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Contingency Planning | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

My experience with most executives & entrepreneurs is that they are totally committed to and focused on success. While this is understandable, it is nonetheless naive, and it constitutes a major flaw in the business logic of most strategic plans. The two most common outcomes created by a lack of contingency planning are: 1.)

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Commitment Creates a Clearing for Cooperation

Tony Mayo

We had definitely committed ourselves and were halfway out of our ruts. Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. We had put down our passage money— booked a sailing to Bombay. This may sound too simple, but is great in consequence. –Translated by George Madison Priest.

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The August 2011 Leadership Development RoundTable Challenge: A Coaching Dilemma

Persuasive Powerhouse

You and Rob set about to design a development plan for Rob including some goals to increase his listening skills, decrease his impatience, engage the team in problem solving, and be more outwardly appreciative of their efforts. From Dan McCarthy: At the risk of stating the obvious, it sounds like Rob’s not committed to: Improve.

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Step by Step Writing a Life Plan for 2011 | Ron Edmondson

Ron Edmondson

Home About Consulting Church Family Leadership Navigation: Home » Encouragement » Step by Step Writing a Life Plan for 2011 Step by Step Writing a Life Plan for 2011 January 1, 2011 in Encouragement , Family , Leadership , Life Plan , Vision with 6 Comments All week I wrote a simple, step-by-step process to writing a life plan for 2011.

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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week - A Look Ahead at 2011

Sales Wolf Blog

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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Seven Steps To Effective Change in 2011

Six Disciplines

Specifically, what are you doing to make the rest of 2011 a banner year for continual business improvement? Here are seven steps for effective change: Create a commitment. Define a shared vision of what you want to commit to it. Without a clear commitment, you'll create chaos for the change you want to achieve.

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The August 2011 Leadership Development Roundtable Challenge: A Coaching Dilemma

Great Leadership By Dan

You and Rob set about to design a development plan for Rob including some goals to increase his listening skills, decrease his impatience, engage the team in problem solving, and be more outwardly appreciative of their efforts. It takes an inordinate amount of time for him to draft his plan because, as he says, “he’s just very busy”.