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Four Strategies to Make Your Vision a Reality

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

I use a daily planning agenda, a weekly planning agenda, and a social media checklist. From a simple checklist, a spreadsheet, mind-mapping software, project management software, or software designed for goal tracking. For me, I chose a trip to Europe or Asia, as my big reward for reaching my 2012 goals. About Todd Nielsen.

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Who's Really Responsible for P&G's Succession Problems?

Harvard Business Review

What kind of signal did this choice send to P&G''s top managers? Is the problem that P&G produces outstanding specialists in marketing but not general managers who can run the business? Using data from the 2012 survey, we also found that boards gave their companies'' very poor grades on talent management.

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Joining Boards: It's Not Just Who You Know That Matters

Harvard Business Review

Our 2012 survey, in partnership with WomenCorporateDirectors and Heidrick & Struggles, of more than 1,000 corporate directors across the globe, found that only 48% of the boards had a formal process of determining the combination of skills and attributes required for their board and, therefore, for new directors.

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Are You Paying Enough Attention to Your Sales Force?

Harvard Business Review

There''s a question all top managers should ask: How can I make my sales force, which is one of the biggest and most important investments my company makes, perform more effectively?". billion spent on all media advertising in 2012 and more than 20 times the estimated $39.5 billion spent on Internet advertising in 2012.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

This is the virtual network operator (VNO) model used by the telecommunications sector. Two companies transfer selected similar assets into a joint venture in order to support the orderly management of capacity in their industry and reduce the risk of prices spiraling downward. Dual asymmetrical joint venture.

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How CMOs and CROs Can Be Allies

Harvard Business Review

But in the aftermath of the financial crisis, risk managers have become increasingly involved in business strategy and decisions. After the recession, for instance, one large lender made a practice of looking for “rehab” customers whose credit suffered in the downturn but who had since managed to achieve more stable incomes.