Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

How to SPARK employee engagement in your organization: S et High Goals. Provide employees with the latest information to enable them to set important goals. Give them roles in planning and executing projects. A lign Individual Goals with Organizational Goals. P romote Participation. R eward, Recognize, and Develop.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 9, 2011

Detailed guidance on how to execute the key concepts, with a focus on goals. One means of escaping this dilemma is to truly empower your employees to reach their goals, without your constant involvement. First, you should create clear and powerful goals for everyone on your team. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

It examines methods for assessing a company’s knowledge gaps, creating a knowledge transfer plan, and nurturing a culture that encourages knowledge sharing and collaboration. What are your employees’ retirement plans? How do your organization’s strategic and operational goals inform what work roles will be needed in the future?

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Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2012

Strategic planning creates the platform for a healthy company. Strategic planning is a critical part of growing a successful business. A high performance work culture needs a system that makes sure that employee goals are aligned and everyone is focused on the right stuff. Alona has been with CMI since February 2011.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2010

How to SPARK employee engagement in your organization: S et High Goals. Provide employees with the latest information to enable them to set important goals. Give them roles in planning and executing projects. A lign Individual Goals with Organizational Goals. P romote Participation. R eward, Recognize, and Develop.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 20, 2012

This reality places effective resource management at the heart of what it means to be a StrategyDriven organization – the deployment of organizational resources for the optimal achievement of mission goals. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. The text above is only a small portion of this article. Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

The Zigzag Principle : The Goal Setting Strategy that will Revolutionize Your Business and Your Life by Rich Christiansen Have you ever set your sights on the top of a mountain and then started your ascent by heading straight through the trees and up the sheer cliffs? Define when you have completed your zig zag. Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

This was a continuation of a discussion that began at the start of the season when he thought about… and… actually put his goals for the season in writing. How to build a comprehensive strategy (or game plan) for your department, facility or entire organization that improves retention. Certainly not anything I ever did as a kid!

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2010

StrategyDriven Newsletter Signup StrategyDriven (Kindle Edition) StrategyDriven RSS Feed StrategyDriven Podcast iTunes Feed StrategyDriven Leadership Conversation iTunes Feed StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective iTunes Feed StrategyDriven on Facebook StrategyDriven on Twitter StrategyDriven LinkedIn Users Group Recent Articles Worn out at Work?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

’ Here are twelve draining behaviors to watch out for – and what you can do to counteract them and create a more nourishing workplace in 2011. ’ Here are twelve draining behaviors to watch out for – and what you can do to counteract them and create a more nourishing workplace in 2011. .’

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

StrategyDriven Newsletter Signup StrategyDriven (Kindle Edition) StrategyDriven RSS Feed StrategyDriven Podcast iTunes Feed StrategyDriven Leadership Conversation iTunes Feed StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective iTunes Feed StrategyDriven on Facebook StrategyDriven on Twitter StrategyDriven LinkedIn Users Group Recent Articles Worn out at Work?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Most do not realize how strong a role this dominating emotion can play in their everyday actions, but once it enters, the results can be catastrophic to the person’s short- and long-term goals. By keeping the overall goal in mind, the little obstacles and stresses will be easy to get through. Will this action move you towards you goal?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

gives you the tools to take an eclectic approach to your marketing, and pick the best, most wildly successful marketing methods – traditional, online, or both — to win at achieving your marketing goals. Instead, find out about his current motivations and the goals he has for the position. Connect with the candidate’s why.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 16, 2011

Goals and Boundaries. In all of the diagrams, we use a target as a symbol for the goals of the position and an ‘X’ as a symbol for the starting place of the person in that position (they are about to begin to achieve their goals). Figure 1: Manager’s Route to a Goal. Manager’s route to a goal.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 5, 2012

These immediately implementable actions are supported by highly illustrative examples and tools/templates – everything needed to create and execute a plan to get action on one’s next proposal. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Benefits of Using this Reference. FREE StrategyDriven Trial Membership.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

It examines methods for assessing a company’s knowledge gaps, creating a knowledge transfer plan, and nurturing a culture that encourages knowledge sharing and collaboration. During the design phase you will also establish the goals and objectives of your program. What are their preferences? This is a good thing!

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

gives you the tools to take an eclectic approach to your marketing, and pick the best, most wildly successful marketing methods – traditional, online, or both — to win at achieving your marketing goals. Their plan was to make enough profit to help fund music programs in local schools. What solutions can you offer?

