Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 29, 2010

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

Most often, they’re financial numbers or sales goals. Here are some of the most significant statistics that relate to your ability to do business: Only 2% of the businesses have a plan of any kind. What many of them think is a plan include some accounting figures or sales goals. That is not a full-scope plan.

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Budgeting Succession Consultative Crisis 81

The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

” McClelland’s findings in a 1996 study showed that “when senior managers had a critical mass of Emotional Intelligence capabilities, their divisions outperformed yearly earning goals by 20%. Jossey-Bass; 2011:17. Meanwhile, division leaders without crucial mass underperformed by almost the same amount.” McKinsey & Company.

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Emotional Intelligence Training Goleman McKinsey 98

Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Boundaries could be in relationship to budget or any other factor. This goal isn’t just a nice thing to do, or a delegation tool. Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable! Set boundaries. Provide coaching.

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Workshop Learning-by-Doing Video Blog 186

The Recovering Engineer

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Just as the concept of margin applies to our schedule and our budgets, it also applies to our personal and professional relationships. This is a big question to consider, and it relates directly to how you set your goals for next year. Do I have enough financial margin to meet my financial obligations? Photo by Vincent van der Pas.

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Engineering Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Chemicals 169

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2012

Thus, efforts to treat a fraction of one percent took resources away from addressing the other 99.999% of companies’ full-scope planning. I advocated a balanced approach toward planning, visioning and the Big Picture. Never mind planning for tomorrow… we’ll just deal with problems as they occur.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 11, 2010

It’s that “in-between&# time, where the current year’s business plans are fully in place, and the budget season for the next fiscal year is yet to begin. In the business world, that feeling can creep into the office very easily.

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Incentives Blog Seminar Short-term 232

Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

  It’s a guidebook for new Members of Congress and provides a step by step plan for getting up to speed quickly.      Set strategic goals and use them to guide critical early decisions such as budgeting and staffing.   There’s a lot of sound advice there. 

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Executive Coaching Blog Letter Open-book 141

QAspire

JULY 29, 2010

Within the budget. A Gentle Reminder : It is easy to have a hard-nosed focus on scope, time and budgets (and they are important too) but when you don’t think/plan/understand how the project/initiatives adds value to your customer’s business (or what is customer’s definition of value), you fail to create a positive impact.

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Gantt Chart Project Budgeting Teamwork 130

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Designed specifically for busy small business owners, this book puts you on the fast track to maximizing your business’s visibility and generating profits – regardless of the size of your marketing budget or the time you have to devote to it. Expanding your reach and establishing your position. Evaluating results.

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Audience Media Marketing Word of Mouth Marketing 79

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

As companies adjust comfort levels and acquire confidence in the arena of business development, there is a direct relationship to billings, client mix diversity, market share, competitive advantage, stock price and levels of business which enable other planned growth. Strategic Plan. Goals and objectives. Crisis Plan.

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Positioning Company Strategic Planning Guidelines 50

Women on Business

JANUARY 26, 2011

Even though the chosen path resulted in the realization of my goals and dreams, I quickly became completely disinterested in corporate culture and, unwilling to jump through any more hoops for the big bucks. The plan was to build my coaching business and the True Balance brand, one day at a time until I could give my two weeks notice.

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Press Release PR Exit Strategy Discount 100

Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2011

Responding to crises is a good way to get in the research-planning habit. Planning for the Future. Planning, vision and strategic direction account for 15% of an organization’s full picture…constituting the trunk and roots of The Business Tree™. The company that does not plan will not achieve staying power.

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Strategic Planning Benchmarking Long-term Consultative 68

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

From our viewpoint, if business is conducted honorably and professionally, then profitability and success flow from doing the right things… not from pursuing false goals. Going ‘outside the box’ to shift perceptions enables any company to think, plan and operate in productive new ways. Honor the employees.

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P&L Books Definition Strategic Planning 56

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

An accounting firm may suggest that an economic forecast is a full-scope business plan (which it is not). In budgeting for and pricing consulting services, budget for consulting at the start of the fiscal year, averaging 10 percent of gross sales. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. He has advised two U.S.

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Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 59

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 2, 2011

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Building Personal Strength

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

People aren’t given a chance to prepare, and whatever they had planned for that time period will have to be rescheduled. A meeting that runs late will disrupt the plans of the attendees. Pursuing off-topic or off-point discussions is normal and natural, but time wasn’t budgeted them. People make plans.

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Guidelines Participative Consensus Video 108

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

What will happen if you add a channel, trim budget for another or initiate a new contact policy? What’s optimal for you – with your goals and values – could very well be suboptimal for the next person. and “Were those decisions effective in driving improved alignment with organizational goals?”

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Resources Process Constraint Objective 50

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Have collaboration goals and processes well-defined so that expectations MATCH. Include a press release approach both to business planning and communication. Therefore, because everyone can get discouraged, plan for downtimes to ease their sting. The return in connections is usually greater than the effort extended!

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Roundtable Talk

AUGUST 20, 2010

Whether you’re chasing a sales budget, a promotion, a new job, a raise, delivering a project on time… spending time worrying about the outcome isn’t going to make it happen. The only thing that will get you there is to focus on the tasks and actions that will get you to your goal. Never truer words were spoken. Happy leading!

