Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

This was the situation the leaders of Southern New England Telephone Company (SNET) faced in 1994 when Connecticut deregulated the local market. If they had involved wide representation of management and front-line workers during the earlier planning process, their people would have joined them on the journey from the beginning.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 15, 2024

For example: “I’m hearing that we need to move this project up to deliver this Friday and that we should postpone our work on the marketing effort until next week. Coach the managers whose people don’t have it. This time, you’ll repeat back what you understand and ask for clarification. Do I have that right?” “It Are they? (Or

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

including digital marketing success. The digital marketing promise has always included the ability to measure the impact of your online marketing dollars. Delivering on this promise has been a challenging activity that many leaders grapple with when measuring digital marketing benchmarks for success.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 3, 2012

This post was first published in SmartBlog on Leadership on 11/29/2012: Have you ever noticed that committees or management teams tend to spend way too much time in meetings endlessly debating the most unimportant or mundane topics, while at the same time, not enough time on the most important or strategic issues?

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 30, 2019

Resiliency is important to businesses because it’s the DNA that enables the company to better anticipate, prepare for, respond and adapt to ever increasing market disruptions, shifts in customer preferences and challenging competitor tactics that can knock a business off its hinges. Resilient people make resilient cultures.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 2, 2012

At my last company, where I was responsible for leadership development and succession planning, I once received a phone call on a Friday afternoon from one of my favorite managers. It went like this: “Dan, I just found out I’m going to promoted to a senior manage on Monday. Is there a senior manager school I could go to ASAP?”.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Real life is not a spectator sport – it’s a participation sport, and in fact, I submit to you that it’s a full contact participation sport. My mind is racing around between what I've been a part of over the last two years in social media and the participants in the story. Take "reality TV" (please).

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

The term is generally used to denote family ties, but it’s also used as a state of connecting or binding participants. The Product Management Perspective: Product managers depend on others in engineering, marketing, sales, etc. Merriam-Webster’s dictionary lists several definitions for the word relationship.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Entrepreneurship can offer a promising career path for people facing discrimination in traditional job markets, and training programs can boost socioeconomic mobility. The researchers studied a nine-month training program offered by the non-profit Banco da Providência to 207 participants in 2018.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

I remember him telling me that he considered himself just to be a “professional manager.”. I am not surprised he picked this topic as he is charged in growing Unilever’s businesses in emerging and highly VUCA-prone markets. Participate in The Global Leadership Forecast to learn those answers. He has done a masterful job.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 23, 2021

The precise difference between managers and leaders has been a topic of discussion in the leadership community for many decades, and the conversations often reveal a clear preference for the seemingly sexier task of leadership over the bean-counting that so often encompasses managerial administration. Overvaluing leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement Organizations are increasingly recognizing the importance of evolving into learning organizations to remain competitive and adapt to continuous market changes. This ongoing approach to improvement allows businesses to adjust to market shifts and customer demands quickly.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Leadership is a participation sport and never works well in absentia. Loyalty is a missing ingredient in job market of both the secular and sacred. It requires zero talent to be present mentally and physically. In most sports I’m aware of you cannot play if you don’t suit-up and show-up. I would like to add one.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 29, 2013

He was a marketing genius, and his team’s success was unparalleled in the history of the company. Although aware of Casey’s lack of team skills, senior management was pleased with the results he delivered, and they were afraid that expecting him to be a team player would dampen his brilliance. Participate. Keep moving.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Blogging since 2002, being actively involved in digital marketing since the early 90′s, and being online since the days of the ARPANET I have a bit of history with most things digital. Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside.

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Modern Servant Leader

APRIL 3, 2012

In this series of traditional and social media marketing messages, Domino’s Pizza confessed to poor quality and said they would change. After purchasing a pair of running shoes, the sales representative (Vicki) sent me a note, encouraging my goal of participation in a marathon. Social media is not just about being social.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

More importantly, does the narcissistic style of leadership help to foster the necessary conditions organizations require to succeed in today’s inter-connected and increasingly competitive market? The participants were divided into groups of three, with one individual being randomly selected to be the leader of the group.

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Chart Your Course

OCTOBER 29, 2012

At Wegman’s Food Markets, a $5.15 She says the company wants to be sure all employees have adequate time to participate in its onboarding programs, as well as live training in the store. “We try to always give managers plenty of time to familiarize all staff with any changes so they aren’t taken off guard.”

