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Management and Leadership - Leadership Lessons from the United States Naval
2008-05-20 13:02:00 “Midshipmen will not lie, cheat, or steal, nor will they mislead or deceive anyone as to known facts. A midshipman will be truthful, trustworthy, honest and forthright at all times and under all circumstances. Midshipmen are presumed to be honorable at all times and to possess moral integrity in the fullest sense and will be treated accordingly, unless they prove otherwise by their words or actions. Midshipmen should neither permit nor accept anything which is not just, right, and true. They should do the right thing because it is right, not because of fear of punishment.” The Honor Concept United States Naval Academy It is the privilege of professional executives and managers to lead the men and women of their organizations toward the achievement of mission goals. As such, these leaders are responsible for acting with the utmost integrity, leading in both a moral and ethical manner. Doing so promotes trust, accountability, and group cohesion; forming the foundation of high tea... More About: Management , Leadership
Leadership Inspirations - Success and Accountability
2008-05-16 04:29:00 “To succeed as a team is to hold all of the members accountable for their expertise. “ Mitchell Caplan Chief Executive Officer, E*Trade If you enjoyed this posting, we encourage you to become a StrategyDriven Registered Member and ask that you recommend us to others you feel will benefit from using our website. Registered Members gain access to the many members only whitepapers, models, and categories and registration is FREE! If you have not already done so, please click here to register and join the conversation. Copyright 2007-2008 by StrategyDriven. This content is intended for personal and non-commercial use only. All rights reserved. More About: Leadership , Success , Accountability
StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 17 - The Use of Models
2008-05-14 04:47:00 StrategyDriven Podcast s focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve better results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag posts on the StrategyDriven website. Episode 17 - The Use of Models elaborates on Strategic Analysis Best Practice 5 - The Use of Models. This discussion… elaborates on why models should be used during a strategic analysis identifies the specific benefits and risks of using models describes what to do if a situation arises where an appropriate model is not available to support an evaluation Final Request… The strength in our community grows with the additional insights brought by our expanding member base. Please consider voting for us on Podcast Alley by clicking here. Casting your vote for the StrategyDriven Podcast improves our ranking and helps us attract new listeners which, in turn, helps us grow our community. Thank...
Strategic Analysis Best Practice 7 - Diverse Models
2008-05-09 04:00:00 Solutions addressing today’s multifaceted business challenges and opportunities can be extremely difficult to recognize; the ever increasing pace of change within the business environment further complicating this problem. In order to successfully deal with this challenge, decision-makers need the support of people and tools to help them distill large quantities of data, recognize important business trends, discount temporary fads, and translate their findings into meaningful organizational activities. Because no one analysis perspective will adequately account for all of the important nuances associated with a complex problem, multidiscipline teams and diverse tools should be employed to establish a complete picture organizational performance and environmental conditions. Use of a diverse set of models during the strategic analysis process helps create this needed picture.* As discussed in Strategic Analysis Best Practice 5 - The Use of Models , organizational leaders benefit ... More About: Diverse
Communications - Common Language
2008-05-06 13:04:00 Clarity of communication is a critical component of all business transactions. Without understanding, we are prone to execute instructions in a manner different than that desired. So how then, can we as communicators ensure our message is clear and understood by those receiving it? For communications to be clear, they must possess several key qualities, one of which is common language. Common language is more than a specific language; it also includes a common frame of reference. People from different locations often use words and phrases the meaning of which is not broadly understood. And even among individuals sharing a like understanding of this slang, an off-normal word association can inhibit understanding. One of the best illustrations of two people speaking one language, English, but not understanding each other because of a lack of common reference is Abbot and Costello’s “Who’s On First?” routine first performed in the early 1930’s. Video 1: Abbott and Costello... More About: Language , Communications
Congratulations! The StrategyDriven Podcast Ranked #3 Among Business Podca
2008-05-01 13:14:00 The StrategyDriven family would like to thank our listeners for helping us achieve the third place ranking from among the over 2000 business podcasts listed on Podcast Alley in April! Each week, co-hosts Nathan Ives and Howard Dickens present a richer and deeper exploration of the principle, best practice, and warning flag posts found on the StrategyDriven website. Their discussions identify benefits, define implementation methods, and provide examples to help leaders increase alignment and heighten accountability within their organizations. The strength of our community grows with the additional insights brought by our expanding member base. With your support, our community of listeners and readers has grown tremendously in the past several months. Please help us continue to grow by recommending the StrategyDriven Podcast to family, friends, and colleagues who you believe will benefit from listening. Additionally, please consider voting for us monthly on Podcast Alley by clicking h... More About: Business , Congratulations
StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 16 - Strategic Analysis Multidiscipline Team
2008-04-30 02:41:00 StrategyDriven Podcast s focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve better results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag posts on the StrategyDriven website. Episode 16 - Strategic Analysis Multidiscipline Team s elaborates on Strategic Analysis Best Practice 6 - Multidiscipline Teams. This discussion… defines what a multidiscipline team is identifies why multidiscipline teams are needed to support strategic analysis lists the steps needed to form a multidiscipline team that collectively possesses the knowledge and skills to effectively perform a strategic analysis Final Request… The strength in our community grows with the additional insights brought by our expanding member base. Please consider voting for us on Podcast Alley by clicking here. Casting your vote for the StrategyDriven Podcast improves our ranking and helps us attract new list...