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Godin Blog Class Crisis Management 34

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

try, “What did you observe me doing when I requested the input the team gave on our new budgeting process?” The ladder corresponds to my typical situation and I’d like to say I will take this advice and run with it but I would be lying… I do plan to gradually get more comfortable with speaking my mind when given the opportunity.

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Blog Follow-up Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 229

Roundtable Talk

MARCH 3, 2010

People had achieved their budgets/targets and there was this feeling of “ugh… now I have to start from ground zero again.&# Remember, plan for the party when you knock the lights out of your goal, but be ready to pull the troops (and maybe yourself) through the post-party let down. Happy leading!

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Motivation Godin Blog Crisis Management 34

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

’ That was because of the intense jealousy, inflated egos, unrealistic images and ill-planned projects of many of the members. Budget Networking Time. Budget it each year. It also provided material for this essay, as well as my earlier chapter, ‘Has Beens, Never Wases and Wanna-Bes.’ He has advised two U.S.

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Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 52

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

I have no doubt he will achieve that goal. He was on the creative planning team for catalyst, works with leadership development of Chick-Fil-A, and is quarterbacking many projects for well known leaders. but you’ll not find that here. This year Noah received his heart. Blessings Mark [link] Christine Kennedy Where to begin!

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Blog Covey Learning-by-Doing Video 321

Roundtable Talk

JULY 13, 2010

Ask for money AND time… launching new initiatives on a shoestring budget is often a recipe for disaster. On top of that, like Canada’s goal to “Own the Podium” in 2010, to achieve lofty goals takes time. (Hands up everyone who has a great orientation program… not just for new hires but for people who are promoted from within?)

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Sports How To Follow-up Blog 31

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

In the second quarter of 2011, China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed to 9.5%. Benevolent central planning has been and will continue to be an important but diminishing element of China's economic growth story. Then budgets are determined and allocated based upon success or failure with regard to the plan.

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GDP Christensen Disruptive Innovation Business Model 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2016

In 2011 Avaya had a major likability problem, and the according market performance you would expect. Avaya’s 2011 Net Promoter Score (NPS) was in the 20s (on a scale of -100 to +100), suggesting that it would have a hard time keeping the customers it had, let alone grow on word of mouth. Tie Your Goals to Hard Numbers.

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Agility Metrics Innovation Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

insurance aggregator beatthatquote.com in 2011 and has since launched price comparison sites in the U.K., LearnVest clients have access to a dedicated certified financial planner who can help them better manage their finances and achieve their financial goals, including budget planning, loan optimization, and investment allocation advice.

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Insurance Disruptive Innovation Industry Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

Giving the CMO a clear role in the strategic planning process is a good start. It’s a practical way not only to inject a customer perspective into the core planning activities, but it also provides the CMO with the big-picture business perspective. Most companies have a marketing plan; surprisingly few have a plan for marketing.

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CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

This is a question we face each year at my organization, Echoing Green, when we evaluate thousands of business plans from social entrepreneurs seeking start-up capital and support. This year, nearly 50% of those plans proposed using a for-profit model. Should a new social good organization choose a for-profit model or a nonprofit one?

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Entrepreneur Apparel Transportation Fashion 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2015

He thought we wouldn’t find any given the company’s highly rigorous planning process. The technology doesn’t quite work as planned. We had spent enough time with our IT company to know how skillfully project leaders could subvert the disciplines of the budgeting process to keep their zombies shuffling along.

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Project How To Innovation Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Most companies provide a very small number of health-plan options, with the result that workers don’t have to – and never learn to – make significant decisions about coverage. Employers pay the bill, but employees can choose their own plans from all or a subset of available plans. The same applies to employer helicoptering.

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Health Care Company Insurance Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

Just a few examples illustrate some of the pressing issues: South Africa''s power distribution network has an estimated maintenance backlog of $4 billion — equivalent to half of the country''s total investment in electric power generation and distribution in 2011. an estimated $100 billion per year. We need to streamline delivery.

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Transportation GDP Globalization Finance 8

Women's Leadership Exchange

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

After hosting a group of Iraqi business women who were secreted to an affair I spearheaded and was not allowed to publish as it would put them in harms way, after seeing our balance budget go to 2 generations of debt(that is my childrens children will owe $176,000) as soon as they are welcomed into this world. I said enough is enough.

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Blog Leadership Press Release Learning-by-Doing 70

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 17, 2010

Sunday, October 17, 2010 What To Think About For Next Year Hopefully, 2011 will be better for most businesses. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO).

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Mentor Mission Statement Tips Budgeting 62

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

It’s not quite a junior high school popularity contest, but “at a fundamental level, one of the reasons that people do things for you” — support your idea, or approve your budget — “is because they like you,” Clark says. “I wanted to learn: What are their goals? What is important to them?

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Influence How To Case Study Learning-by-Doing 20

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2011

Just because an entry wasn't selected doesn't mean it's not a worthy and important contribution to the shared goal of making all organizations more resilient, innovative, inspiring, and accountable. Wisdom of Crowds to Empower Beyond Budgeting. Strategic Planning the Wikimedia Way: Bottom-Up and Outside-In. What's next?

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Management Innovation Storytelling McKinsey 14