In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 8, 2012

Every day, we see or read about bureaucracy – government is the biggest offender. While the speed of a snail is the most common knock against big company bureaucracy, there are several other similarities between the species. I’ve always held the opinion that big organizations move at a snail’s pace. Snails are slow. Snails can’t hear.

Company 212

Company Bureaucracy Airlines Banking 212

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 13, 2023

The authors argue that current policies are not doing a sufficiently good job at tackling the problem, not least because they only provide temporary support that only really kicks in when people have already been failed by the housing and labor markets. ” The post How UBI Affects Homelessness first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

Policies 138

Policies Bureaucracy System Crisis 138

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 18, 2022

This bureaucracy is compounded by the lack of uniform reporting structure, with some reporting to the CEO, others to the CFO, and others again the chief strategy officer. This is a marked difference from traditional VC firms, which can act extremely quickly once investment decisions are made.

Short-term 112

Short-term CFO Bureaucracy Long-term 112

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 2, 2020

It shows clear attempts to move exports away from EU markets to elsewhere in the world. The data showed that the smallest exporters were shifting up to 46% of their export growth from the EU to other markets since the referendum in 2016, with slightly larger firms shifting around 19% of their exports. Gravity defying. Tariff barriers.

Supply Chain 92

Supply Chain Hedge Bureaucracy Credit Risk 92

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2024

CRN received a statement from a spokesperson from the company stating that it was “simplifying structures to give employees more opportunity to work on our most innovative and important advances and our biggest company priorities while reducing bureaucracy and layers.” According to Inc.

Trends 59

Trends Decentralization CFO Bureaucracy 59

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 29, 2021

Moreover, this is a sign that you’re not doing something right and that your business won’t make it once you hit the market. This also means you’ll have to do proper market research , especially if you’re starting a business that requires feedback. So, start taking care of this issue right now and try not to let bureaucracy defeat you!

Licensing 82

Licensing Bureaucracy Pharmaceuticals Planning 82

Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 6, 2015

” the answer is they want a place where they can move faster (less bureaucracy) and be more creative. Simon Sinek’s golden circle isn’t just about leadership and marketing, it’s vital in the talent wars. Sell Your Why. The best and brightest are looking for a “why” that matters. Engage Your Team.

Company 180

Company Bureaucracy Human Capital Simon 180

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 16, 2020

For years now, huge corporations such as British Aerospace Engineering and Raytheon have completely dominated the market and swooped in to poach promising innovators. Inventors and programmers have found themselves swallowed up in vast bureaucracies, working on projects that they feel morally uncomfortable on and with less than savory people.

Innovation 127

Innovation Software Industry Politics 127

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 18, 2017

They cut through bureaucracy with a strong fervor for outcomes. You are both a doer and marketer. Independent consultants don’t just do the work—they also market the work. Winners show up ready to perform and are only interested in efforts that yield a path to achievement and results.

Consultative 225

Consultative Self-aware Bureaucracy Energy 225

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 13, 2012

The folks at Red Bull are the ultimate entrepreneurs; although you may be caught in the bureaucracy of an old economy organization, you cannot escape the fact that great ideas create change. But look at the opportunities – online marketing, social media, niche products and services, specialization, the list goes on.

Entrepreneur 227

Entrepreneur Bureaucracy Creativity Energy 227

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

This is the recipe for “bureaucracy,” the 150-year old mashup of military command structures and industrial engineering that constitutes the operating system for virtually every large-scale organization on the planet. Bureaucracy is the technology of control. There’s no other way to put it: bureaucracy must die. He was right.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

This is the recipe for “bureaucracy,” the 150-year old mashup of military command structures and industrial engineering that constitutes the operating system for virtually every large-scale organization on the planet. Bureaucracy is the technology of control. There’s no other way to put it: bureaucracy must die. He was right.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

It suggests that refugees benefit when they reside in ethnic communities as these communities help the newcomers find work and navigate local bureaucracy. The data contained information on when they entered the labor market, and in what kind of work they did.

