StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 25 – An Interview with John Kennedy, author of The 15 Minute Heart Cure

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 25 – An Interview with John Kennedy, author of The 15 Minute Heart […]

Leadership Inspirations – Growing Others

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” Jack Welch Respected business leader and former Chairman and CEO of General Electric (1981 – 2001)

Leadership Inspirations – The Oak Tree

“The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground.” Buddhist Proverb Author Unknown

StrategyDriven Management Observation Program Best Practice Article

Management Observation Program Best Practice 7 – Documented and Signed Observations

Robustly implemented management observation programs offer many benefits to the organization and its managers. At their core, each of these benefits is derived from aggregation and analysis of the performance data gathered during the observations. Enabling required data synthesis necessitates the documentation of observed occurrences and conclusions. Desired behavior reinforcement and performance improvement, not to mention manager and observation program credibility, necessitate the employee be briefed on the observations made and conclusions drawn. As with all formally documented performance appraisal instruments, the documented observation should be signed by both the manager and employee.

The Amazing Hoopla Team That Will Change Your Work Life Forever!

Admit it. The first time you heard the phrase “Hoopla Team®” – maybe last week, or last month, or ten seconds ago, in that headline – you rolled your eyes. Oh yes you did. But if you have heard it before, you probably also heard about the remarkable turnarounds that are happening across the country […]

The Proven Formula for: Winning the Execution Game

Execution is everything. Plan all you want, dream all you can, then turn that key or you’ve accomplished nothing. Execution is what separates those who merely have lofty ideas from those who end up winning the game. It’s about taking strategies and making sure they are implemented with power. Creating a culture of execution is […]

Leadership Inspirations – Positive Thinking

“Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over all obstacles and adds significance to all you do.” Norman Vincent Peale Protestant minister and author of The Power of Positive Thinking

Work Stinks? Get Yourself Back Into that First Work-Day Feeling

Remember your very first day on the job? Your shoes had a shine like the tiles on the Space Shuttle and the crease in your slacks could have diced celery. The air was somehow fresher, the birds chirpier. You had been hired. You’d been given a chance to excel, a chance to make a difference. […]

StrategyDriven Tactical Execution Best Practice Article

Tactical Execution Best Practice 4 – Eliminate Redundant Work

Whether in an economic recession or boom, resources are always limited and redundant work always an unnecessary resource expenditure. Yet no matter how hard leaders try to eliminate redundant work, these practices seem to reappear; often the result of well intentioned actions to correct a performance deficiency or misguided adherence to a legacy practice. Therefore, all leaders from the C-suite to the shop floor must relentlessly wage an ongoing war against unnecessary duplicate work.

Leadership Inspirations – What Leaders Do

“Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there; they cause change. They motivate and inspire others to go in the right direction and they, along with everyone else, sacrifice to get there.” John Kotter Professor at the Penguin University, renown authority on leadership and change, and author of Leading […]