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External environment factors such as down turns in the economy, and a lack of investment in innovation can have a significant impact on a firm’s strategic options. To obtain a better glance of how these factors will affect the planning process, analysts can utilize the STEEP analysis tool. When used correctly, the tool will furnish decision makers with information which should be used to improve … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: James Kyler | Sources: CEO Refresher, Competia | Subjects: Management, Strategy

Face it, resistance is real. No matter how brilliant or needed an idea, resistance will occur. It is a natural reaction to change. It protects people from what they think will harm them. Leaders who close their eyes to resistance are inviting disaster.

There is a better way: Build a foundation for change. Rather than assuming people will automatically love your idea, add strategies to … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Rick Maurer | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Change Management, Leadership

I have found a way to successfully complete 12 months of work in 11. I have never found a way to successfully complete 12 months of work in 12.

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Work

Select one or two questions that seem most relevant, then set aside some time to talk. Just an hour or so of dialogue, with ears and minds wide open, will deepen everyone’s understanding and point the way to practical improvement.

Content: Article | Author: Tom Terez | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

Employers should seize this opportunity to celebrate the arrival of their new team member and communicate that employees are their most valuable asset. These guidelines for conducting an effective corporate-level orientation will help you do just that.

Editor’s Note: contains a thoroughly useful and mostly comprehensive bullet-point list of items to cover…

Content: Article | Author: Christina Morfeld | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Human Resources

A structured, disciplined and facilitated process designed to make the development and execution of a plan more effective by helping an organization to understand a situation much better than it could through other approaches.

Content: Article | Author: Jay Kurtz | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Management, Strategy

As the concept of “lifetime employment” becomes obsolete, many organizations are finding that they have more former employees than current ones. They are also beginning to recognize the bottom-line benefits of cultivating ongoing relationships with their “alumni.”

Content: Article | Author: Christina Morfeld | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Best Practices, Human Resources

The five A’s vs one R and a conversation with the authors of The Trusted Leader.

Content: Article | Authors: Anne Seibold Drapeau, Robert Galford | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

Progressive companies are increasingly realizing the bottom-line benefits of programs designed to help workers balance professional and personal demands. These include an enhanced ability to recruit and retain top talent, reduced absenteeism and health care costs, increased morale and productivity, and improved customer satisfaction and company image.

Content: Article | Author: Tara Pickering | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Human Resources

Collaborative e-Supply Chain Management will necessitate critical changes in the philosophy, processes and communication systems of how trading partners will and must work together. Donovan provides an assessment checklist and also makes some observations about software and how to get started.

Content: Article | Author: R. Michael Donovan | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Operations

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Measurement, Wisdom

This article (part 3 in a series) discusses one of the most difficult skills any executive can practice: listening to what others think the executive needs to change.

See other articles in this series:
Part 1: Why We Shoot the Messenger
Part 2: Delivering the Message

Content: Article | Authors: Gary R. Casselman, Ph.D., Timothy C. Daughtry, Ph.D. | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Leadership, Management

How much of your company’s potential lies untapped? Although you’ve paid for it, are you allowing it to sit and rot? Rot may seem a harsh word, but it’s accurate. Over time, untapped potential turns into complacency. By taking these steps, you will build the readiness for realizing the unused potential of your company and turn outstanding performance into the new minimum standard for your … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Daniel D. Elash, Ph.D. | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Growth strategies do not fail because of the unknown — they fail because managers are unwilling to confront what is known.

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Change Management, Management

Do you regard discipline and punishment as one and the same? If so, that may explain your uneasiness at the thought of disciplining employees who exhibit substandard conduct or work quality – particularly those who fail despite their best efforts.

Content: Article | Author: Christina Morfeld | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Human Resources, Management

Criticism is driven by the frustration and fears of the giver, not from the needs of the recipient. The underlying assumption is that the recipient somehow “should know better” and needs to be set straight. The implied message is that the recipient’s intentions are questionable, that there is something wrong with the recipient that the giver of criticism knows how to fix. In … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Personality / Behavior

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Planning

In avoiding all pain and seeking comfort at all costs we may be left without mercy and compassion. In rejecting change and risk, we often cheat ourselves of the quest. In denying suffering, we may never know our strength and our greatness.

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Change Management, Personality / Behavior

The benefits of establishing an ethical environment can be countless but sometimes are difficult to measure. One area where companies can see a concrete, substantial benefit comes from establishing a program that meets the seven requirements of the US Federal Sentencing Commission’s Organizational Guidelines.

Content: Article | Author: Bruce A. Hamm | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Ethics