Strategic Analysis Best Practice 6 - Multidiscipline Teams
2008-04-25 04:32:00 Today’s businesses operate in complex, multidimensional environments and often execute highly dynamic and interrelated processes. Evaluating these circumstances collectively requires a breadth and depth of knowledge not likely to be possessed by a single individual. In order to apply the range of knowledge and experience necessary to perform a complete strategic analysis subsequently requires the use of a multidiscipline team. Multidiscipline teams help ensure the full range of needed knowledge and experience resources are brought to bear when evaluating, in aggregate, the interrelationships and interactions of the complex business environment with the execution of the organization’s programs, processes, and procedures. Having enough knowledge and experience resources occurs when the strategic analysis team includes individuals that together possess the background necessary to recognize significant beneficial and adverse performance drivers given the business’s operating situa... More About: Analysis , Teams , Practice , Strategic
Leadership Inspirations - The Permanence of Success and Failure
2008-04-23 03:06:00 “Success is never permanent, and failure is never final.” Mike Ditka NFL Player and Head Coach and one of only two men to have won the Super Bowl as both a player and a head coach If you enjoyed this posting, we encourage you to become a StrategyDriven Registered Member and ask that you recommend us to others you feel will benefit from using our website. Registered Members gain access to the many members only whitepapers, models, and categories and registration is FREE! If you have not already done so, please click here to register and join the conversation. Copyright 2007-2008 by StrategyDriven. This content is intended for personal and non-commercial use only. All rights reserved. More About: Leadership , Failure
StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 15 - Independent Assessors
2008-04-16 03:29:00 StrategyDriven Podcast s focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve better results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag posts on the StrategyDriven website. Episode 15 - Independent Assessors elaborates on Strategic Analysis Best Practice 4 - Independent Assessors. This discussion… examines the benefits of using independent assessors identifies sources of impartial evaluators describes the critical characteristics independent assessors should possess to maximize their effectiveness Final Request… The strength in our community grows with the additional insights brought by our expanding member base. Please consider voting for us on Podcast Alley by clicking here. Casting your vote for the StrategyDriven Podcast improves our ranking and helps us attract new listeners which, in turn, helps us grow our community. Thank you again for listening to...
Standards & Expectations - Introduction
2008-04-10 12:13:00 Standards and expectations establish the how of work performance. These ‘hows’ represent leadership’s translation of the organization’s values to the everyday behaviors members of the workforce should exhibit when performing assigned tasks. (See Figure 1) Subsequently, performance standards form the basis against which individual and group behavioral performance is evaluated. Effective performance standards are broadly communicated, consistently applied, and uniformly interpreted; yet allow enough flexibility and intent-based implementation so as to not stifle efficient work performance. Examined more closely, these characteristics imply: Broadly Communicated - all members of the organization must be aware and understand the intent of performance expectations as well as the applicability to their job assignments Consistently Applied - all members of the organization are held to the same high standards of performance all of the time Uniformly Interpreted – standards are s... More About: Standards , Introduction , Expectations
Leadership Inspirations - Success, Work, and a Dictionary
2008-04-08 07:05:00 “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” Donald Kendall co-Founder and former Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo More About: Work , Leadership , Success , Dictionary
StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 14 - The Devil’s Advocate
2008-04-01 13:04:00 StrategyDriven Podcast s focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve better results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag posts on the StrategyDriven website. Episode 14 - The Devil ’s Advocate elaborates on Strategic Analysis Best Practice 2 - advocatus diaboli, The Devil ’s Advocate. This discussion… defines what a Devil’s Advocate is explains how the contrarian helps prevent group think describes the critical qualities, responsibilities, and actions of the Devil’s Advocate Final Request… The strength in our community grows with the additional insights brought by our expanding member base. Please consider voting for us on Podcast Alley by clicking here. Casting your vote for the StrategyDriven Podcast improves our ranking and helps us attract new listeners which, in turn, helps us grow our community. Thank you again...