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 31, 2023

It’s less common for poor management to be targeted to explain lackluster productivity, but research from Stanford’s Nick Bloom suggests that is a mistake. Weak management Bloom’s World Management Survey was established in 2004 to measure management practices across hundreds of medium-sized firms in the likes of the U.K.,

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Robust supply chain leadership ensures effective oversight and management of the end-to-end supply chain processes, from procurement to delivery. Moreover, strong leadership in supply chain management ensures cost efficiency. A strategic-minded CPO deeply understands market trends, supplier dynamics, and emerging technologies.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 15, 2013

In the new edition, updated and expanded, Weisbord recasts some of his stories from management history, describes his recent work with collaborative teaming, and offers both updated and new cases. The new chapter on “Ten Management Myths” alone, in which the author summarizes five decades of experience, makes this edition worth reading.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 30, 2012

I recently attended a talent management networking meeting hosting by PDI Ninth House. It was well attended, with over 100 participants, all responsible for some aspect of talent management. At one point, participants were asked to raise their hands if their high potential programs were: 1. Not transparent; 2.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 30, 2012

We took a look at how frontline leader assessment participants answered this question. It probably isn’t surprising that a significant chunk of managers said that they were promoted because of their “technical expertise.” Bradford Thomas, is a product manager with Development Dimensions International (DDI).

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 22, 2013

I’ll bet a lot of executives and managers reading this post would enthusiastically agree with the declaration “Employees are our greatest asset”. Count up how much time is spent reviewing the earning per share, revenue, profit, sales quotas, manufacturing capacity, inventory, marketing strategy, and other topics. How about you?

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

New research from York St John University finds that companies with emotionally intelligent managers not only provide a better workplace environment but also see higher profits. The study surveyed 150 managers and staff at 30 UK companies, examining how management style influenced business performance.

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Leading Blog

JULY 10, 2019

In the midst of managing these exponential leaps in technology, there is a war for talent. They report that just over 30 percent of participants are engaged (love their jobs), 16 percent are actively disengaged (miserable and destroying what others are building), and 51 percent are not engaged (they’re just there).

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Financial management. Change management. The following functional areas exist within XYZ Widget: Finance, HR/Admin, Sales, Customer Service, Planning & Procurement, Materials Management, Manufacturing, and Quality Control. •Communication. Long term vision/goal setting and the ability to communicate that to the organization.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 17, 2013

You employ engineers, plant managers, economists, IT managers and marketing directors from all over the world. The challenge for your non-native managers is not simply to speak English with correct grammar, but to speak convincingly and confidently. Encourage your managers to attend communication skills training programs.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 17, 2018

But while self-deprecating humor can reduce social distance and make leaders seem more collaborative, participative and open, it must be used with caution. Jamie Anderson is Professor of Strategic Management at Antwerp Management School, and Visiting Professor at INSEAD. This post is by Jamie Anderson and Gabor George Burt.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

65 Content Marketers List the 44 Content Marketing Agencies Crushing It (Plus 70 Tips & 78 Myths Dispelled) ​Digital marketing is becoming harder to ignore as we now live in a world of internet ubiquity. Click "READ MORE" to see the 44 content marketing agencies and 70 related tips from the experts!

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Agencies like Seattle Marketing Agency are dedicated to the growth of companies and can create customized marketing strategies to achieve this goal. Full-service marketing agencies help clients develop an overall marketing strategy. They conduct market research. They can advertise on mobile devices. Nielsen Co.,

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Everyone wins The study, which saw over 1,600 workers in a large online travel company analyzed, found that hybrid schedules tend to benefit both employees and managers. Many of these hybrid workers are professionals like lawyers, accountants, marketers, and software engineers, most with a college degree or higher.

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Chartered Management Institute

JANUARY 17, 2024

Leadership in Local Government CMI has partnered with the Social Market Foundation to explore the role that quality leadership and management can play in improving local government effectiveness. The strategy needs to include a funding increase for councils to improve recruitment and retention of staff across all levels.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Instead, Alibaba is what you get if you take every function associated with retail and coordinate them online into a sprawling, data-driven network of sellers, marketers, service providers, logistics companies, and manufacturers. This cannot be managed in the traditional way. Think enabling not managing.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Whether solutions to better communicate or how to best manage employees, here are 5 Proven Strategies to Accelerate Business Growth: Expand thru Alliance Partnership. This gives you an instant marketing presence in front of potential clients. A great way to do so is by joining and participating in women networks.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

And, often changes are taking place externally in the market that are missed providing competitors with the advantage in the long run. delegation, time management, and emotional intelligence (the ability to be calm and not over react). Time Management is the next critical skill to stay out of the trap of being stuck in the urgent.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 22, 2012

I recently participated in two very different but similar meetings. The meeting participants were energetic and courteous. The Product Management Perspective: One of the highpoints of being a product manger is working with a diverse group of people. Guest post by Dr. Andrew L. The diverse group challenged my thinking.

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