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Contingency Planning | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

While this is understandable, it is nonetheless naive, and it constitutes a major flaw in the business logic of most strategic plans. This is so much the case that the most often overlooked aspect of strategic planning is adequately addressing contingencies as part of the planning process.

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Free Individual Development Plan (IDP) Template

Great Leadership By Dan

The most popular post on this blog continues to be one of my first posts written in 2008 called How to Write a Great Individual Development Plan (IDP). Development Actions: This section is the heart of the development plan. In one of the earlier versions of that post I had offered to send readers an IDP template.

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The Flexible Method: How to Survive and Thrive Through the Next Crisis

Leading Blog

Have a disaster recovery plan. Take lessons from the past to constructively plan for the future. The temptation is to baton down the hatches and wait for the storm to pass—but both experience and research from the pandemic and the 2008 financial crisis show that collaborating with others can be a path to growth during disaster.

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Your 401(k) Plan

Coaching Tip

Employers are under no obligation to make matching contributions to 401(k) plans, as they usually are with traditional pension plans, and can alter the terms without seeking government approval. A difference of 3% points on a matching contribution can add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of a career.

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Quality of Planning = Quality of Execution: 7 Lessons

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Quality of Planning = Quality of Execution: 7 Lessons When a project is executed, a plan is established. But the core point is missed – and that is quality of the planning itself. Unfortunately, we invest very little effort in verifying the quality of the plan itself. (In

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Three Buckets of Courage

QAspire

I was a functional head in year 2008 when my growth had plateaued. I went back to my boss with a detailed business plan to set up a Quality Consulting unit as an independent business unit. There is no growth without courage. In my career of 25+ years, I had several moments that required me to exhibit courage.

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Remote Work Revolution: Mastering the Challenges and Opportunities in 2024

N2Growth Blog

I was fortunate to work in corporate recruiting for a global technology company in 2008 when the idea of a remote workforce was embraced. One of the central aspects of this transformation is the shift towards a virtual workforce, which more and more businesses are embracing.