Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2024

T HE vast majority of today’s business leaders are either embarking on AI deployment to improve their operations or are considering it. Although most C-suite executives, mid-level managers, and data practitioners aren’t AI experts — no one is at this pace of change — they shouldn’t implement AI for the sake of implementing AI.

Retail 426

Retail Trends Operations Brainstorming 426

Next Level Blog

MARCH 24, 2020

The situation is too fast-moving, fluid and unprecedented for any of us to settle in for whatever the long haul is and keep on truckin’ with the same operating rhythm we’ve used up until now. For years, I’ve been a big proponent of identifying and following through on your optimal operating rhythm. Mine, at least, was like that.

Operations 186

Operations Class Crisis Definition 186

Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

T HE BIGGEST CHANGE being brought about by AI is not human replicas, but the emergence of digital operating models. The operating model is how that is accomplished. The goal of the operating model is to deliver value at scale, to achieve sufficient scope, and to respond to changes by engaging in sufficient learning.

Operations 361

Operations Industry Learning-by-Doing Core Competence 361

Next Level Blog

JUNE 24, 2020

This week, I want to start with three basic physical routines that are essential to stress management – eating, moving and sleeping. Get out – There are some upsides to working from home, but one of the downsides is you’ve lost the variety of mental input you get when you travel back and forth to your office. No screens in bed.

Stress 246

Stress Management Succession Short-term 246

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

The Current Digital Landscape Today’s digital landscape is constantly changing, revolutionizing how businesses and industries operate. Extensive networks, data streams, and state-of-the-art digital technologies are increasingly becoming the foundation of modern operational strategies.

Disruptive Innovation 259

Disruptive Innovation Strategic Planning Supply Chain Contingency Plans 259

N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

This series’s final part will balance needs with compromises, float tangential opportunities to expand horizons, and extricate from myopia on that elusive ‘unicorn’ management candidate. You will find it difficult to move between functional management roles.

Execution 397

Execution Company Charisma Constraint 397

Next Level Blog

JULY 13, 2010

Operation Mincemeat is a true story that reads like a novel.

Operations 126

Operations Video Books Executive Coaching 126

Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2020

frameworks that help make thoughtful decisions about starting, growing, managing, and selling a business. Short-termism is rampant among executives and managers today, causing many companies to underperform and even go out of business. Instead of startup myths?legends legends spun from a fantasy version of Silicon Valley?Rizwan

Books 421

Books Short-term Leadership Long-term 421

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

If your organization confuses loyalty and tenure there is trouble on the horizon…If your business rates tenure higher than performance as a measure for employee evaluation, it is time for you to consider updating your talent management practices and procedures. So, what’s wrong with tenure you ask?

Loyalty 419

Loyalty Blog Brand Follow-up 419

Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

A Transpersonal Leader operates beyond their own ego and personal drivers and balances the needs of all the organization’s stakeholders. A transpersonal leader has travelled a road where these attributes have been developed, alongside a honed appreciation of how to improve judgment and decision making.

McKinsey 369

McKinsey Crisis Emotional Intelligence Self-aware 369

Leading Blog

JANUARY 14, 2019

I N AN IBM global survey of CEOs, the overwhelming consensus was that more than rigor, management discipline, integrity or even vision, successfully navigating an increasing complex world will require creativity. Managers often resort to changes in organizational structure as a means of stimulating creativity and improving performance.”

Creativity 321

Creativity Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Construction 321

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Your business now operates as part of a global digital eco-system where leveling the playing field has become a digital impossibility. Playing for parity by traveling the traditional path of best practices just ensures one thing; you will spend great amounts of time and money failing slowly, publicly, and painfully.

Leadership 346

Leadership Business Model Engineering Fast Follower 346

Leading Blog

AUGUST 19, 2013

Lead by example and let people know that you don''t operate in silos. Manage collaboration with the proper tools. Try customer relationship software, project management programs, or whatever captures your ideas and helps transform them into action. Share information appropriately.

