Ceasing CD production will harm an already ailing music industry, where technology is not the answer: Analyzing the music industry and changing technologies. Certain forces in the recording industry have announced intentions to cease production of compact discs and convert their music marketing to digital downloads. trimming the fat and criticizing incorrect activities in the […]
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Do you want to move an important project ahead faster? Would you rather motivate and engage than give orders and ride herd? How about inspiring greater accountability? Why do I ask so many questions? Because questions deliver better results. As you read the questions above, I have no doubt that you at least began to […]
Decisions put individuals and organizations at risk. Leaders feel compelled to make some decisions while others appear to be optional. Regardless of necessity, decision-makers should seek to identify the worst possible outcomes a choice can bring to enable mitigation preparation or to seize upon the opportunity.
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Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential and How You Can Achieve Yours by Shirzad Chamine About the Reference Positive Intelligence by Shirzad Chamine reveals the ten personality Saboteurs limiting individual performance and the three Sage strategies to combat these limiters. Through his book, Shirzad provides a step-by-step method […]
Decision makers select from an array of choices the course of action their organization will take; voiding several other possible alternatives. Since there is seldom a perfect solution option to resolve any particular issue, some aspects of the problem will remain unaddressed and/or some excessive action taken. Furthermore, it is impossible to consider all circumstantial variables when making any decision. These decision-making process limitations often lead to unintended consequences, some of which may so adversely impact the decision’s outcomes as to render it a failure or significantly diminish its return on investment.
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“The chief merit of language is clearness, and we know that nothing detracts so much from this as do unfamiliar terms.” Galen of Pergamon (129 – 199) Prominent Roman physician, surgeon and philosopher
The Transformative CEO: Impact Lessons from Industry Game Changes by Jeffrey J. Fox and Robert Reiss About the Reference The Transformative CEO by Jeffrey J. Fox and Robert Reiss identifies a number of common personal qualities and approaches taken by celebrity CEOs in building or turning around their companies. Jeffrey and Robert then breakdown these […]
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Individuals at all levels of an organization are under increasing pressure to do more and more in less time. Concurrently, they are bombarded with rapidly growing amounts of data that must be synthesized and processes into usable information and applied to their everyday decisions and actions. Consequently, methods of presenting information in a more rapidly digestible fashion greatly benefits the receiver and increases the likelihood that the conveyance will be recognized, understood, and acted upon.
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It’s no surprise the late Steve Jobs’ favorite music was written and performed by Bob Dylan and The Beatles. I just finished his biography and it was as compelling a book as Atlas Shrugged. Anyway, about three months ago I started a column about the 1964 Bob Dylan song, “The times they are a-changin.’” An […]
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Projects, like other business activities, involve meetings and approvals. The difference between project and routine business meetings is that a project is not an ongoing concern; therefore, its meetings tend to be periodic, sporadic, or driven by one-time needs rather than recurring with some regular frequency. Consequently, these off-routine meetings and approval review sessions are a disruption to non-project team executives, managers, and contributors; representing something these individuals naturally resist so to protect the time for their normally scheduled duties.
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The Big Picture of Business: Critical Decision
/in Decision-Making, Strategic Analysis, Strategic Planning/by Hank MooreCeasing CD production will harm an already ailing music industry, where technology is not the answer: Analyzing the music industry and changing technologies. Certain forces in the recording industry have announced intentions to cease production of compact discs and convert their music marketing to digital downloads. trimming the fat and criticizing incorrect activities in the […]
Ten Questions that Motivate Engagement and Drive Greater Accountability
/in Management & Leadership/by Helanie ScottDo you want to move an important project ahead faster? Would you rather motivate and engage than give orders and ride herd? How about inspiring greater accountability? Why do I ask so many questions? Because questions deliver better results. As you read the questions above, I have no doubt that you at least began to […]
Decision-Making Best Practice 16 – Identify the Worst that Could Happen
/in Decision-Making, Premium/by StrategyDrivenDecisions put individuals and organizations at risk. Leaders feel compelled to make some decisions while others appear to be optional. Regardless of necessity, decision-makers should seek to identify the worst possible outcomes a choice can bring to enable mitigation preparation or to seize upon the opportunity.
Recommended Resource – Positive Intelligence
/in Practices for Professionals, Recommended Resources/by StrategyDrivenPositive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential and How You Can Achieve Yours by Shirzad Chamine About the Reference Positive Intelligence by Shirzad Chamine reveals the ten personality Saboteurs limiting individual performance and the three Sage strategies to combat these limiters. Through his book, Shirzad provides a step-by-step method […]
Decision-Making Best Practice 15 – Identify the Unintended Consequences
/in Decision-Making, Premium/by StrategyDrivenDecision makers select from an array of choices the course of action their organization will take; voiding several other possible alternatives. Since there is seldom a perfect solution option to resolve any particular issue, some aspects of the problem will remain unaddressed and/or some excessive action taken. Furthermore, it is impossible to consider all circumstantial variables when making any decision. These decision-making process limitations often lead to unintended consequences, some of which may so adversely impact the decision’s outcomes as to render it a failure or significantly diminish its return on investment.
Leadership Inspirations – Communicating Clearly
/in Business Communications, Leadership Inspirations/by StrategyDriven“The chief merit of language is clearness, and we know that nothing detracts so much from this as do unfamiliar terms.” Galen of Pergamon (129 – 199) Prominent Roman physician, surgeon and philosopher
The Transformative CEO
/in Recommended Resources/by StrategyDrivenThe Transformative CEO: Impact Lessons from Industry Game Changes by Jeffrey J. Fox and Robert Reiss About the Reference The Transformative CEO by Jeffrey J. Fox and Robert Reiss identifies a number of common personal qualities and approaches taken by celebrity CEOs in building or turning around their companies. Jeffrey and Robert then breakdown these […]
Evaluation and Control Program Best Practice 4 – Show It Visually
/in Evaluation & Control Program, Premium/by StrategyDrivenIndividuals at all levels of an organization are under increasing pressure to do more and more in less time. Concurrently, they are bombarded with rapidly growing amounts of data that must be synthesized and processes into usable information and applied to their everyday decisions and actions. Consequently, methods of presenting information in a more rapidly digestible fashion greatly benefits the receiver and increases the likelihood that the conveyance will be recognized, understood, and acted upon.
The good times. The bad times. The changin’ times.
/in Change Management/by Jeffrey GitomerIt’s no surprise the late Steve Jobs’ favorite music was written and performed by Bob Dylan and The Beatles. I just finished his biography and it was as compelling a book as Atlas Shrugged. Anyway, about three months ago I started a column about the 1964 Bob Dylan song, “The times they are a-changin.’” An […]
Project Management Best Practice 9 – Identify the Gatekeepers
/in Premium, Project Management/by StrategyDrivenProjects, like other business activities, involve meetings and approvals. The difference between project and routine business meetings is that a project is not an ongoing concern; therefore, its meetings tend to be periodic, sporadic, or driven by one-time needs rather than recurring with some regular frequency. Consequently, these off-routine meetings and approval review sessions are a disruption to non-project team executives, managers, and contributors; representing something these individuals naturally resist so to protect the time for their normally scheduled duties.