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The Essence of Strategy (Part 2) | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

The Essence of Strategy (Part 2). by John • October 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. You’d think executives from the same organization would offer the same responses. And yet, specificity and focus is the key to great strategy. October 31, 2011 at 11:12 am.

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Best Leadership Books of 2011

Leading Blog

Consider : Harnessing the Power of Reflective Thinking In Your Organization by Daniel Patrick Forrester. Good Strategy Bad Strategy : The Difference and Why It Matters by Richard Rumelt. Lead with Purpose : Giving Your Organization a Reason to Believe in Itself by John Baldoni.

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2011 in Reflection

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

2011 closes the first year of my blog. My Top Posts of 2011. 5 Easy Ways To Tell If An Organization Is REALLY Values-Driven What do Zappos, Ben and Jerry’s, and Southwest Airlines have in common? It’s been a year of learning – the biggest of which was learning how to condense what I want to say into a readable chunk.

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November 2011 Edition - Strategy Execution Newsletter - On Managing Processes

Six Disciplines

Welcome to the November issue of the Strategy Execution Newsletter from Six Disciplines. Do You Have The "Master Process" In Your Organization? With each successive pass, the master process helps your workforce learn how to build stronger strategies, plan better, communicate more clearly, and work more effectively together.

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096: Bringing the Lean Startup into Your Organization: Leadership in the Age of Uncertainty | with Jeff Dyer

Engaging Leader

The new book The Innovator''s Method: Bringing the Lean Start-up into Your Organization, by Nathan Furr and Jeff Dyer, is a leader’s guide to validating new ideas, refining them, and bringing them to market. Jeff is Professor of Strategy at Brigham Young University and Wharton.

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First Look: Leadership Books for January 2011

Leading Blog

Change the Culture, Change the Game : The Breakthrough Strategy for Energizing Your Organization and Creating Accountability for Results by Roger Connors and Tom Smith. The Great Workplace : How to Build It, How to Keep It, and Why It Matters by Michael Burchell and Jennifer Robin. Hill and Kent L.

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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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