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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

Since the unit’s reported financial results were so good, the executives at the corporate headquarters didn’t ask many questions about the drivers of the unit’s profits – until it was too late. Copyright (c) 2011. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. It took many years for the company to regain its lost position.

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Harvard Business Review on Aligning Technology with Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Harvard Business Review on Aligning Technology with Strategy Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How and why technology should support your organization’s strategy…not the other way around This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in Harvard Business Review.

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Grassroots Leadership through Social Power

Coaching Tip

It's not about the top executive dictating what needs to be done and when, it's about providing individuals with the power to connect.". 1 national infrastructure priority," says Roy Norton, the nation's consul general in Detroit. Sources: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, September 19, 2011 and Forbes, September 26, 2011.

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