The Accidental Successful CIO

APRIL 29, 2015

This means that the IT department is going to have to develop the expertise that will be required to operate the tools that will be used. However, in many companies what happens is that analytics projects are driven from the bottom up by teams of IT and business members who score quick wins in an effort to get top level buy-in.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 20, 2010

From a Good Sales Call to a Great Sales Call teaches you how to assess your strengths and weaknesses based on information you can get from the most qualified source available—the buyer. It is only through this type of process that sales teams can learn the true, candid reasons why they win and lose.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Those who have captained teams tend to make better collaborators and members of others’ teams. The astute organization assesses the status of each program and orients its team members to meet constant changes and fluctuations. Are the long-range strategic planning and budgeting processes integrated?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

To correct for the measurement inversion other methods, like applied information economics, introduce the ‘value of information analysis’ step in the process so that metrics focus on high-value measures. Research shows the by-product costs of poor quality are high for any business, up to 40 percent.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

He is reminding us that true leadership requires a degree of selflessness. IF YOU WILL LEAD, LLC Leadership Development, Executive Coaching, Infrastructure Consulting IF YOU WILL LEAD recognizes that your personal and professional success depends, in large part, on your ability to effectively and powerfully lead.

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The Agile Manager

OCTOBER 31, 2022

A few months ago I was asked to review a product strategy a team had put together. In his book Good Strategy, Bad Strategy , Richard Rumelt puts forward the three essential elements of a strategy. I’ve seen the aftermath of a number of failed strategic planning initiatives. There is a formula for articulating strategy.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Igniting Commitment: Engaging Employees for Breakthrough Performance Having a mediocre team or great team all depends on you. R eward, Recognize, and Develop. Provide training and development to help employees achieve their goals. Such thought is particularly unwise as the economy improves after a downturn.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

The reality is that many businesses are quick to recognize great ideas, but they often have no plan for how to successfully integrate them into their business model. Every sound business initiative begins with a solid strategic plan. It should be developed as a solution to a problem or to exploit an opportunity.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2018

Strategy : planning, tactics, organizational development. Caretakers of corporate bureaucracies, departmental supervisors, short-term clients, referral sources for business development and those who dangle carrots under people’s noses. Systems and Processes : structure, hiring, control, work design, supervision, decisions.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Business development. Unclear objectives produce more failures than incompetence, bad work, bad luck or misdirected work. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. Portfolio analysis. Human resources development. Adopt a policy of strategic planning. Business Development.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2011

Unfortunately, with the focus on profit, solution placement, timelines, and commissions, the potential for true servant-leadership has been overlooked. Bad odds: with the best solution in the world, we are dependent on luck for our results. Indeed, it’s possible to make money AND make nice.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Whether you’re a man or a woman, it’s time to start embracing your feminine side (and yes, many women have squelched their natural leadership style for far too long). Commit to developing and improving your social and emotional skill sets. Women tend to be ‘people persons’ at heart – and so do great social leaders.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2012

Business development. This review is the basis for most elements that will appear in a strategic plan, including the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, actions, challenges, teamwork, change management, commitment, future trends and external forces. Running the business. Body of Knowledge.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Business development. Under the rules of supply chain dynamics, one must study your supplier relationships, formalize a plan of outsourcing and develop collaborations. Readily measurable values: Time and cost of product development-service delivery cycles. Team the project. Running the business. Body of Knowledge.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in Running the business Financial People Business development Body of Knowledge The Big Picture No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. What we do with fear and uncertainty determines who we are.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

Business development. They take what is said at face value because they have not or don’t care to develop abilities to discern what is hyped by others. My analysis: There is no such thing in life as perfection, as anyone who had led a meaningful life has learned. Running the business. Body of Knowledge. The Big Picture.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Much of the blame has been attributed to poor federal oversight. Execution Gap Maker #5: Johnson & Johnson It’s been a bad year for J&J. It also describes six ‘Bridge Builders’ that leaders at all levels can use to close the execution gap and help people get things done.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 11, 2011

For instance, intelligent failures can add more value than predictable successes, and low-cost experimentation trumps analysis. Based on a combined thirty years of research and experience, Rita and Ian’s book provides a breakthrough system for managing strategic growth. Instead, I recommend developing a disengagement plan.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

This is my own Big Picture full-scope analysis of the Enron debacle. It far transcends financial analysis made by other people.I Business development. So were professional development programs, rewards for random acts of kindness and other empowerment initiatives. Running the business. Body of Knowledge. The Big Picture.

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