The Dashboard Spy Theme Song
November 7, 2007
Dashboard Spy readers know that I’m always trying to push the envelope when it comes to publishing dashboard examples and business intelligence commentary and news. By posting on the web his massive collection of business dashboards and KPIs, the... Read more...
The Advisor’s Corner - How Do You Sell a Major Change?
November 6, 2007
Question: Feedback indicates my company’s current leadership training program, though inexpensive, yields little to no value. My research shows that an alternative training program has produced superior, measurable results at other organizations. How... Read more...
European Effective Manager Conference Podcast
November 6, 2007
As many of you know, we recently announced our first European Effective Manager Conference, January 29-30 at the Sheraton Amsterdam Schiphol. Typically, we do a brief podcast with a brief review of the conference when we announce the conference …... Read more...
Ariba Success Story - How selling skills were improved?
November 6, 2007
Using TotalLMS, from SumTotal Systems, Ariba sees an improvement in their employee skills, and, ultimately, higher satisfaction among customers. Along with the twenty web-based courses, Ariba licensed 39 off-the-shelf courses to teach leadership principles,... Read more...
Does People Performance Really Matter?
November 6, 2007
Imagine you are on the football field – What if 15% of your performance is dependent on the play you select, and 85% of your performance is dependent on your ability to make the play? Where would you invest most of your time, training your team to pass,... Read more...
Unsticking Your Marketing
November 6, 2007
During the IMC Confab last week, one of the sessions I attended was the "IMC Experts Talk Show." Several people submitted questions ahead of time. In the session, the questions were read and the whole group answered them. The question I asked... Read more...
How to be Persuasive in a Presentation (Part 1 of 2)
November 5, 2007
This cast describes how to think about being persuasive in a presentation. One of the most maligned arts in professional life today is persuasion. The classic case of persuasion falling out of favor is how often professional sales people are viewed as... Read more...
New Model Release - Opportunity & Problem Statement Development Model
November 4, 2007
StrategyDriven contributors are pleased to announce the release of our seventh model: Opportunity & Problem Statement Development model. This model compliments StrategyDriven’s decision-making best practices Identify the Target and Multidiscipline... Read more...
Resource Projection Best Practice 3 - Controlling Assumption Changes
November 2, 2007
Standardized activity resource assumptions enable decision-makers to anticipate the quantity and type of resources needed to perform approved work; facilitating selection between competing alternatives, long-term resource planning, day-to-day scheduling,... Read more...
