Leadership Role #3: Making Alliances In today’s fractured, highly competitive, information-driven business world, collaboration is the name of the game. Therefore, an important competency leaders must possess is the ability to make smart, strategic alliances. Alliances open up new possibilities, creating new conditions and resources that allow us to play games we could not play […]
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Photo credits: Cheryl Lawson If you have a business or project going in this modern era, you need to include social media marketing in your long-term plan. Social media is here to stay and you need to participate, like it or not. If you approach this with enthusiasm as a planned part of your mission, […]
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Business has always concentrated on Return on Investment (ROI) as the primary metric to calculate success. However, innovations in the neurosciences to developments in social media have revealed that profitability should no longer be relegated to sales figures and profit margins alone. Increasingly, to create sustainable customer relationships, businesses must attend to innovations in psychology, […]
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Leadership Role #2: Declaring a Mission By articulating a vision, a leader opens up certain possible paths to the future while closing others. Using our computer industry example, if software is what will be profitable, then it makes little sense to shift resources into hardware production. Apple also made this mistake, and until the advent […]
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One of the major STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) debates currently underway today in the United States revolves around whether or not there is, in fact, a STEM workforce shortage in the country. To further examine the myth versus reality discussion, this year’s Bayer Facts of Science Education survey, the 16th in the series, […]
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Question: Can “working smarter, not harder” really be applied to leadership positions? StrategyDriven Response: (by Roxi Hewertson, StrategyDriven Principal Contributor) Of course! Leaders already work hard if they are successful with their teams and organizations. The heart of the question is not: “how hard to squeeze the orange,” but rather, “how, with less effort and […]
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Not only do we have access to countless types of media and information created by others, we are now able to record, organize, and recall our own personal information in more ways than ever before possible. If you can’t remember where you parked your car, it’s not a problem. Just click the fob on your […]
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Leadership Role #1: Reading the World and Creating a Vision No business is an island. Each organization exists within a rich and ever-evolving set of social, economic, political, cultural, and institutional environments. To a large degree, an organization’s success depends on how well it positions itself in the world. Therefore, one of the most important […]
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Today, in almost every sector of society, we are facing a crisis of leadership. This cry is heard in newspapers, magazines, and TV debates and at dinner tables across the nation. In the realm of business in particular, the need for leadership has become crucial. When we compare our country’s economic performance with that of […]
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Good bedside manner can reassure and comfort a patient even when facing a difficult diagnosis, while poor bedside manner can leave a patient feeling dissatisfied or anxious, from a visit as innocuous as a routine checkup. Big difference. But how does bedside manner apply to business in general? Two words: customer service. No, a doctor-patient […]
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Where Have All the Leaders Gone?, part 4 of 6
/in Management & Leadership/by Chris MajerLeadership Role #3: Making Alliances In today’s fractured, highly competitive, information-driven business world, collaboration is the name of the game. Therefore, an important competency leaders must possess is the ability to make smart, strategic alliances. Alliances open up new possibilities, creating new conditions and resources that allow us to play games we could not play […]
7 Tips for Social Media Marketing
/in Marketing & Sales/by Adam PrattlerPhoto credits: Cheryl Lawson If you have a business or project going in this modern era, you need to include social media marketing in your long-term plan. Social media is here to stay and you need to participate, like it or not. If you approach this with enthusiasm as a planned part of your mission, […]
Moving on from ROI to ROE, a Return on Empathy
/in Customer Relationship Management, Marketing & Sales/by Mark IngwerBusiness has always concentrated on Return on Investment (ROI) as the primary metric to calculate success. However, innovations in the neurosciences to developments in social media have revealed that profitability should no longer be relegated to sales figures and profit margins alone. Increasingly, to create sustainable customer relationships, businesses must attend to innovations in psychology, […]
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?, part 3 of 6
/in Management & Leadership/by Chris MajerLeadership Role #2: Declaring a Mission By articulating a vision, a leader opens up certain possible paths to the future while closing others. Using our computer industry example, if software is what will be profitable, then it makes little sense to shift resources into hardware production. Apple also made this mistake, and until the advent […]
Examining the State of the U.S. STEM Workforce: Today and Tomorrow
/in Resource Management, Talent Management/by Laurel RutledgeOne of the major STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) debates currently underway today in the United States revolves around whether or not there is, in fact, a STEM workforce shortage in the country. To further examine the myth versus reality discussion, this year’s Bayer Facts of Science Education survey, the 16th in the series, […]
The Advisor’s Corner – Does working smarter, not harder apply to leadership positions?
/in The Advisor's Corner/by Roxi HewertsonQuestion: Can “working smarter, not harder” really be applied to leadership positions? StrategyDriven Response: (by Roxi Hewertson, StrategyDriven Principal Contributor) Of course! Leaders already work hard if they are successful with their teams and organizations. The heart of the question is not: “how hard to squeeze the orange,” but rather, “how, with less effort and […]
How to Protect Your Professional Edge
/in Customer Relationship Management/by Mike MuhneyNot only do we have access to countless types of media and information created by others, we are now able to record, organize, and recall our own personal information in more ways than ever before possible. If you can’t remember where you parked your car, it’s not a problem. Just click the fob on your […]
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?, part 2 of 6
/in Management & Leadership/by Chris MajerLeadership Role #1: Reading the World and Creating a Vision No business is an island. Each organization exists within a rich and ever-evolving set of social, economic, political, cultural, and institutional environments. To a large degree, an organization’s success depends on how well it positions itself in the world. Therefore, one of the most important […]
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?, part 1 of 6
/in Management & Leadership/by Chris MajerToday, in almost every sector of society, we are facing a crisis of leadership. This cry is heard in newspapers, magazines, and TV debates and at dinner tables across the nation. In the realm of business in particular, the need for leadership has become crucial. When we compare our country’s economic performance with that of […]
3 Ways to Improve Your Business Bedside Manner
/in Customer Relationship Management/by Mike MuhneyGood bedside manner can reassure and comfort a patient even when facing a difficult diagnosis, while poor bedside manner can leave a patient feeling dissatisfied or anxious, from a visit as innocuous as a routine checkup. Big difference. But how does bedside manner apply to business in general? Two words: customer service. No, a doctor-patient […]