would business expect from improvement initiatives?

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Agility Process Bottom-up Middle Management 130

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Middle managers have not fared well. Much has been written about their adoption of a self-management system— holacracy —with no job titles and zero managers. While I applaud their effort to break down unnecessary walls, getting rid of managers is not the answer. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 26, 2011

To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. * * * The German general Carl von Clausewitz famously said, “no plan survives the first [.].

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Planning Newsletter Team Resources 80

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2018

It happens all the time: A group of managers get together at a resort for two days to hammer out a “strategic plan.” But have they produced a plan with a strategy? The problem starts with the word itself — a scarily misunderstood concept in management and board circles.

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Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 18, 2016

We all need a leadership development plan that includes work experiences, formal training, networking and self-study. One of the biggest frustrations to senior management is middle management who won’t make the tough decisions at their level. Here are eight observations to make of the leaders around you.

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Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Consider the following shocking statistics about strategy execution: 85% percent of management teams spend less than one-hour a month on strategy issues. Many organizations don't have a consistent way to even describe their strategy, other than in a large strategic planning binder. No commitment to the plan.

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Execution Strategy Strategic Planning Middle Management 101

Sales Wolf Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

  Wayne Turmel, Cranky Middle Manager : The Cranky Middle Manager Show #258 Ruthless Focus with Wally Bock - Wally Bock - one of my "must-read" leadership bloggers - stops by the Cranky Middle Manager Show for an interview with Wayne Turmel where they discuss Wally's latest book Ruthless Focus.

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Blog Middle Management Talent Management Human Resources 157

QAspire

MARCH 25, 2014

In American Management Association’s critical skills survey 2012 , respondents emphasized on 4 C’s ( C ritical thinking and problem solving, Effective C ommunication, C ollaboration and team building and C reativity and innovation) as their key priorities for employee development, talent development and succession planning.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Training 185

The Practical Leader

MAY 13, 2020

Reducing wages for everyone with the highest percentages with senior and middle management. Identifying and removing underperforming supervisors and managers, especially those with weak people leadership skills. .” Ideally, that’s coupled with keeping their benefits going and staying in touch.

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The book’s central character, Pete Leonard, is a middle manager in a tech services firm. Omar, a new IT manager who recently joined the company, was castigated by Doug for suggesting the division had too many projects and priorities and can’t do them all. He reports to Doug, a blustering and bullying boss.

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Project Middle Management Stress Report 52

Mike Cardus

JUNE 18, 2012

to read more and register. to read more and register. Solution-Focused Leadership Certificate Program. This certificate program offers a Solution-Focused, evidenced-based methodology for developing leadership skills in human service professionals.

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Class Leadership Delegation Webinar 136

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 6, 2011

Jim Logan has seen his share of business plans. According to the case he makes in The magic sales plan that can’t be explained , “if you can’t convince me you can be successful now, your chances of being successful later are slim to none.” Kathy C presents 7 ways to do this in Leverage What You Do Right in Your Marketing Plan !

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 15, 2010

In a future blog post, I plan to share some of my thoughts related to connection that I recorded in my personal journal following that event. I was fortunate to attend the first Aspen Institute Ideas Festival some years back where it seemed all the speakers touched on the issue of connection. why is everyone smiling?

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McCarthy Godin Middle Management Teamwork 231

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Take, for example, Kirk Girard, planning manager for the County of Santa Clara, who was tasked with overhauling the permitting department, which issued 4,000 permits per year from behind a 70-foot long counter with no public computers. Planning how to accomplish the change. Implementing the change. Change leaders move fast.

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