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What is it with these Chefs!
2008-03-19 00:00:00 What is it about these chefs that makes them such damn good teachers? First is was Charlie Trotter and now it is Gordon Ramsay. If you have not yet seen an episode of 'Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares', try and get to...
Bringing the Customer inside the Organization
2008-03-17 00:00:00 Too often in organizations, the voice of the customer is heard only by a select few. This is unfortunate because there is much that can be learned and therefore gained from what is communicated between customer and employees at all... More About: Organization , Customer , Inside
"Slipping up on their own skins" - Revisited
2008-02-08 00:00:00 Ok! So I got it wrong. In a previous blog I posted entitled 'Slipping up on their own skins,' I wrote 'If Chiquita management believes that their restructuring plan and their management changes are the answer to implementing their previously... More About: Skins
If you are serious about talent
2008-01-21 00:00:00 Some time ago I was interviewed for a senior role in a large pharmaceutical company. Why I was there in the first place is of no consequence, but I was. Sitting across the table from me was the HR Director... More About: Talent
The trouble with holidays
2008-01-21 00:00:00 The attached article is simply a side dish but I thought I would include it because as I was writing the article, the concept became more and more intriguing to me. The article comes from the January 2008 edition of... More About: Holidays
Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing
2008-01-10 00:00:00 I had the misfortune recently of joining a one hour teleclass that was touted as providing valuable lessons in the marketing of products on-line but which was nothing more than an infomercial for the host's numerous products and an opportunity... More About: Clothing , Beware , Wolf
Deja Vu ~ Spilling the Beans
2008-01-10 00:00:00 What is currently unfolding at Starbucks has left me with a sense of Deja Vu. The Starbucks saga reminds me of the return of Steve Jobs to Apple when he came back to lead that company out of the black... More About: Beans
The Web of Execution Excellence ~ What Nature Teaches Us
2008-01-03 00:00:00 Picture if you will, a spider's web. Arising from a central core, are a few large, strong vertical strands that spread from the centre of the web to its outer fringes and which are attached to the external environment (be... More About: Nature , Execution
The Layman's Guide to Goal Attainment
2007-12-26 00:00:00 I have often wondered what makes a winning team, or a successful athlete or simply for that matter, what enables one person to achieve their goals whilst another fails. As we reflect back on the year at our successes and... More About: Guide , Goal , Atta
The Ghost of Christmas Past
2007-12-06 00:00:00 In the December edition of Valuable News (our monthly e-magazine available on our website at www.valufacturesolutions.com) I wrote about the 5 valuable lessons coming out of 2007. Two lessons were of particular note and which I am sure will raise... More About: Christmas , Ghost , Past , The Ghost , The G
Changing Performance through Cultural Change
2007-12-04 00:00:00 Culture, as defined as the shared values and norms of a company, is probably one of the most difficult concepts to get your mind around as it applies to execution excellence. All of us know that it exists within an... More About: Performance , Change , Changing , Cultural , Perform
Leaving Knowledge on the Table
2007-11-20 00:00:00 One of the most underestimated challenges facing companies today, when it comes to execution excellence, is ensuring that the knowledge of key strategic processes is 'left on the table.' That is to say, that the knowledge that employees have of... More About: Knowledge , Table , Leaving
Skirting the fringes of reality
2007-11-10 00:00:00 In the main, we are all optimists when it comes to developing our business strategy. And it is no wonder for there are alot of pressures or expectations placed on us from several groups of interested parties to either grow... More About: Reality , Ality
Slipping up on their own Skins
2007-11-06 00:00:00 It was with interest that I read an article from TradingMarkets.com entitled "Chiquita outlines restructuring plan." The article was dated Monday October 29,2007 and reported the restructuring plan and management changes that Chiquita Brands International has made to implement its... More About: Skins , Lippi , Slip
The Power of One
2007-10-27 00:00:00 In Bryce Courtney's book, "The Power of One," set against a backdrop of hatred that was taking root in the country in which he lived and indeed across the world in 1939, the main character Peekay embarks on an epic...
Houston, we have a problem!