Resource Management Best Practice 3 - Establishing the Foundation for Perso
2008-03-27 11:41:00 No longer can personnel resources be underutilized in either skill or capacity. Today’s dynamic business environment demands a degree of responsiveness and cost competitiveness that can only be achieved through heightened personnel flexibility and interchangeability. To achieve this requires the building of a foundation of standardized policies and procedures that align personnel resource management practices across the organization. Personnel resource sharing requires individual availability and skill matching. Optimally, an individual possessing the needed, not excessive, skill in one workgroup is available to augment the receiving workgroup for the exact period of time necessary to complete the work assignment. This situation is difficult to achieve not only because of the idealistic pairing of skills and availability but because of the challenges associated with identifying well suited, available resources across the organization. While difficult, the optimal pairing of the or... More About: Foundation , Management , Practice , Resource , Resource Management
Tactical Execution - Introduction
2008-03-20 12:00:00 “Execution is where the rubber meets the road.” Nathan Ives Principal Contributor StrategyDriven Strategy without execution is nothing more than wishful thinking pursued with hope. No organization achieves true success unless it is able to effectively execute its initiatives. It is only through execution that leadership’s strategic vision is married to reality. Tactical execution refers to the collection of actions taken and decisions made at all levels of the organization in the here and now; actions and decisions that ultimately shape the company’s future. Effective execution occurs when the right things get done efficiently. In organizations that execute effectively, leaders continually focus their workforce on accomplishing the priority activities defined by the strategic plan while workers strive to perform those activities in the most efficient manner possible. Establishing a culture of effective execution requires executives and managers to master the art of interpers... More About: Introduction
Leadership Inspirations - Step Out of Your Box
2008-03-18 11:32:00 “If you don’t step out of your box; if you don’t come out of your comfort zone where you look good, feel good, or where you’re liked and admired you won’t progress to live beyond your present potential. Instead, you’ll regress and remain in the reality of your own limitation.” Howard T. Dickens Jr. Vice President, P Enterprises and co-Host, StrategyDriven Podcast If you enjoyed this posting, we encourage you to become a StrategyDriven Registered Member and ask that you recommend us to others you feel will benefit from using our website. Registered Members gain access to the many members only whitepapers, models, and categories and registration is FREE! If you have not already done so, please click here to register and join the conversation. Copyright 2007-2008 by StrategyDriven. This content is intended for personal and non-commercial use only. All rights reserved. More About: Leadership , Step
Decision-Making Warning Flag 1b - Weak Analogies
2008-03-16 15:16:00 It does not appear as if you are logged-in as a Registered Member. If you were registered and logged-in, you would gain access to the many members-only categories, whitepapers, and models available on the StrategyDriven website. If you have not registered, it is easy and FREE! Please take a moment and register now. More About: Decision , Warning , Flag , Decision-Making , Decision making
Strategic Planning Warning Flag 2 - Near-Term Focus
2008-03-13 12:01:00 Executives and managers maximize their organization’s value through transformative change brought about by the effective execution of a long-range plan. Some executives and managers, by setting long-term goals, the achievement of which is supported by a tactically flexible long-range plan, establish the conditions necessary for their organization to realize the significant benefits of transformative change. In other organizations, executives and managers concern themselves with small incremental improvements, eliminating the possibility of attaining the breakaway successes of truly great organizations. (more…) If you enjoyed this posting, we encourage you to become a StrategyDriven Registered Member and ask that you recommend us to others you feel will benefit from using our website. Registered Members gain access to the many members only whitepapers, models, and categories and registration is FREE! If you have not already done so, please click here to register and ... More About: Planning , Warning , Focus , Strategic Planning , Flag
StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 13 - Introduction to Strategic Analysis
2008-03-11 11:53:00 StrategyDriven Podcast s focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve better results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag posts on the StrategyDriven website. Episode 13 - Introduction to Strategic Analysis serves as a foundation for the upcoming series of podcasts focused on the best practices associated with strategic analysis. This discussion… defines what a strategic analysis is describes the components of this in-depth examination of the organization and its business environment identifies how strategic analysis helps an organization become more strategy driven Final Request… The strength in our community grows with the additional insights brought by our expanding member base. Please consider voting for us on Podcast Alley by clicking here. Casting your vote for the StrategyDriven Podcast improves our ranking and helps us attract new lis...
