In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

by John • February 5, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. These executives and their CEOs have been so preoccupied with the management mania of the day (years back it was TQM, then right-sizing and now Internet solutions) that their eye has been off the heartbeat of the consumer goods business.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2014

But the disconnect between sales and strategy (in this case, a lack of strategy to deal with a technology that is redefining the market and customer behavior) is the hidden subtext of the book. But this disconnect between strategy and sales is costly, dangerous – and pervasive. this comeback.” What’s the problem?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Business Strategy Steers the Quality Process. Total Quality Management (TQM) is recognized as a prerequisite for survival. TQM has increased profitability in some corporations up to six times. Total Quality Management is customer-focused and strategy-directed. Customer retention. Enhanced reputation. Faster innovation.

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Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Mason’s inability (or unwillingness) to decentralize and drive decision-making authority down to lower levels of the organization was probably a key factor in stagnation of the TQM effort at the operating level of the company. I do strongly feel the second strategy is best (even though it has problems also).

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Case Study Deming System Company 28

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

Tailoring a process improvement initiative — i.e., borrowing from several religions and making a tight fit with your core brand, history, strategy, and culture — will decrease the chances that your organization rejects foreign ideas. Eradicate process lingo. For example, you could use "continuous improvement" instead of "kaizen."

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Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 14

Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Time at Work How your values drive your success Candidates are lying throughout recruitment Government launches new strategy for industry. Related Content: Calling a halt to mindless change - 13 years on, have we learnt the lesson yet? You are not watching this post, click to start watching.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

Then we got talking about the odometer on my Nissan Pathfinder: Is a car that can go 300,000 miles a case of over-engineering or TQM excellence? You'll also increase your effectiveness at questioning your company's strategies, processes, procedures, and methods of data collection. It was a debate worth at least 40 miles.

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Case Study TQM Supply Chain Brand 9

Chartered Management Institute

MARCH 24, 2012

Most of us have fallen into our career. While the proportion of vocational to non- vocational degrees fluctuates, most people still end up in a career that just happened.

Career 73

Career Content Course Books 73

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 15, 2012

In his address to Stanford Graduates in 2005, Steve Jobs said; "And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition". When we have an intuitive response to something it is often our personal values that are being touched upon.

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Content Books Positioning TQM 66

Chartered Management Institute

JANUARY 22, 2012

Don't wait for headhunters to call - if you're a senior executive looking for a job and they haven't already then it is too late. You need to drive the process - with the right approach and the right effort almost anyone (though I am personally concerned with senior executives) can land a role and do so quickly.

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Open-book Execution Content Process 65

Chartered Management Institute

JUNE 11, 2012

What are the fantasies and fears, projections, and stereotypes that influence our behaviour in situations like this? Which ones help us survive today and which are legacies from our cave-man ancestors? When does our sense of outrage provoke us to act? When does our sense of decorum prevent us?

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Influence Content Project Books 67

Chartered Management Institute

JUNE 5, 2012

There's one simple thing, that most senior executives (most people generally) don't do when they are looking for a job. They don't do it out of fear - and that fear is misguided - or, I suppose, out of shame. In today's job hunt we depend on our informal network of personal ambassadors to help unearth possibilities.

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