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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
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
Execution - The Discipline of Getting Things Done
2007-08-31 00:00:00 I came across a post by Jack Covert on the book "Execution: The Disc ipline of Getting Things Done " by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan which I thought provided an excellent overview of the book. For those of us that are... More About: The D
Lessons in Excellence
More articles from this author:2007-08-31 00:00:00 I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that this week I picked up two books both of which were published in the 90's and both of which just 'blew me away.' I am embarrassed because as consultants, we are meant to... More About: Lessons 1, 2 |
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