Congratulations! The StrategyDriven Podcast Ranked #3 Among Business Podca
2008-03-09 16:06:00 The StrategyDriven family would like to thank our listeners for helping us achieve the third place ranking from among the over 1900 business podcasts listed on Podcast Alley in February! Each week, co-hosts Nathan Ives and Howard Dickens present a richer and deeper exploration of the principle, best practice, and warning flag posts found on the StrategyDriven website. Their discussions identify benefits, define implementation methods, and provide examples to help leaders increase alignment and heighten accountability within their organizations. The strength of our community grows with the additional insights brought by our expanding member base. With your support, our community of listeners and readers has grown tremendously in the past three months. Please help us continue to grow by recommending the StrategyDriven Podcast to family, friends, and colleagues who you believe will benefit from listening. Additionally, please consider voting for us monthly on Podcast Alley by clickin... More About: Business , Congratulations
Portfolio Management - Managing Shared, Perishable Resources
2008-03-07 03:02:00 Portfolio managers direct deployment of assigned resources across the several programs, projects, and processes they oversee in a manner that maximizes the organization’s return on investment. (See Figure 1) Complicating the portfolio manager’s work is the myriad of differing resource types; resources that are often limited and shared by the portfolio’s many components. All work requires resources for its performance. Resource types can be generally categorized as: Personnel - skilled labor and knowledge resources Equipment - tools, software applications, and facilities resources Material - land, parts and components, commodity materials and supplies, data, and intellectual property resources Financial - cash, credit, and other financial instrument resources (more…) More About: Resources , Portfolio , Management
StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 12 - One Source of the Truth
2008-03-04 13:25:00 StrategyDriven Podcast s focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve better results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag posts on the StrategyDriven website. Episode 12 - One Source of the Truth elaborates on Organizational Performance Measure Best Practice 5 - One Source of the Truth. This discussion… defines what one source of the truth is identifies the benefits of applying the one source of the truth principle describes the guiding principles to put one source of the truth into practice Final Request… The strength in our community grows with the additional insights brought by our expanding member base. Please consider voting for us on Podcast Alley by clicking here. Casting your vote for the StrategyDriven Podcast improves our ranking and helps us attract new listeners which, in turn, helps us grow our community. Thank you again for... More About: The Truth
Decision-Making Warning Flag 1a - The Gambler’s Fallacy
2008-03-02 07:29:00 It does not appear as if you are logged-in as a Registered Member. If you were registered and logged-in, you would gain access to the many members-only categories, whitepapers, and models available on the StrategyDriven website. If you have not registered, it is easy and FREE! Please take a moment and register now. More About: Decision , Warning , Flag , Decision-Making , Decision making
Strategic Analysis Best Practice 5 - The Use of Models
2008-02-29 03:55:00 In today?s data rich world, it is often difficult to identify the meaningful patterns and relationships that yield information decision-makers need to set the direction of their organizations. Additionally, complex market environments create a multitude of data analysis options; preventing any one person from seeing every possibility. Deriving compelling information from this sea of data ... More About: Models , Analysis , Practice , Strategic
StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 11 - Diverse Indicators
2008-02-26 13:04:00 StrategyDriven Podcast s focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization?s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve better results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag posts on the StrategyDriven website. Episode 11 - Diverse Indicators elaborates on Organizational Performance Measure Best Practice 6 - Diverse Indicators. ...
Website Maintenance
2008-02-20 04:55:00 We regret that, due to unforeseen technical issues, our website became unavailable for several days this past weekend. Members of the StrategyDriven team are working diligently to reinforce our website?s protocols and structures to prevent recurrence of this event. As such, publication of our regularly scheduled features will be delayed until next week. During this ... More About: Website , Maintenance
Organizational Accountability - Fundamental Accountability Drivers
2008-02-14 12:48:00 As previously stated, we believe organizations act in accordance with the shared values of the people that comprise them. What an organization values is represented by the rewards sought in return forits products and services, the organizationally defined acceptable methods of reward pursuit, and the manner in which benefits realized are parsed to the organization’s ... More About: Drivers , Accountability , Fundamental
StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 10 - Core Performance Measures
2008-02-12 12:56:00 StrategyDriven Podcast s focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization?s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve better results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag posts on the StrategyDriven website. Episode 10 - Core Performance Measures elaborates on Organizational Performance Measure Best Practice 4 - Core Performance ...
Decision-Making Warning Flag 1 - Logic Fallacies Introduction
2008-02-10 19:59:00 It does not appear as if you are logged-in as a Registered Member. If you were registered and logged-in, you would gain access to the many members-only categories, whitepapers, and models available on the StrategyDriven website. If you have not registered, it is easy and FREE! Please take a moment and register ... More About: Introduction , Decision , Warning , Flag , Logic
Organizational Accountability - Performance = Results + Behaviors
More articles from this author:2008-02-07 12:52:00 Organizational accountability is built on the premise that individuals are equitably rewarded based on their contribution to the accomplishment of the organization?s goals consistent with its ethical values. Performance , therefore, becomes more than just ?making the numbers.? Performance in the accountable organization is an assessment of an individual?s achievement against mission-based performance measures while living ... More About: Results , Accountability 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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