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Your go-to podcast for inspiring stories, uplifting news, and positive vibes from across New York State!

Whether it’s groundbreaking innovations, community heroes, or businesses making a difference, we bring you the stories that remind us all of the good happening around us.

Join us as we highlight the changemakers, dreamers, and everyday folks bringing positivity to the Empire State.

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Operations Excellence with Mark O’Donnell | GNY EP.205
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Mark O’Donnell on Strategic Planning, Goal Alignment, and Keys to Successful Leadership On Good News York, host Noah interviews Mark O’Donnell, founder of Operations Excellence and host of the Operations Excellence Podcast, about his consulting work in leadership and organizational development focused on people, process, and strategy. Mark describes helping for-profit and not-for-profit organizations with strategic planning, implementation discipline, and serving as an outside accountability partner, plus leadership development and ongoing coaching. Using Noah’s nonprofit Syracuse Improv as an example, Mark outlines a planning framework: start with a vision statement, then mission (12–18 months), core values, critical success factors, WHY SMART goals, milestones, and action plans with broad stakeholder input to drive goal alignment. They discuss overcoming constraints, the importance of long-term vision, the Peter Principle, and learning through failure. Mark also shares a new online course with Joanne Yarro on successful leadership, executive presence, and culture, offered as seven ~20-minute videos. 00:00 Welcome and Introductions 00:27 What Operations Excellence Does 02:33 Nonprofit Talk and Palace Theatre 04:29 Consulting Approach and Trust 07:05 Strategic Planning Deliverables 10:46 Syracuse Improv Vision Workshop 12:11 Writing a Vision Statement 16:40 Dream Big Beyond Constraints 19:38 Why Vision Matters Long Term 22:46 Mission and Values 23:45 Goals and Why Smart 25:41 Action Plans and Alignment 28:10 Personal Aspirations Link 32:23 Engineer Liaison Story 35:13 Leadership Course Launch 41:54 Peter Principle Lessons 45:46 Attitude and Failure Mindset 48:09 Wrap Up and Links

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