Bureaucracy 65

Bureaucracy Policies Analysis Marketing 65

In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

Companies, markets, and the categories in which they compete can be exceedingly dissimilar. Is a “turnaround” artist right for a profitable, steady bureaucracy? Same leader, different result. Fundamentally, the leadership style or the skillset required of a CEO in one environment may be the kiss of death in another.

CEO 213

CEO Human Resources Bureaucracy Maturity 213

In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 20, 2014

Negotiating for a lower price or something extra is the modus operandi of every antique retailer, real estate broker, flea market merchant and automobile dealer. Bureaucracy lurks on the periphery, waiting for its opening to subvert the lean, mean, business machine. Everyone is looking for a good deal, a real bargain. But, beware.

Real Estate 215

Real Estate Human Resources Bureaucracy Constraint 215

Deming Institute

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The System of Profound Knowledge Applied to Sales and Marketing. Beating the System: Using Creativity to Outsmart Bureaucracies by Russell L. Applying Quality as a Business Strategy at Hallmark Building Supplies. Dr. Russell Ackoff Webcast on Systems Thinking. Peter Senge on Systems Thinking. The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge.

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Deming System Senge Management 88

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 13, 2016

In companies who are market leaders because ‘they have always done things that way’ innovation can face an uphill battle to drive change. Moss is an award winning marketer who focuses on engaging organizations and applying technology to drive growth. In some industries that is daunting. To grow you must be innovative.

Innovation 120

Innovation Real Estate Open-book Bureaucracy 120

Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

For example, if you are looking to expand into a new market, are your succession and development discussions aligned towards achieving that goal? Are you still creating thick binders, and probably drowning your executives in bureaucracy? Are your talent review discussions getting more sophisticated? How simple is your process?

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Process Planning Succession How To 231

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

Believe it or not, bureaucracy was once a progressive innovation. The German sociologist Max Weber famously praised bureaucracy’s rationality and efficiencies. Today, most people work in some sort of bureaucracy — and according to Gallup, 85% of employees around the world feel disengaged from their work.

Bureaucracy 11

Bureaucracy Agility Energy Constraint 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2017

In a recent article , Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini detail the toll that growing bureaucracy is taking across industries. Many of those working in the consolidating health care industry will immediately validate several of the authors’ key findings, including: Bureaucracy is growing, not shrinking. ” I beg to differ.

Health Care 8

Health Care Bureaucracy Hamel System 8

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 4, 2011

And although pundits continue to encourage entrepreneurial thinking for stagnating mega-businesses, these bureaucracies can’t break from risk-averse management. Their marketing teams research everything to death. link] #branding #marketing #advertising #design Follow Me on Twitter. They proudly claim the consumer is the boss.

CEO 235

CEO Bureaucracy Brand Constraint 235

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

What do you do if you're a leader in a large, successful organization with an entrenched bureaucracy, and you see the need for innovation? The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), however, was successful in transforming its bureaucracy. Thus, needed process changes within bureaucracies should always be built into such initiatives.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Innovation Supply Chain Long-term 9

The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

Yet despite our very tight job market, highly effective “magnet companies” attract and hang on to good people. Their reputation or “leadership brand” has become as critical to their success as the company brand they are selling in their market. Brand management is an inside job.

Energy 52

Energy Crisis Leadership Absenteeism 52

Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

They reward unfavorable behaviors, while operating with myopic interests and escalating bureaucracy. Employees know what many leaders haven''t figured out: Parental, top-down cultures in today''s world are as ineffective as one-size-fits-all, print-only marketing approaches. Capture Your Market Share. John Agno: Ask the Coach.

Self-aware 91

Self-aware Bureaucracy Open-book Ethics 91

Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2018

What they were doing five years ago has no relationship to what they’re now marketing. Appointed agency heads in a government bureaucracy. Caretakers of corporate bureaucracies, departmental supervisors, short-term clients, referral sources for business development and those who dangle carrots under people’s noses.

Advice 57

Advice Strategy Company Bureaucracy 57

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The point is that the bureaucracy and red tape can put an end to your business faster than any other issue you might run into. Furthermore, the market and customer demand are constantly shifting. You can estimate the market and run metrics to calculate the risks. Every business has its good and bad days, and so will yours.