2007-10-14 00:00:00 Why am I not surprised that a recent survey of 769 global CEOs from 40 countries found that execution is taking precedence over profit and top-line growth as a focus for CEOs around the world. The survey was undertaken by... More About: Problem , Houston
Knowing When Execution is an Issue
2007-10-07 00:00:00 "The problem with your specialty of Execution Excellence," a colleague was pointing out to me "is that it is hard to validate. I mean, how do you really define it and furthermore, how do you get CEOs to admit that... More About: Knowing , Issue
All Geared Up but with No Where to Go!
2007-09-27 00:00:00 I was reminded of the importance of having a clear vision this week whilst working on a project for a client. After spending some time interviewing the senior management of the company, one message was coming through clearly. Without exception,...
Execution - Par Excellance!
2007-09-20 00:00:00 It was poetry in motion. One continual fluid movement that resulted in all who were there, rising out of their seats. Last night I witnessed execution - par excellance (excuse my french). It was my daughter's music concert and the... More About: Execution
The Myth of Excellence
2007-09-18 00:00:00 I am currently reading the book "The Myth of Excellence: Why Great Companies Never Try to be the Best at Everything," by Fred Crawford & Ryan Mathews (Crown Business; 2001) and I was intrigued by the myths that the authors...
Have We lost Our Creative Instinct?
2007-09-14 00:00:00 I have just returned from an amazing week of doing nothing but reflecting; reflecting on the past, the present and the years ahead. Reflecting on my beliefs, values and dreams obtained and dreams still to be attained. One week of... More About: Lost , Creative
Getting 'Back to Basics' at Home Depot
2007-09-04 00:00:00 Apparently in an effort to bolster its flagging sales, Home Depot will be going 'back to basics.' In a recent article by Patti Bond published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (September 2 2007), Frank Blake, the current CEO of the retailer,... More About: Back , Back To Basics , Basics , Home Depot
Valu-Kudos - The "Execution Excellence" Hall of Fame
2007-08-31 00:00:00 Kudos: [Ku:das]:means "fame" and "renown" resulting from an act or achievement. Valu-Kudos: means those people or companies that have repeatedly provided execution excellence in what they do and by doing so, have raised the standards for us all. All of... More About: Kudos , Hall of Fame , Hall , Fame , Execution
Where does Responsibility End - Looking Beyond Acquisitions?
2007-08-31 00:00:00 Coca-Cola Amatil is close to selling its Korean bottling operation to LG Household & Health Care. This has been a long process for Amatil who has been looking for a buyer for some time and although Amatil will not be... More About: Acquisitions , Acquisition
Anorexia Industrialosa - Are companies too lean to survive?
2007-08-31 00:00:00 Anorexia industrialosa is an excessive desire of an organization to be leaner and fitter, leading eventually to emaciation and death. This was the unfortunate outcome that befell many companies in the 1980s and the 1990s as they embraced a mentality... More About: Companies , Lean , Anorexia , Survive , Alos
'Never Mess with the Little People'
2007-08-31 00:00:00 There is an old saying 'Never mess with the little people!' I get somewhat miffed when the leaders of companies think that the company is bigger than the people who work in it. The following comment is from a Chairman... More About: People , Litt , Mess
Balance Sheets - The Language of Value
2007-08-31 00:00:00 I read somewhere that if you go to bed having not learnt a single thing that day, then it is a day wasted. Yesterday, I learnt something that I would like to share with you. I was talking to a... More About: Language , Balance , Balan , Shee
The Differentiation Helix - Separating Yourself from Competition
2007-08-31 00:00:00 Organizations are constantly trying to differentiate themselves in the market place, and it would seem that the more they try, the more they begin to look alike. Only those companies that have an aligned and integrated 'Diff erentiation Helix' that permeates... More About: Competition , Petit , The D
'Criminal Minds' & the Art of Execution
2007-08-31 00:00:00 If you want to see execution at its best, then go no further and watch an episode of 'Criminal Minds '. For those of you who have never seen an episode, 'Criminal Minds ' is about a group of FBI profilers who... More About: Rimi , The Art
The Corporate Athlete & the Process of Performance
More articles from this author:2007-08-31 00:00:00 When athletes find themselves in a slump, they revert back to the basic principles of the sport in which they compete. One such principle is the principle of "Concentrating on the Process of the Performance ." The belief is that what... More About: Corporate , Rate , Athlete 1, 2, 3 |
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