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 18, 2012

High-performance teams are ‘a small number of people with complementary skills who are equally committed to a common purpose, goals, and a working approach in which they hold themselves mutually accountable.’ Alona has been with CMI since February 2011. She is also an avid and enthusiastic 5K to 1/2 Marathon participant.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Before leaders can accomplish anything, they must first understand themselves and present reality, challenge their own thinking, communicate a well thought out and concise strategic direction and define a clear and actionable plan for execution. ’ It often skips this step and moves too quickly to planning and action.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 16, 2011

In Landing in the Executive Chair , you’ll learn how to: Avoid the pitfalls and identify a clear plan for personal and organizational stress. Communicate, set timeframes, establish goals, and get out of the way. Clever people know the difference between critical and unimportant uses of their time. Don’t micromanage.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 2, 2011

If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Consider leaving a comment! This content is intended for personal and non-commercial use only. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Since 1969, Communispond has helped over 600,000 client associates – including CEOs, board chairs, sales leaders, sports, media, and political figures – to achieve business goals by communicating with clarity and power. With knowledge and practice, associates gain confidence. With confidence, they become passionate performers.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 25, 2012

Whether or not goals are met entirely, movement toward them develops teamwork and is valuable to the company. Bruce’s adaptable Breakthrough Strategic Business Planning methodology has been specifically designed for small-to-mid-sized companies and is especially valuable for family company challenges.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 24, 2011

Win the hearts and minds of individuals, so they share and work toward your organization’s goals. Only by communicating your vision in a clear and compelling way will you lead others to sense a common goal. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Improve communication at all levels. Modeling: Talk without action is hollow.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Scrap your iron-clad five-year plan. To help prevent this, develop a short-term plan with a six- to nine-month outlook. This plan will help you get through the year. Also, create a longer-term plan with a seventeen- to eighteen-month strategy. Also, create a longer-term plan with a seventeen- to eighteen-month strategy.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

In fact, none of these lessons are easy, but when we commit ourselves to a cause, we will often need to put the cause ahead of our personal goals. Subordinate our personal feelings/needs/ego to the greater good. OK, this one is not simple. Selflessness takes practice. We can’t just wake up one morning and become selfless leaders.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Planning a presentation? Since 1969, Communispond has helped over 600,000 client associates – including CEOs, board chairs, sales leaders, sports, media, and political figures – to achieve business goals by communicating with clarity and power. Point out the personal payoffs they’ll get by supporting your plan.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The most important long term goal and benefit of Win / Loss is to increase a company’s new business win rate. When accurate Win / Loss interviews are captured by an independent third party, information can be shared in a more organized manner and most importantly, the information stays consistent at every level.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 8, 2011

With brand relevance, the goal is to make competition irrelevant – to offer something so different and special that it creates its own unique category and customers don’t perceive that there are any alternatives to consider. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. To read David’s complete biography, click here.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2010

gives you the tools to take an eclectic approach to your marketing, and pick the best, most wildly successful marketing methods – traditional, online, or both — to win at achieving your marketing goals. Maribeth has personally consulted with some of the world’s most successful CEOs, entrepreneurs, and professionals.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

By asking and effectively answering these questions, executives and managers gain the insight necessary to better align their organization’s day-to-day operations to the optimal achievement of mission goals; thereby enhancing overall bottom line results. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 29, 2011

How to build a comprehensive strategy (or game plan) for your department, facility or entire organization that improves retention. Develop innovative ideas and deploy specific new plans to provide employees with more flexibility in their work, support for their common needs, and help for dealing with personal issues that impact their life.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Businesses should review their Strategic Plan annually. Additionally, corporate executives must have personal goals written, in conjunction with a professional business coach or mentor. Goals require measurable objectives, with realistic dates and percentages for successful accomplishment. Mutually agreed-upon goals are vital.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 20, 2011

Why do so many talented, well-led teams, enterprises, and organizations – many of them with clear, reasonable goals – fail to win victories that should have been easily within their grasps? Setting impossible goals. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. To read John Hamm’s full biography, click here.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 17, 2011

Win the hearts and minds of individuals, so they share and work toward your organization’s goals. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Improve communication at all levels. Make critical decisions faster, with deeper buy-in from stakeholders. Today’s call is even more urgent. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Under the rules of supply chain dynamics, one must study your supplier relationships, formalize a plan of outsourcing and develop collaborations. 7 Steps Toward Getting Your Budgets Accepted More Readily: Commitment toward strategic planning for your function-department-company. Managers lose sight of their employees’ goals.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2013

Below are seven key success areas to help you begin to think about a marketing plan for your small business: 1. Seek to send out a press release once a month (as a long term goal). Exposure to influential people in your network who can make your company a success is the goal. Writing is a key element of marketing.

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