Licensing 66

Licensing Insurance Bureaucracy Learning-by-Doing 66

Chart Your Course

OCTOBER 9, 2012

” In “Marketing for Scientists” Marc Kucher listed words Jobs used to describe his products between 1998 and 2008: stunning, revolutionary, awesome, beautiful, best, tour de force, cool, remarkable. Is bureaucracy weighing you down? In branding, Jobs understood the power of optimism. Remove obstacles.

Chief Executive Officer 185

Chief Executive Officer Bureaucracy Motivation Innovation 185

Skip Prichard

JANUARY 10, 2022

We’ve learned to build products and scale our companies by testing things in the market, seeing what works, and iterating. Vision statements that proclaimed the company’s aspirations “to be number 1 or number 2 in every market”, or “to be the leader in <insert industry jargon here>” were touted as being visionary.

Products 111

Products Productivity Development Short-term 111

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 29, 2020

You might be faster or more customer-focused than a larger organization with a lot more bureaucracy to deal with, but going up against the big boys can feel like an impossible fight. As a small business, it can feel as though you’re at a disadvantage when you’re competing against much bigger businesses.

Tips 65

Tips Bureaucracy Politics Tools 65

Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Meet the bureaucracy. If there’s not a lot to do while your workload is ramping up, spend time reading everything useful you can get your hands on: old documents, marketing and business plans, competitive analysis, the organization’s full website. Get a feel for their management style and ask questions when you need to.

Advice 163

Advice Document Bureaucracy Project 163

QAspire

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Elaborate Gantt charts and byzantine procedures plague bureaucracies large and small. You must take the task of marketing your strengths into your own hands.”. I hope these quotes/snippets will help you get the gist of this book and prompt you to read it: Managing the Work. On Rewards and Status Quo.

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Gantt Chart Bureaucracy Project Long-term 143

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Leaders can no longer afford to let the vagaries of the job market determine who leaves and who stays. In addition to reducing bureaucracy, high-performing, high-tech companies provide freedom in dress codes, scheduled hours, and lifestyle choices. Retaining High-Impact Performers . These seven steps can help you: 1.

Bureaucracy 151

Bureaucracy Intellectual Capital Kotter Telecommunications 151

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 1, 2008

Leaders create new markets. Leaders protect young leaders or mavericks from negativity and bureaucracy. Leaders are not always the best performers. The ability to lead is seldom teamed up with the best ability. Leaders implement. Leaders make mistakes, and then learn from them. No one has become great through countless line extensions.

Bureaucracy 135

Bureaucracy Innovation Marketing Team 135

LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2012

The folks at Red Bull are the ultimate entrepreneurs; although you may be caught in the bureaucracy of an old economy organization, you cannot escape the fact that great ideas create change. But look at the opportunities – online marketing, social media, niche products and services, specialization, the list goes on. Mine was marketing.

Entrepreneur 154

Entrepreneur Bureaucracy Brand Creativity 154

CO2

OCTOBER 2, 2012

The more the bureaucracy grows, the harder it is for the organization to keep moving forward fast. New technology that is about to revolutionize your industry is not getting implemented fast enough because of the sign-offs required–while the competition is about to go live and take part of your market share.

Leadership 120

Leadership Bureaucracy Efficiency Leadership Styles 120

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 12, 2015

Then there are the business developers forever in pursuit of new products and new markets. I listened to an IT manager explaining on a speakerphone to a colleague he served in the marketing function why it was going to take two days to get a requested report. They don’t forget a birthday or a chance to surprise a prospect.

Innovation 150

Innovation Budgeting Strategic Planning Tools 150

Strategy Driven

MAY 20, 2017

Find your niche in the market. The beauty of running a small business is that you do not have layers of bureaucracy to wade through when you want to make a change. This makes you supremely flexible and adaptable and enables you to react to changes in the market quickly. Photo courtesy of Pexels. Define what your brand is.

Brand 51

Brand Bureaucracy Short-term Discount 51