“Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.” Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963) English writer, best know as the author of Brave New World
Executives play in a bigger league; they play for higher stakes; and the game is for keeps. Doing the day-to-day, hands-on work doesn’t fit the job description of the executive; driving the strategy, developing the bench, and making high-caliber decisions have become the new coinage of the realm. When you understand who executives are, what […]
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Make Every Second Count: Time Management Tips and Techniques for More Success With Less Stress by Robert W. Bly About the Reference Make Every Second Count: Time Management Tips and Techniques for More Success With Less Stress by Robert Bly presents a collection of time management and productivity tips to help knowledge workers and other […]
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Innovation is the introduction of new things or methods and is the life blood of business today. Innovative companies realize remarkable marketplace rewards. The challenge before leaders is how to inspire their workforce to use the full measure of their creative power to advance the organization in new and better ways. The Business of Innovation […]
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The Executive Guide to High-Impact Talent Management: Powerful Tools for Leveraging a Changing Workforce by David DeLong and Steve Trautman About the Reference The Executive Guide to High-Impact Talent Management: Powerful Tools for Leveraging a Changing Workforce by David DeLong and Steve Trautman provides a complete talent management program blueprint covering: Diagnosis of talent related […]
Soup: A Recipe to Nourish Your Team and Culture by Jon Gordon About the Reference Soup: A Recipe to Nourish Your Team and Culture a business novel by Jon Gordon illustrates the significant impact senior leaders have on setting and nurturing their organization’s culture. Jon goes on to reveal how culture, in-turn, drives performance and […]
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Today’s fast moving marketplace demands that companies be in an almost constant state of change in order to remain competitive. Subsequently, businesses reorganize, new roles are created, and existing positions eliminated on an almost continuous basis. Throughout these changes, it remains important to keep all organization members well aligned and focused on achieving the company’s mission goals. To do this requires ongoing retranslation of these goals to the day-to-day activities of the workforce. Often overlooked but important to maintaining alignment is the updating of job description documents.
Question: We’ve brought in a number of high priced consultants to perform a business case analysis. In hind sight, it appears we could have done the same work with internal resources. Why then did we hire these costly advisors? StrategyDriven Response: There are many reasons for hiring consultants. One or more of these likely applied […]
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The U.S. economy is still in a deep funk, and for many small business owners that means business isn’t exactly booming. Forced to do more with much less, the small businesses that have managed to survive and even thrive during these tough times have recognized one important factor: You can’t always compete on price, but […]
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StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website. Special Edition 61 – An Interview with John Maxwell, author of The 5 Levels of […]
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Leadership Inspirations – Experience
/in Leadership Inspirations/by StrategyDriven“Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.” Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963) English writer, best know as the author of Brave New World
Five Ways to Land in the Executive Chair
/in Management & Leadership, Practices for Professionals/by Linda HenmanExecutives play in a bigger league; they play for higher stakes; and the game is for keeps. Doing the day-to-day, hands-on work doesn’t fit the job description of the executive; driving the strategy, developing the bench, and making high-caliber decisions have become the new coinage of the realm. When you understand who executives are, what […]
Recommended Resource – Make Every Second Count
/in Practices for Professionals, Recommended Resources/by StrategyDrivenMake Every Second Count: Time Management Tips and Techniques for More Success With Less Stress by Robert W. Bly About the Reference Make Every Second Count: Time Management Tips and Techniques for More Success With Less Stress by Robert Bly presents a collection of time management and productivity tips to help knowledge workers and other […]
The Business of Innovation – The Responsibility Revolution
/in Practices for Professionals, Recommended Resources/by StrategyDrivenInnovation is the introduction of new things or methods and is the life blood of business today. Innovative companies realize remarkable marketplace rewards. The challenge before leaders is how to inspire their workforce to use the full measure of their creative power to advance the organization in new and better ways. The Business of Innovation […]
Recommended Resource – The Executive Guide to High-Impact Talent Management
/in Recommended Resources, Succession & Succession Planning, Talent Management/by StrategyDrivenThe Executive Guide to High-Impact Talent Management: Powerful Tools for Leveraging a Changing Workforce by David DeLong and Steve Trautman About the Reference The Executive Guide to High-Impact Talent Management: Powerful Tools for Leveraging a Changing Workforce by David DeLong and Steve Trautman provides a complete talent management program blueprint covering: Diagnosis of talent related […]
Recommended Resource – Soup: A recipe to nourish your team and culture
/in Corporate Cultures, Recommended Resources/by StrategyDrivenSoup: A Recipe to Nourish Your Team and Culture by Jon Gordon About the Reference Soup: A Recipe to Nourish Your Team and Culture a business novel by Jon Gordon illustrates the significant impact senior leaders have on setting and nurturing their organization’s culture. Jon goes on to reveal how culture, in-turn, drives performance and […]
Talent Management Best Practice 2 – Maintain Up-To-Date Job Descriptions
/in Premium, Talent Management/by StrategyDrivenToday’s fast moving marketplace demands that companies be in an almost constant state of change in order to remain competitive. Subsequently, businesses reorganize, new roles are created, and existing positions eliminated on an almost continuous basis. Throughout these changes, it remains important to keep all organization members well aligned and focused on achieving the company’s mission goals. To do this requires ongoing retranslation of these goals to the day-to-day activities of the workforce. Often overlooked but important to maintaining alignment is the updating of job description documents.
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The Advisor’s Corner – When Should Consultants Be Used?
/in Resource Management, Tactical Execution, The Advisor's Corner/by StrategyDrivenQuestion: We’ve brought in a number of high priced consultants to perform a business case analysis. In hind sight, it appears we could have done the same work with internal resources. Why then did we hire these costly advisors? StrategyDriven Response: There are many reasons for hiring consultants. One or more of these likely applied […]
Competing on Service: Eleven Ways to Beat the Competition by ‘Hugging’ Your Customers
/in Customer Relationship Management/by Edward D. HessThe U.S. economy is still in a deep funk, and for many small business owners that means business isn’t exactly booming. Forced to do more with much less, the small businesses that have managed to survive and even thrive during these tough times have recognized one important factor: You can’t always compete on price, but […]
StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 61 – An Interview with John Maxwell, author of The 5 Levels of Leadership
/in Management & Leadership, StrategyDriven Podcast/by StrategyDrivenStrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website. Special Edition 61 – An Interview with John Maxwell, author of The 5 Levels of […]
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