Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2014

When you strike the right balance, you have developed what some call the "Optimal Margin of Illusion." The key to success is developing techniques that enable you to recognize and address your blindspots without eroding your confidence. Develop Peripheral Vision. Rely on Trusted Advisors.

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Shaw Telecommunications Metrics Pharmaceuticals 229

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 11, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises LLC and Xen Wireless form StrategyDriven Analytics to provide utility industry executives and managers with asset management program benchmarking data supporting operational and investment decisions and fleet and individual plant performance assessments. Online and Outage Work Management.

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Wireless Benchmarking Asset Management Industry 58

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 14, 2013

This trend means that leaders of successful organizations will need to develop different organizational structures, systems, and skills in order to meet these new customer requirements. People throughout the organization will be expected to routinely make decisions once reserved for managers.

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Telecommunications Franchising Consultative Diversity 111

Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2015

In our leadership development training, we like to start out by asking people to list as many characteristics as possible about their former leaders that they both abhorred and adored. Trains, develops, and grows their people. Being deliberate about your leadership development will improve your results!

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Tips Leadership Telecommunications Active Listening 150

Thin Difference

AUGUST 8, 2019

Creating a coaching culture – where managers intentionally grow and develop employees – isn’t necessarily about providing a warm and fuzzy place to work. The goal is to move the organization from a performance management mindset to an environment where every leader is coaching and developing people daily.

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Short-term Long-term Telecommunications Webinar 64

Strategy Driven

JUNE 2, 2015

For nearly three decades, Ruth led the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations’ (INPO) Information Technology Division as Director, Computer Systems and Telecommunications and Director, Information Technology and Data Services.

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Information Technology Telecommunications Committee Technology 50

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The new work contract – where employees take responsibility for their own careers and corporations provide them with career-enhancing but impermanent opportunities – can be as difficult for organizations to manage as it is for individuals. We must manage our human assets with the same rigor we devote to our financial assets.

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Bureaucracy Intellectual Capital Kotter Telecommunications 151

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 20, 2021

These authors share that digital winners focus on : Balancing fast execution with deliberate direction-setting Developing systems so that knowledge is shared not siloed. After really studying the challenge, they decided to take the time to develop their own systems. Building a culture of continuous and practical learning.

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McKinsey B2C Telecommunications Learning-by-Doing 65

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 6, 2014

It means that leaders will need to do the following: a) Understand how the intelligent use of new technology can help their organizations; b) Recruit, develop, and maintain a network of technically competent people; c) Know how to make and manage investments in new technology; and. Building Partnerships. It is a world of “co-opitition.”

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Leadership Globalization CEO Telecommunications 189

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Internal partnerships include direct reports, co-workers and managers. ” Their ideal leader is a person who develops “win-win” relationships and is sensitive to their needs for personal growth and development. Leaders will need to develop skills in negotiation and “win-win” relationships.

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Short-term Long-term Trends Telecommunications 107

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2020

Furthermore, the media and information industries will continue to invest in telecommunications outsourcing. These companies will increase their spending on software development from 6% last year to 9% this year. You can expect to see new players for software development outsourcing. Small Businesses to Outsource Heavily.

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Outsourcing Trends Offshoring Telecommunications 66

Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Because business is fraught with many risks and challenges, and because this journey isn’t right for everyone, I’ve developed some questions that will help you get more clarity so you can make better decisions for yourself when it comes to starting a business. We were actually slowly growing rich, but we felt pretty poor.

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Learning-by-Doing Long-term Automotive Open-book 267

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 18, 2010

I work for a telecommunications company and occasionally I’m in the field dressing fiber optic cable in cabinet. We partner with great leaders to help them become even greater at developing, improving, and sustaining relationships with the people who are essential to their success. It comes from the work my clients do.

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Greenleaf Maslow Telecommunications Blog 145

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

In the 1980s, I appeared on a videotape that was widely distributed as part of a leadership development course for IBM managers. I don’t know much about telecommunications – it just seemed obvious. They are grateful for the chance to grow and to develop their skills. They appreciate and value learning.

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Telecommunications Education Politics Quality 98

You're Not the Boss of Me

AUGUST 3, 2014

In telling his story, Mr. Greenberg’s primary observations were not about executing business disaster recovery plans or repositioning Data Centres and telecommunications systems but about the people in his organization; their courage, resilience and determination to pick up the pieces and move on. That’s what I think anyway.

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Contingency Plans Telecommunications Uncertainty Planning 69

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 16, 2013

Having lived in and with off-the-grid communities in Latin America, in Nicaragua and Colombia, I had seen and felt the impact of low Internet and basic telecommunications access, especially when it comes to communicating with potential employers. Be mission-driven Social entrepreneurship is facing a serious problem of ego.

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Short-term Innovation Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing 187

Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2015

Widget manufacturing companies team with retail management experts to open a string of widget stores. Managing mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Those who don't help to develop the business on the front end are just vendors and subcontractors. Telecommunications industry service providers. About the Author.

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Cooper Open-book Tourism Telecommunications 50

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 16, 2011

Russell is an educational psychologist, author, executive coach and management consultant whose clients include Fortune 500 executives in aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, information technology, telecommunications and oil and gas. Are You Using Dialects To Develop Your Employees’ Skills?

