Effective performance improvement programs promote alignment of business operations with the organization’s vision, mission, values, and goals. Such programs consistently identify opportunities to improve high value-adding operations and to eliminate low value-adding activities. These programs themselves are highly efficient and capable of producing repeatable results. Documenting the business performance assessment process provides the framework necessary to achieve this level of focused execution consistency.
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How does a good company generate value in society? How do the leaders of these new world companies reshape and remake our families’ available goods, our friendship networks, and the many smaller firms that support them? As a management consultant to over a hundred firms in the last thirty years, my team and I have […]
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Your organization is going to face a crisis. This is not a question of IF but WHEN. Our world is too complex, markets too volatile, and technology too fast-paced for us to relax into complacency about organizational safety and normalcy. What’s a leader to do? How is a leader to be ready? How can leaders […]
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Photo courtesy of MathKnight Every business needs some kind of equipment to run. For some it might be computers, for others, it could be heavy machinery. Whatever equipment your company needs, you need to take the time to select the right products. There are several factors you need to take into consideration when you’re deciding. […]
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Size doesn’t matter: why predictive analytics prove your customer relationship management methods are likely falling short For a sales-driven organization, it isn’t the size of your data that matters, it’s what you do with it. No longer a discretionary luxury, predictive analytics are now the name of the game for those who seek to […]
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Effective teamwork demands that each team member value and respect the others with whom they are working. Nothing diminishes this more than when one team member openly attacks or in some way seeks to diminish the value and respect of another.
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I’ve read that there are leaders and project managers who prefer not to collaborate, when engaging in an initiative, because of needs for control. And decision makers who start their information gathering before fully involving those who will implement. What sort of success is possible when one source is driving change and may potentially sabotage […]
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Almost every day we read about a CEO ouster, a logo change that backfires, or a product launch that fails to live up to its hype. As a young sailor, I was taught how to salute properly, and how to wear my dress blues and summer whites correctly. Later, as a naval officer I was […]
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From their first days as Plebes (freshman) at the United States Naval Academy, midshipman are taught that all people are social creatures who need to connect with others; to be valued and respected. They learn that unstoppable teams are first created through knowledge, value, and respect for each other.
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People grow into the conversations you create around them. The best tool great leaders have to strengthen and empower others is powerful questions. Questions evoke curiosity. They force others to think. And, when answered well, allow others to take ownership of the process and responsibility for the outcomes. It has been said that powerful questions […]
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Management Observation Program Best Practice 12 – Documented Management Observation Program
/in Management Observation Program, Premium/by Nathan IvesEffective performance improvement programs promote alignment of business operations with the organization’s vision, mission, values, and goals. Such programs consistently identify opportunities to improve high value-adding operations and to eliminate low value-adding activities. These programs themselves are highly efficient and capable of producing repeatable results. Documenting the business performance assessment process provides the framework necessary to achieve this level of focused execution consistency.
New World Companies: The Future Of Capitalism
/in Strategic Planning/by Bruce PiaseckiHow does a good company generate value in society? How do the leaders of these new world companies reshape and remake our families’ available goods, our friendship networks, and the many smaller firms that support them? As a management consultant to over a hundred firms in the last thirty years, my team and I have […]
Leaders: Build Your Pre-Resilience for Times of Crisis
/in Management & Leadership/by Harry Hutson and Martha JohnsonYour organization is going to face a crisis. This is not a question of IF but WHEN. Our world is too complex, markets too volatile, and technology too fast-paced for us to relax into complacency about organizational safety and normalcy. What’s a leader to do? How is a leader to be ready? How can leaders […]
Choose the Best Equipment for Your Business with These Quick Tips
/in Alternative Selection/by StrategyDrivenPhoto courtesy of MathKnight Every business needs some kind of equipment to run. For some it might be computers, for others, it could be heavy machinery. Whatever equipment your company needs, you need to take the time to select the right products. There are several factors you need to take into consideration when you’re deciding. […]
5 Ways Predictive Analytics Make or Break a CRM System
/in Evaluation & Control Program, Organizational Performance Measures/by Lang SmithSize doesn’t matter: why predictive analytics prove your customer relationship management methods are likely falling short For a sales-driven organization, it isn’t the size of your data that matters, it’s what you do with it. No longer a discretionary luxury, predictive analytics are now the name of the game for those who seek to […]
Leadership Lessons from the United States Naval Academy – Don’t Bilge Your Teammates
/in Leadership Lessons from the United States Naval Academy, Premium/by Nathan IvesEffective teamwork demands that each team member value and respect the others with whom they are working. Nothing diminishes this more than when one team member openly attacks or in some way seeks to diminish the value and respect of another.
Collaborative Decision Making for Successful Implementations
/in Decision-Making/by Sharon Drew MorgenI’ve read that there are leaders and project managers who prefer not to collaborate, when engaging in an initiative, because of needs for control. And decision makers who start their information gathering before fully involving those who will implement. What sort of success is possible when one source is driving change and may potentially sabotage […]
Leaders Should Sweat the Small Stuff
/in Management & Leadership/by Ritch EichAlmost every day we read about a CEO ouster, a logo change that backfires, or a product launch that fails to live up to its hype. As a young sailor, I was taught how to salute properly, and how to wear my dress blues and summer whites correctly. Later, as a naval officer I was […]
Leadership Lessons from the United States Naval Academy – Human Connection
/in Leadership Lessons from the United States Naval Academy, Premium/by Nathan IvesFrom their first days as Plebes (freshman) at the United States Naval Academy, midshipman are taught that all people are social creatures who need to connect with others; to be valued and respected. They learn that unstoppable teams are first created through knowledge, value, and respect for each other.
Four Questions (and Tips) That Will Transform Your Culture
/in Corporate Cultures, Practices for Professionals, Professional Development/by Randy RossPeople grow into the conversations you create around them. The best tool great leaders have to strengthen and empower others is powerful questions. Questions evoke curiosity. They force others to think. And, when answered well, allow others to take ownership of the process and responsibility for the outcomes. It has been said that powerful questions […]