Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Apparently, operations managers were suddenly being pressured by accounting heads to justify the ROI for purchases. . Being deprived of basic humans needs that we naturally get from work, such as sense of connection, tribe, meaning, and purpose. Operations Day. Next Steps and Follow-Up.

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In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The reason: a fundamental flaw in the management process that is supposed to renew brand health. The blemish is the abdication of brand attention by top management. CEOs (and to some extent, CMOs) are so preoccupied with Wall Street and/or the management fad of the day that their eye has drifted from the heartbeat of their brands.

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

They are realizing if employees and managers are unhappy, they are going to leave. There needs to be a system for decision-making and development of leaders and managers as well as the reinforcement of values, directions and performance expectations. 3) Manage your managers and make them lead by example.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 5, 2019

In addition to caring for patients in the exam room or operating suite, physicians face challenges of navigating the reporting requirements of new payment models. Social connection is a primal human need , as research has borne out. His life took a turn in 2004 and he “managed to taper off the drugs.”

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

When I was a young product manager back in the ’70s, the only people I could talk to about brands were my colleagues in the marketing department and the advertising agency. Now my accountant, my lawyer, my portfolio manager and even my neighbour talk to me about brands. A vast number of famous brand names need brand surgery.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 24, 2011

The original concept, created by Art Director Geoff Hayes in a bathtub, and perpetuated by several creative notables, has managed to stand the cruel test of time and create the 3 rd largest-selling liquor brand on the globe. Marketers operate in a dynamic world. How has this campaign lasted so long? April 2011. March 2011.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. billion in sales) provides huge economies of scale throughout the operation, especially in production, fixed overheads, distribution and marketing.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 19, 2013

In the “old days,” a person was hired into a position, learned the job, and – usually because of some form of functional proficiency – received a promotion into management. Then, as a manager, this same person could tell a few people what to do. A classic example was the old Bell System.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 14, 2011

I’ll take an educated guess and say that P&G and Unilever top management knew absolutely nothing of the conspiracy until the regulators came knocking. Imagine the reaction of a supplier’s top management when they witness their brand featured at a price, well below cost. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 5, 2021

Automation is a process of replacing manual human needed in executing tasks with any form of technology. Automation is an area of business that is of immense benefit as it uses technology to perform business tasks or processes, where human effort or supervision would be otherwise needed.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

With the rise of AI and Big Data , companies are starting to adopt these technologies to improve their operations. Strategic HR is about planning for the future of the workforce –workforce management, scheduling, and planning –or, to put it another way, who will be where at any given time.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 1, 2020

If you’re operating as a know-it-all, you have an underlying belief that that any new stuff really isn’t of much value. Empathy is a uniquely human skill. In fact, it’s the most human skill. Here’s a shocking statistic: two-thirds of senior managers can’t name their firm’s top priorities! The second cost is ego.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 18, 2018

Humans need to take breaks and relax as many times as they need in order to be able to give 100%. It has been proven that the human brain can be a lot more productive after even after a short break between two tasks. The human brain needs a break so that it can recharge after performing different tiring operations.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Feeling safe is a primal human need. When that need isn’t met, our natural response is to focus energy toward a showdown with the perceived threat. and held senior management positions at several large IT companies. Carl, a self-made success and CEO of a venture-backed software company, is a great example.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Feeling safe is a primal human need. When that need isn’t met, our natural response is to focus energy toward a showdown with the perceived threat. and held senior management positions at several large IT companies. Carl, a self-made success and CEO of a venture-backed software company, is a great example.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Until recently, determining who works when involved store managers manually slotting each employee into shifts on paper. At a factory in Southern China, for example, executives thought that watching workers would help managers increase productivity and lower costs.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Managing baffles us with its complexity. Leaders looking to improve managing do not know where to start, much less where to finish. So even though the gales of creative destruction continually threaten their enterprises, they do not necessarily see radically revising their managing as the obvious solution.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Managing baffles us with its complexity. Leaders looking to improve managing do not know where to start, much less where to finish. So even though the gales of creative destruction continually threaten their enterprises, they do not necessarily see radically revising their managing as the obvious solution.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

For example, a Towers Perrin study conducted in 2007-2008 among 90,000 employees in 18 countries found that companies with the most engaged employees had a 19 percent increase in operating income during the previous year, while those with the lowest levels had a 32 percent decline. The fourth and final core human need is for significance.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2016

Over the last 10 or 15 years those of us who work for organizations have gotten more and more comfortable talking about work-life balance as a business issue; about making the workplace more human, authentic, and compassionate; and about discussing work as something that deserves passion, meaning, even love.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

Dubbed the “Alien Dreadnought,” Tesla’s new manufacturing facility in Fremont, California, was designed to be fully automated — no humans need apply. So, for instance, an equipment maintenance supervisor must be able to do more than just supervise hourly technicians and manage the repair of equipment.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

However, a new survey by my HR advisory firm Future Workplace called “The Employee Experience” reveals the reality is that employees crave something far more fundamental and essential to human needs. Airbnb has pushed the limits of designing its customer call center operation in Portland, Oregon.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2018

While there has been a lot of discussion about “what’s left for humans?” If computer technology has the capacity to simplify and streamline transaction costs, more and more work can be done through these smart-contract arrangements, making traditional human-managed firms obsolete. Insight Center. Adopting AI.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2015

Humanity needs the kind of hard-core, heavy, physical infrastructure that GE sells, and we badly need clean infrastructure in particular. We humans need real machinery and complex supply chains to build a $75 trillion economy serving 7.4 Sustainability Data Operations' billion people.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Large enterprises typically operate dozens of security products with growing headcount in all areas of their security organizations. The current state of affairs in corporate cybersecurity is similar to how most organizations used to approach much of their IT operations, prior to the advent of public cloud infrastructure.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

A core part of your job as a leader is to help others overcome the inherent, very human bias toward maintaining the status quo. You first need to identify who — that is, which individuals and groups — have the biggest potential to thwart positive change. We all operate at different speeds. Talking with the Resistors.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Looking at LVMH’s efforts, I’ll highlight three areas where I see great impact and innovation: managing carbon and energy, building a connection with customers around brand purpose, and working closely with suppliers. Managing Carbon and Energy. I’ll then discuss some of LVMH’s challenges. ”

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2017

By prediction, we don’t just mean the future—prediction is about using data that you have to generate data that you don’t have, often by translating large amounts of data into small, manageable amounts. They need to trade that off against the effects of allowing a transaction that is fraudulent. Humans need to do so.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 19, 2011

We operate by the mantra of “use it or you lose it.” As a young Brand Manager, I pounced on consumer insecurities, pumping products that solved bad breath, armpit odor, yellow teeth and bad skin. 5 principles of simplicity via @ matthewemay [link] Humans need a reminder RT @ hunterwalk Good design teaches. April 2011.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 10, 2011

Sixty-five innovative operations - four in the state of California alone. So why don’t they reduce the number of operations? The leaders of these companies aren’t ‘managing the store’; they’re building new stores. I’m guessing she does a good job managing a big store but think entrepreneurially? April 2011.

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