Brand 285

Brand Blanchard PR Open-book 285

Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 29, 2012

Over the past year here in Portland I’ve been talking to a lot of startup leaders trying to make their fledgling businesses fly, and the image that always comes to my mind when I have these conversations is that of a race car traveling at 200 mph, and getting a tune up at the same time. Revamp of the customer management (CRM) system.

CRM 282

CRM CEO Insurance Advertising 282

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

From managing strategic direction, evaluating group and company operations to communicating with various stakeholders – the daily schedule of a CEO can be relentless. So, if you’re a relatively new CEO or you’ve been at the helm for a while – how can you manage your time more effectively? Travel Smart. Master Delegation.

CEO 105

CEO Chief Executive Officer Management Delegation 105

Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

If you want your company to thrive and expand in 2022 and beyond, you need to get off to a strong start, and that involves ensuring that your operations are well-organized and productive. This is especially helpful if you need to travel or if you have team members who operate remotely from different locations.

Organization 218

Organization Policies Delegation Operations 218

Leading Blog

JULY 21, 2023

Up to now, you’ve operated on the stories you believe in, your own personal little dramas, your own soap operas that you act out every day. You must know the nature of the reality and what it demands, and the nature of the field and terrain on which you will travel. Rule #2: To Win, You Have to Begin Take that first step.

Learning-by-Doing 323

Learning-by-Doing Follow-up Travel Power 323

Leading Blog

JUNE 28, 2012

Bill Gates once remarked, “ My first stop on any time-travel expedition would be Bell Labs in December 1947 ,” That was the year Bell Labs invented the transistor—a tiny invention that makes possible the technology we have today. Finding an aspect of modern life that doesn’t incorporate some strand of Bell Labs’ DNA would be difficult.

Innovation 284

Innovation Film Creativity Technology 284

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

Whether you are an emerging leader with a small team or an experienced leader responsible for directing the daily operations of a multinational organization, these seven CEO success tips will allow you to glean insight into your marathon by looking at the roadmap to help you win the race without fail. On to Iwo Jima. I can’t, says who?

CEO 393

CEO Succession Tips How To 393

Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Appearances Don’t Matter as Much as We Thought – Before COVID would you ever have imagined doing business deals or management presentations from your kitchen or an extra bedroom? Here are a few of my conclusions. I’d love to hear yours. This lesson, of course, has been both a blessing and a curse.

Travel 242

Travel Bottom-up Productivity Products 242

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 1, 2012

Engaged and aligned are two different things, and they don't always travel together. Clearly, many managers are failing to connect people with the strategies they are emotionally prepared to support with their daily work. Keep people continually connected to the environment in which they operate. You are managing change.

Participative 249

Participative Energy Bottom-up Organizational Behavior 249

Mike Cardus

JUNE 21, 2011

Working and Managing Across Generations: From Traditionalist to Generation Y and Beyond… An Interactive Workshop. Working and Managing Across Generations: From Traditionalist to Generation Y and Beyond…An Interactive Workshop. Working and Managing Across Generations: From Traditionalist to Generation Y and Beyond….

Workshop 127

Workshop Henderson Management Diversity 127

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 16, 2018

Reduced Travel Time. The benefits of increasing productivity to the workers and management is perhaps the most sought after reason why employers are now offering the option for remote workdays. This data is supported by over 75 percent of managers reporting a noticeable boost in workplace productivity from their telecommuting staff.

Team 221

Team Stress Cost Transportation 221

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Let them lead in your absence: Your top employees would be honored to “step in” so that you can travel or go on a vacation. Many or most consider it an honor, and a way to learn more about how these operations work. Stretch them in their current work: How can your most able employees be stretched?

Delegation 277

Delegation Conference Learning-by-Doing Committee 277

Terry Starbucker

MARCH 6, 2011

He later started his own cable company, Bresnan Communications, in 1984, and continued to operate cable systems both internationally and domestically until his too-early passing in 2009. Because we knew if he cared that much to know our names, it would carry over into all aspects of his leadership, and how the company was managed.

