Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 25, 2019

Once my client’s vision became more explicit and concrete, other things were able to flow from it – a new strategic plan, a new annual operational plan, and a change plan for the transition, all with the vision clearly and strongly identified within them and shared thoroughly with the workforce. Vision is something to serve.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 23, 2021

It’s important to note that when we own and operate a store, or a retail building, or our restaurant, we must learn how to defend it. You may notify just what burglar alarm you are using, or the fact that CCTV systems operate at all hours. Of course, it’s important to ensure that your store is protected with strong, shatterproof glass.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2023

A well-trained team not only ensures a smooth operation but also creates a pleasant dining experience that encourages customers to return. Therefore, ongoing assessment of training needs should be an integral part of your business strategy. Understand that training isn’t a one-time activity but a continuous process.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

It’s easy to forget about this after your company is earning strong revenue, but if you want to maintain those levels and grow your business, you need to stay sharp and relevant. They are built around people operating in your niche area and who encounter similar problems and dilemmas. The difference is only really an attitude.

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HR Digest

APRIL 18, 2024

With 66 percent of workers operating remotely at least part-time, effective strategies for leading virtual teams have become paramount. The Right Tools for the Job Of course, no remote communication strategy is complete without the right tools.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2021

Businesses can encounter a plethora of problems during day-to-day operations. However, they can also be affected by long-term issues that, if left alone for too long, can result in massive profit losses and sharp drops in consumer confidence.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 9, 2011

Adam is currently right in the middle of his leadership journey, overseeing a large staff at a very successful retail operation. Over the coming few weeks I’ll be detailing a few strategies and tactics that I’ve discovered (by both preferable and not so preferable means, through trial and error) in working with generation “Y.”.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

They also operate with an owner’s mindset. Another unique facet is their rigorous approach to design, solutions and operations. Everything has to be scalable and you don’t do this without knowing how to build and operate. Leadership Tip: Unwillingness to change is a dangerous mindset with sharp limitations. John Rossman.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

You may think having an HR/People Strategy is something for down the line. As startups grow, leaders build and mature a HR/People strategy that is informed by and aligned with the overall business strategy. Founders think that an HR/People Strategy with manuals and policies and procedures are a waste of time.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business? If your company can’t be operated by mere mortals, you need to reexamine your business logic.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2017

Keeping your business operational online isn’t as easy as it first sounds. Thinking that way is simply an insult to them because a site that functions correctly, especially one that operates properly under demand is one that is multi-faceted and requires a diligent eye to keep operational. Photo courtesy of medithIT via flickr.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

To find out, it may be worthwhile to make some sharp distinctions between what Big Data driving AI can do, and what it cannot. But, what about agency, or intentionality, or what today we generally call strategy? BDAI (for short) is excellent at making sense out of the current state.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

and is an expert on risk, strategy, and finance. Strategic agility enables entire enterprises to detect and assess major trends and environmental changes and dynamically adapt their vision, business models, human capital and strategy to the new reality. They define agility and offer leaders a roadmap for navigating change.

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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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Strategy Driven

MAY 12, 2021

Unlike 3D films made for the cinema or stereoscopic televisions operating with glasses, such 3D displays require proprietary content combining as many as eight discrete images. There are already a dozen volumetric capture studios operating around the world that work by pointing dozens, even hundreds of cameras at a group on vast stages.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 14, 2014

” The morning prayers of the local population could be heard echoing through the loudspeakers outside the large 25-foot concrete T-walls topped with barbed wire that surround our compound, a Forward Operating Base within an Afghan Air Force base. I drew my standard-issue Gerber?tool Then the decisive moment: the unveiling!

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 7, 2020

Such incidents are common in the businesses that deal with mechanical tools that include, drill machines, hammers, wedges, saws, glass, and other sharp objects. Especially, small or medium business needs to operate efficiently by making 100 percent use of every inch of their working place.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

"Unleashing Collective Genius" As globalization takes a sharp turn from government to business, the issue of global talent mobility rapidly moves up the agenda. To what extent is that down to a successful talent management strategy? We’re always looking for ways we can be a positive influence in the markets where we operate.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Top-rated Clinical Professor of Management and Strategy, Northwestern Kellogg School of Management. Aicha Evans – Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Intel Corporation.

