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 34b – An Interview with Dave Esler, co-author of The Pursuit of Something […]
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Some things can go without saying… performance standards are not one of them. By defining expected behaviors, performance standards serve as both a translation of the organization’s values and a foundational cornerstone of individual accountability.
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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 34a – An Interview with Dave Esler, co-author of The Pursuit of Something […]
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What would it be like to have the ultimate home court advantage? How about: Defining the rules of the game; Changing the rules of the game, in your favor of course, at any time after the game has started; Refereeing the game and being allowed to choose when and when not to penalize your team […]
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“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.” Marilyn vos Savant American magazine columnist, author, lecturer, and playwright
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Have you ever been confronted by a customer’s challenge that your product or service quality just isn’t what it used to be? Or notice the number of quality defects in your products or services has somehow increased over the past months, quarters, or years? Or felt so much pressure to get something done that you deemed the quality to be ‘good enough for government work?’
All of these are signs of standards creep; not a beneficial raising of the bar but rather an allowance of ever worsening performance.
Initiatives involve change. Yet no matter how essential or critical the change, change is fraught with pitfalls that are costly. The problem is that too often the change is a push from the top, with the assumption being that because the initiative is important, and well presented, that folks will naturally buy-in. But we know […]
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StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 34b – An Interview with Dave Esler, co-author of The Pursuit of Something Better, part 2 of 2
/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 34b – An Interview with Dave Esler, co-author of The Pursuit of Something […]
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/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 34a – An Interview with Dave Esler, co-author of The Pursuit of Something […]
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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Government as Owner and Regulator: The Ultimate Conflict of Interest
/in StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective/by StrategyDrivenWhat would it be like to have the ultimate home court advantage? How about: Defining the rules of the game; Changing the rules of the game, in your favor of course, at any time after the game has started; Refereeing the game and being allowed to choose when and when not to penalize your team […]
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Leadership Inspirations – Defeat is Temporary
/in Leadership Inspirations/by StrategyDriven“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.” Marilyn vos Savant American magazine columnist, author, lecturer, and playwright
StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 33 – An Interview with Larry Myler, author of Indispensable By Monday
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Creating a Visual Company: What it means and why productivity hinges upon it
/in Business Communications/by Paul StannardIn a Visual Company people communicate visually with flowcharts, mind maps and other visuals just as frequently as they do with written documents. Why? We live in exponential times. It’s estimated that more unique information will be generated this year alone than in the previous five thousand years combined! We’ve all heard the saying “a […]
Standards and Expectations Warning Flag 1 – Standards Creep
/in Premium, Standards & Expectations/by StrategyDrivenHave you ever been confronted by a customer’s challenge that your product or service quality just isn’t what it used to be? Or notice the number of quality defects in your products or services has somehow increased over the past months, quarters, or years? Or felt so much pressure to get something done that you deemed the quality to be ‘good enough for government work?’
All of these are signs of standards creep; not a beneficial raising of the bar but rather an allowance of ever worsening performance.
Get Buy-In First Before Initiating Strategic Change
/in Change Management/by Sharon Drew MorgenInitiatives involve change. Yet no matter how essential or critical the change, change is fraught with pitfalls that are costly. The problem is that too often the change is a push from the top, with the assumption being that because the initiative is important, and well presented, that folks will naturally buy-in. But we know […]