Recommended Resources – The Boy Billionaire

The Boy Billionaire: Mark Zuckerberg In His Own Words edited by George Beahm About the Book The Boy Billionaire edited by George Beahm reveals Mark Zuckerberg’s core philosophies and approaches to building Facebook in a way no other author has been able to achieve… because these insights come directly from Mark Zuckerberg himself. George’s book […]

StrategyDriven Management Observation Program Best Practice Article

Management Observation Program Best Practice 10 – Foundational, Situational, Event-based, and Random Observations

While management observation programs serve many purposes, they primarily exist to drive achievement of the organization’s goals in a manner consistent with its values. These formal, documented observations accomplish this by shaping and reinforcing personnel behaviors critical to supporting excellent operational performance. To provide adequate coverage, these observations should be performed on a recurring, situational, event, and random basis.

StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 66 – An Interview with Mark Sanborn, author of Fred 2.0

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 66 – An Interview with Mark Sanborn, author of Fred 2.0 explores the […]

StrategyDriven Strategic Planning Article

Strategic Planning – How Much Should Organizations Spend on Business Planning?

Well-crafted strategic and annual business plans provide a sense of purpose and direction. They establish the operations and initiative activities the organization will implement in order to achieve defined outcomes. Furthermore, these business plans serve as a communications mechanism to drive alignment of management decisions and employee actions to the effective and efficient achievement of the organization’s mission goals. Without business plans, time and effort may be applied to activities less directly focused on achievement of the organization’s goals thereby wasting the business’s precious limited resources.

Recommended Resources – AMA Business Boot Camp

AMA Business Boot Camp: Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career edited by Edward T. Reilly About the Book AMA Business Boot Camp edited by American Management Association (AMA) International CEO Edward T. Reilly is a reader’s digest of fundamental management and leadership skills. Within this book, Edward compiles leading […]

StrategyDriven Podcast Series

StrategyDriven Leadership Conversation Episode 7 – Sixteen Sources of Leadership

StrategyDriven Leadership Conversations focus on the values and behaviors characteristic of highly effective leaders. Complimenting the StrategyDriven Management & Leadership articles, these conversations examine the real world challenges managers face every day that are not easily solved with a new or redesigned process and instead demand the application of soft leadership skills to achieve a […]

StrategyDriven Alternative Selection Warning Flag Article

Alternative Selection Warning Flag 1 – Too Many Initiatives

Contemporary business leaders embrace the mantra of continually doing more with less. Each and every day, managers and employees are challenged to produce ever-increasing quantities of goods and services at higher and higher quality levels. All other things remaining equal, there are limits to what any individual or workgroup can do. Beyond these limits, output declines and quality suffers.

StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 65 – An Interview with Ed Reilly, editor of AMA Business Boot Camp

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 65 – An Interview with Ed Reilly, editor of AMA Business Boot Camp […]

StrategyDriven Talent Management Article

The Difference Between Personal Goals and Organizational Performance Measures

Most leaders monitor the performance of their various divisions, departments, and work groups using a system of organizational performance measures. These measures monitor the efficiency and effectiveness of that organization’s functions – a reflection of the responsible manager’s performance.

Recommended Resources – Look At More

Look at More: A Proven Approach to Innovation, Growth, and Change by Andy Stefanovich About the Book Look at More by Andy Stefanovich details a framework for unleashing an organization’s creativity to develop new products, build brands and audiences, and grow market share. Andy’s framework specifically targets the liberation of the ‘5Ms’ of innovation: Mood: […]