Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The Oracle Speaks : Warren Buffett In His Own Words. edited by David Andrews. About the Book. The Oracle Speaks : Warren Buffett In His Own Words edited by David Andrews reveals the life and business philosophies of one of the world’s most successful businessmen in a way no other book can… directly from the words of Warren Buffett himself. David’s book systematically covers a wide range of topics from ‘Investing’ to ‘Businesses’ and ‘Wealth and Taxes’ to ‘Life Lessons.’.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2012

The Guerrilla Marketer’s Guide to Understanding Online Marketing Tools. by LivePerson. This white paper explains and evaluates a variety of online marketing tools for the guerilla marketer to drive results through digital channels. The number of tools available to online marketers today is daunting, and it’s easy to become overwhelmed. For guerrilla marketers–who strive for a more personalized, one-to-one experience while operating within the confines of limited time, money, an

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2012

StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website. Special Edition 64 – An Interview with Jason Jennings, author of The Reinventors explores how to effectively implementing radical continuous change in order to realize the ongoing business growt

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Little Black Book of Connections : 6.5 Assets for Networking Your Way to Rich Relationships. by Jeffrey Gitomer. About the Book. Little Black Book of Connections by Jeffrey Gitomer provides practical, step-by-step methods for connecting with others in a wide variety of different roles including: Superiors. Mentors. Co-workers. Customers. Vendors. Family and friends.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 25, 2012

On behalf of the entire StrategyDriven family, I want to wish you, your family, friends, and colleagues a very Merry Christmas and the Happiest New Year. May you experience all the peace, hope, and joy of the holiday season! Best Wishes Always, Karen Juliano. Editor-in-Chief and. Director, Communications and Marketing. StrategyDriven. You just finished reading Merry Christmas from StrategyDriven !

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 24, 2012

The Pause Principle : Step Back to Lead Forward. by Kevin Cashman. About this Book. The Pause Principle : Step Back to Lead Forward by Kevin Cashman reveals to readers the secret to dealing with their insatiable compulsion to do more and more within any given day. Kevin shows that instead of simply doing more, professionals must learn to stop, reflect, and move forward in a deliberately different manner in order to achieve more.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2012

8 Tips for Social Business. by HootSuite Media. This whitepaper will illuminate the correct process by which organizations can successfully implement a successful and scalable social media strategy. The 8 Tips for Social Business includes the following best practices that will positively impact all teams: Evaluate: Integrate social into existing organizational and departmental goals.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2012

“The wheel that does the squeaking is the one that gets the grease.” Josh Billings (1818 – 1885). American humorist. It’s a natural human tendency to seek the path of least resistance. For executives, managers, and supervisors, this practice translates into assigning the difficult and emergent work activities to top performers, diverting work away from under-performers, and avoiding employee confrontations.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Data, Data Everywhere : A Special Report on Managing Information. by SAP. Learn how businesses are transforming themselves based on the abundance of data, and benefits found in the various uses of information and the new methods of visualizing data. This special report from The Economist covers the phenomenon of the Data Deluge–everywhere you look, the quantity of information in the world is soaring.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2012

No organization can do it all. Resource limitations drives leaders to choose from those activities that will maximize the benefit derived from the assets the organization does possess. What is not commonly done, however, is the discontinuation of some ongoing activities not deliberately selected for funding. Consequently, these activities draw precious resources away from the more value-adding activities thereby diminishing the organization’s overall effectiveness.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Human beings live to attract goals. Organizations get people caught in activity traps…unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals. Managers lose sight of their employees’ goals. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. by Hank Moore. Any company or organization is like a tree.

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