Leadership 276

Leadership Leadership Styles CEO Travel 276

Strategy Driven

JUNE 13, 2024

Just like every other field, technology is rapidly transforming the way personal injury law firms operate. Case Management Software Imagine having a tireless assistant dedicated to keeping your cases organized. Case management software does just that! So, what’s the wait for? Let’s get started!

Operations 90

Operations Technology CRM Software 90

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Understanding and embracing today’s technological trends is the fastest way to travel to the career of your dreams. ”. We may move from frame to frame but we tend to operate in one. You might be brilliant, but if you are hard to manage, it’s easy to find someone else. Webb presents us with four ways of looking at work.

How To 285

How To Entrepreneur Technology Career 285

Women on Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Christina Shi is the Chief Operating Officer at Nike, Inc. She started as a management consultant working for McKinsey & Co. However, she worked this schedule for almost a decade and eventually managed to be put into the position of Partner; All of this while managing to maintain a healthy balance between work and personal life.

Power 205

Power McKinsey Chief Operating Officer Career 205

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Research conducted by Florida International University’s College of Business (FIU Business) indicates that one effective method of cultivating trust, loyalty, and improved outcomes in the workplace involves employees developing the skill of managing their bosses. Consequently, employees may feel disconnected from evolving expectations.

Management 113

Management Constraint Sample Loyalty 113

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Help people see themselves operating in the new environment. The project team should include a project manager, some members of the target group (those people directly impacted by the changes), some members of the support group (people who can help the target group), and other influential people. Increase your curiosity. Brainstorm.

Process 279

Process Leadership Tips Open-book 279

Terry Starbucker

JULY 6, 2014

Of the 8 core principles of More Human leadership , it’s #6 - Measuring, monitoring and managing with the right metrics - that presents the biggest “nuts and bolts” challenge to any leader. I’m the SVP of Operations of a Cable TV Company that operates in 4 states and has 22 operating divisions.

Metrics 214

Metrics Leadership Operations Report 214

QAspire

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Great Quotes: Gems from Subroto Bagchi on Leadership I have always enjoyed reading thoughts of Subroto Bagchi , one of India’s most well known and respected leaders from the IT industry who operates as a “Gardener” and Vice Chairman at MindTree. Don’t Kill It!

Quality 119

Quality Blog Management Self-aware 119

Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Marcella considers: “ Engage – travel guide for change adventurers, is a great book for anyone looking at organizational change. Shelley considers: “ For the companies, I work with, I know their 2020 visions also did not include anything remotely close to a cease to all travel, live events, and in-person meetings.

Leadership Development 363

Leadership Development Development Leadership Follow-up 363

CEO Blog

JANUARY 28, 2011

For several years spanning a period of extraordinary growth, the company operated under an executive management group comprised of three individuals who shared responsibility. Art Gould is a division manager with Self Storage Company, which operates a group of websites, including a Nashville self-storage locator.

Blog 230

Blog CEO Leadership Styles Leadership 230

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 15, 2021

The simulations were based on data that was harvested from real-world travel patterns and road usage, with decades worth of research on passenger behavior used to understand how passengers respond to changes in things such as price and travel times. This could result in a lot of “empty miles” completed.

Transportation 139

Transportation Travel Guidelines Price 139

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2010

In the summer of 2003, the ninety-two year-old Wooden traveled to the White House, where he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor. He required even the best players to clean up after themselves in the locker room and not to expect the student managers to do it. why is everyone smiling?

Follow-up 360

Follow-up Open-book Learning-by-Doing Hotels 360

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

“My interviews with well over 200 executives across 18 firms revealed the secrets of these companies—not the usual facile frameworks, but new ways of thinking about business that allow leaders and companies to operate with heightened passion, urgency, and clarity,” shares Gulati. “I Second, it can attract fellow travelers.

How To 73

How To Operations Customer Loyalty Objective 73