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These 2 Skills make Executing Business Strategy less Difficult

July 11, 2018 by Babette Ten Haken Leave a Comment

Let’s face it, executing business strategy is a real pain to sustain. Even from day to day, let alone from month to month and quarter to quarter. For starters, executing strategy takes a solid process and a lot of professional discipline. Then, strategy is dependent on commitment to that strategy: yours, your team’s and your… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Collaboration And Convergence, Professional Development Tagged With: accountability, collaboration, customer service, engineering, IIoT, Industry 4.0, IoT, IT, leadership, professional development, professional innovation, quality, sales, SMB, strategy

When Professional Elitism becomes a divisive Workplace Force

June 27, 2018 by Babette Ten Haken Leave a Comment

Professional elitism is alive and well in far too many startups, businesses, associations and larger organizations. I won’t even get into the role(s) it plays in academia. Where do pockets of professional elitism exist in your own organization? This elitism takes many different forms. Often, it is communicated both subtly, as well as overtly. Unfortunately,… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Collaboration And Convergence, Human Capital & Industrial IoT Workforce, Professional Development Tagged With: academia, business, engineering, human capital strategy, human resources, IIoT, IoT, IT, knowledge workers, leadership, management, manual workers, one millimeter mindset coaching and facilitation programs, one millimeter mindset cross functional leadership keynote speaker, One Millimeter Mindset™ virtual programs, professional elitism, quality, sales, SMB, startups, STEM, Voice of the Customer for HR professionals, Voice of the Customer for project management professionals, workplace, worktrends

2 Reasons Why Absentee Landlord Leadership is not Leadership at All

February 26, 2018 by Babette Ten Haken Leave a Comment

Have you encountered an organization with absentee landlord leadership? Regardless of whether you sell, engineer or serve clients, there are 2 scenarios I have encountered when working with small to mid-sized companies (SMBs). These situations always raise the red flag that I am observing absentee landlord leadership. And in my Leadership Playbook, that is not… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Customer Experience, Success, Loyalty, Retention, Professional Development Tagged With: business success, engineering, leadership, sales, service, SMB, STEM Professional Development, STEM STorytelling keynote speaker, workforce

Why being Risk Focused impedes Opportunity Discovery

January 17, 2018 by Babette Ten Haken Leave a Comment

You are risk focused. And that’s a good thing. To a point. Your commitment to identifying risk should be a means to an end or outcome. However, a problem is created when being risk focused becomes an end in itself. First, risk is a great way to impede uncovering opportunities. Then, as your professional perspective… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Collaboration And Convergence, Professional Development Tagged With: collaboration, entrepreneurs, IIoT human capital strategy, innovation, opportunity, professional innovation, risk, SMB, startups, STEM Professional Development, STEM STorytelling keynote speaker

Why 4 Leadership Misassumptions keep SMBs Good Enough

January 4, 2018 by Babette Ten Haken Leave a Comment

Leadership misassumptions happen. Let’s face it. Nobody’s perfect. Especially when the SMB leadership goal is to be “good enough.” Frequently, misassumptions happen when leadership teams have worked together for a long time. And the company does well. In fact, a company performs well enough to lull their leadership team into making 4 big misassumptions. The… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Collaboration And Convergence, Professional Development Tagged With: complacency, IIoT human capital strategy, innovation, leadership team, legacy brands, SMB, STEM Professional Development, STEM STorytelling keynote speaker, strategy

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