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

Develops and implements strategies for continuous improvement. But it’s not just about the immediate impact on day-to-day operations. They train hard and practice relentlessly to hone their skills and stay sharp. Effectively communicates problem-solving strategies to others. Adapts to change quickly and effectively.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2014

Successful leaders in Medical Affairs, Clinical Operations and Medical Scientific Liaison positions will use their resumes to market themselves as cross-functional leaders that have made an impact across many aspects of the business—not just the scientific areas. You must appeal to all of these audiences.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2018

” Venture capitalist Bruce Gibney explains it this way: “Jobs may not seem like ‘existential’ problems, but they are: When people cannot support themselves with work at all — let alone with work they find meaningful — they clamor for sharp changes. ”

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

The Essential Advantage : How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy. The conventional wisdom about strategy may be leading your company astray. Achieving coherence requires a sharpness of focus that few companies have mastered. SD : What is ‘capabilities-driven strategy?’. by Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi.

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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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Rajesh Setty

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

He is one not only very sharp but also one of the kindest people I have met. There are, in fact, myriad operational, marketing and financial strategies that can and do lead to growth. I have had the pleasure of meeting Jack Hayhow last year and I have known him for years now.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

Through the first half of the last decade, a foundation of Nokia's competitive advantage was its unmatched ability to customize a wide variety of phones for operators. A crucial element of its strategy to win over consumers to its advanced smartphones was to persuade third-party developers to create a vast array of apps for its phones.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

For example, in 2014, at the onset of the sharp deterioration in U.S.-Russian Interestingly, all these intrusions into business operations typically do not come from the Kremlin but from local officials who seem eager to gain the Kremlin’s favor amid instances of elevated international tensions. So, what can businesses do?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

There were misunderstandings across the group about what one another did and sharp differences in how each subgroup defined a successfully commercialized product. R&D viewed operations as “the people who only know how to say no to opportunities,” while operations viewed R&D as “the time- and money-wasters.”

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2018

How is it that sharp-toothed activists are becoming advocates of long-term sustainable investing? trillion in sustainable and impact investing strategies, representing one out of every five dollars being professionally managed. Daly, OP ; Sting ; Trudie Styler ; and myself. But it is reportedly not alone.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Twelve cases are written as narratives with multiple teaching points, but without a focus on a particular business decision; the remaining twenty-three cases were written around specific conundrums related to strategy, operations, finance, marketing, leadership, culture, human resources, organizational design, business model, and growth.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

When and how do we shift our businesses from legacy operating models to ones that better reflect the future? Distribution strategies. In traditional marketing communications, a well-informed brief will shape a human-driven strategy and insight-guided planning process. Marketing strategies.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2018

It’s impossible to prove through data analysis whether these strategies got these women ahead, or whether achieving a more successful position allowed them to flourish in these ways. A striking 78% of successful STEM women said they are their authentic selves at work, compared to 58% of other women in STEM.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Strategies like outsourcing, hiring lower-cost people, or exotic employment offer tempting cost savings to the finance-minded folks. Consider hiring a “customer operations” person to focus on automation full-time. I’ve just spent paragraphs talking about operations, analytics, and efficiency. What not to do.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

But as companies get bigger, they have a harder and harder time staying close to their customers and maintaining the sharp, ground-level instincts of a younger company. 2) Constantly translate your strategy decisions into front-line routines and behaviors. The job seems obvious.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

” This resulted in operating models built to manage patients longitudinally rather than from visit to visit. Groopman’s book is widely recognized as a clarion call for doctors to listen more deeply to their patients and to make them active participants in their care.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

At the other end of this dimension is the broader context, where politics operates at the organizational level. But conversely, the sharp edges of hard power can wreck a plan. Consider a mid-sized advertising agency that was implementing a new growth strategy. These can evolve into group-level behaviors.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Even if business leaders want to abandon the practice, it’s so firmly embedded in their operations that many think it can’t be done. Zeynep Ton of MIT has identified a “Good Jobs Strategy” that allows companies to improve frontline jobs and still keep costs down so they can compete on price.

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