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Bureaucracy Compliance Learning-by-Doing Engineering 232

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

In one of the most comprehensive global surveys of corporate directors to date, we found that they were very worried about developing and enacting strategic plans that will enable their organizations to succeed. Not innovation, risk management, technology, debt, or the regulatory environment. Not competitive threats. Not rising costs.

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Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

The Practical Leader

JULY 18, 2011

If you took that discussion to your management team, a conflicting array of opinions would further confuse things. Their opinions and weighting of customer expectations have constantly been shown to be more valid than those of management. But the obvious people to ask are your customers or internal groups you serve.

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Quality Telecommunications Definition Blog 49

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2017

Management teams often assume they can leapfrog best practices for basic data analytics by going directly to adopting artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies. For example, one telecommunications company we worked with can now predict with 75 times more accuracy whether its customers are about to bolt using machine learning.

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Company Telecommunications Retail Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2013

The most active sectors in hiring will be materials and IT & telecommunications, with more companies planning to bring on employees and to add a greater percentage to their workforces. We also find that companies in developed areas plan to hire in other developed regions (e.g., Global business Talent management'

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Telecommunications Health Care Talent Management Biotechnology 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2012

The Norwegian telecommunication firm, Telenor, has been in the news recently as it tries to sell its Indian joint venture with property developer, Unitech Ltd. The Indian firm — primarily a property developer — had limited experience in the telecom sector even though it had bid for and won spectrum licenses in 2008.

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Wireless Licensing Telecommunications Price 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

The company knew digital devices were all becoming telecommunications tools. How a blue chip technology innovator invests well over $700 million acquiring, developing, distributing and marketing a consumer digicam without a clear path connecting it to the most popular wireless medium around escapes me. This was obvious.

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Wireless Management Telecommunications Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

In contrast, 70% of respondents think their boards have effective processes for staying current on the company; 69% for compliance; 66% for financial planning; and 55% for risk management — although we should note that managing risks is a crucial consideration when pursuing innovation.

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Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

As new technologies in social media, transportation, and telecommunications bring us closer together, it's more critical than ever for organizations to recruit, develop, and retain multicultural leaders who can skillfully navigate both the opportunities and challenges of a more connected world. The world is getting smaller.

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Competitive Advantage Leadership Telecommunications Talent Management 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

since the index was first developed in 2008. Neither Utilities nor Telecommunications are represented in the chart below because all but a few companies in those sectors have no non-domestic revenue. Boards Global business Leadership Talent management' But are the boards of these companies similarly “globalized”?

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Globalization Committee Telecommunications Consensus 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Starting in the 1970s, the country's ability to create low-cost, quality products helped them dominate key industries, such as automobiles, telecommunications, and consumer electronics. As Fujio Ando, senior managing director at Chibagin Asset Management suggests, "Japan's consumer electronics industry is facing defeat.

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Six Sigma Kaizen Govindarajan Telecommunications 18

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

Many wonder why an academy company like P&G, historically known for developing talent, did not, or was not able to, promote a successor from within its ranks. What kind of signal did this choice send to P&G''s top managers? We now see they are also struggling to do a good job managing their own talent responsibilities.

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Succession Telecommunications Biotechnology Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

If businesses are to continue using personal data to create value for themselves and for their customers, they will need to manage it as carefully as they would money, in four key ways. Manage brand reputation by engaging with data rating agencies. Maintain trust to avoid data runs.

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Telecommunications Cost-Benefit Analysis Reputation Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

Mixing and matching features, components, and sizes enabled the Finnish telecommunications giant to offer a vast array of choices to win over operators and, through them, consumers. It helped to establish the Symbian operating system in 1998 and spent a fortune trying to attract developers to the platform. Apple crafted a win-win-win.

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Innovation Supply Chain Telecommunications Core Competence 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

But we found that when empowering leadership is also about mentoring and supporting employee development, this can create a trusting relationship. The empowering leaders who did see better performance on routine tasks were the ones who developed good relationship with their employees and were more trusted.

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Delegation Analysis Creativity Uncertainty 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2018

A prototype that takes two weeks to develop in Silicon Valley can be created overnight in Shenzhen. Engineers build new features and functionalities while management graduates can sell products at low cost and even create new business models and commercial innovations. and other developed countries will find difficult to match.

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Innovation Engineering Business Model Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

As multinational corporations pursue opportunities in emerging markets, they're bound to stumble if they overlook the developed economies, and vice versa. Without operating in the former, they won't be able to attain economies of scale; sans the latter, they're unlikely to continue developing state-of-the-art technologies.

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Globalization Marketing Venture Capitalist Biotechnology 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2017

According to an assessment of over 700 sales professionals and senior executives conducted by GrowthPlay — a sales-focused consulting firm where one of us is Managing Director — the problem stems from gaps between the perceptions, attitudes, and information flows between executives and sales reps.

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Execution Cost Telecommunications CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

But corporate learning management systems remain slow, hard to use, and difficult to maintain. They’re getting in the way of employee development instead of supporting it. Consider, for example, the challenges that one telecommunications company faced with high turnover in its retail stores.

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Telecommunications Retail Human Capital Class 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

37signals has developed a dozen different products and services since its founding in 1999. They will now be a “one product company” focused on Basecamp, its popular project management software. Refocusing” might be an understatement. To emphasize the point, the company is also changing its name to Basecamp.

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