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December, 2011

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Ten Ways to Engage Your Workforce in 2012

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 16, 2011

As we start a new year, leaders will once again ask themselves how they can engage their people – often asking employees to do more with less. Let me start by observing that you can’t motivate people. You need to hire motivated top performers and then make sure you don’t demotivate them. Here are some ways to ensure you don’t: Landing in the Executive Chair : How to Excel in the Hot Seat by Linda Henman In today’s fast-paced, unprecedented, and unpredictable economy, many executives

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Recommended Resource – Getting to Yes

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Getting to Yes : Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury About the Reference Getting to Yes : Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury recognizes that professionals are in a frequent state of negotiation and provides them with the tools needed to achieve a desirable outcome. This book probes many diverse negotiation circumstances from both sides of the debate and offers constructive, easy-to-follow methods to achieve one’s desi

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Complimentary Resource – HR Best Practices: Delivering Strategic Value to the Enterprise

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2011

HR Best Practices : Delivering Strategic Value to the Enterprise by SAP Learn how HR can achieve greater efficiency – while delivering strategic value – by establishing best practices that are supported with technology. At most organizations, the workforce is both a significant expense and the most important asset. In order to manage the workforce appropriately — and in turn to serve the business as a strategic partner — HR needs to implement consistent, integrated, and f

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How to Turn Disagreements into Great Decisions for Your Small Business

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2011

I find if flattering when someone on my team disagrees with me. It says they care more about the firm than themselves or offending me. The first thing we cover at our two-day strategic planning session is our ‘Rules of Engagement’ It’s posted on an oversized sheet and taped to the wall. It says: Building a Winning Business : 70 Takeaways for Creating a Strong Company during Good and Bad Economic Times by Tom Salonek Use this book as a blueprint for successfully competing in good time

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The Big Picture of Business: The Realities of Networking

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

This essay has taken 50,000 hours of my life to write. From wasted and misspent time come perspective and wisdom. Networking can be and should be a wonderful thing. In theory, you meet people, share ideas and grow richer for the experience. Indirectly, it enhances the climate in which business is done. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving by Hank Moore Any company or organization is like a tree.

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StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 62 – An Interview with Mark Sanborn, author of Up, Down, or Sideways

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 1, 2011

StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website. Special Edition 62 – An Interview with Mark Sanborn, author of Up, Down, or Sideways explores the actions everyone can take to achieve sustainable success, as they define it, regardless of their

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Leadership Inspirations – Doing Great Work

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 31, 2011

“To do great work, a man must be very idle as well as very industrious.” Samuel Butler (1835 – 1902) Iconoclastic Victorian author You just finished reading Leadership Inspirations - Doing Great Work ! Consider leaving a comment! 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.

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Recommended Resource – Finance Without Fear

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Finance Without Fear : A Guide to Creating and Managing a Profitable Business by William S. Hettinger and John Dolan-Heitlinger About the Reference Finance Without Fear : A Guide to Creating and Managing a Profitable Business by William S. Hettinger and John Dolan-Heitlinger unveals the mysteries of financial statements in this easy-to-understand, example filled book.

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Complimentary Resource – How to Use Twitter for Business: A Beginner’s Guide

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 25, 2011

How to Use Twitter for Business : A Beginner’s Guide by HubSpot, Inc. Learn how to use Twitter to extend your reach, create buzz, listen to and network with your customers and prospects. Twitter is one of the most powerful social networks for your business. Why? Because it is a relationship building and maintenance tool. In this practical, how-to eBook you’ll learn specifically how to twitter for marketing, PR and customer service.

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StrategyDriven Podcast Video Edition 3 – Framework for Aligning an Organization

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 22, 2011

StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the principle, best practice, and warning flag articles found on the StrategyDriven website. Episode 3 – Framework for Aligning an Organization explores the mechanisms needed to create an programmatic framework focusing all employees on the achievement of the organizat

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Risk Management Best Practice 1 – Map Corporate Risks to Operational Processes

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 20, 2011

All enterprises face a unique set of risks that threatens long-term organizational success and viability. Like corporate level performance measures, it can be difficult to readily ‘see’ the day-to-day activities that initiate, amplify, or mitigate these risks. Mapping corporate risks to the line organization’s executable processes illuminates the risk related activities so they can be appropriately monitored and managed.

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Leadership Inspirations – Complex Motivation

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 17, 2011

“No man does anything from a single motive.” Samuel Coleridge (1772 – 1834) English poet, literary critic, and philosopher You just finished reading Leadership Inspirations - Complex Motivation ! Consider leaving a comment! 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.

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Practices for Professionals – Effective Use of Discretionary Effort

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

In this fast-paced marketplace and certainly during these challenging economic conditions, StrategyDriven Professionals typically find themselves working more than forty hours a work. More common among these professionals is a forty-five hour work week with others working fifty hours a week. When these hours are mandated by one’s role, for instance as a rotating shiftwork supervisor, the hours themselves are not necessary discretionary and are usually compensated.

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Recommended Resource – I, Steve

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I, Steve : Steve Jobs in His Own Words edited by George Beahm About the Reference I, Steve : Steve Jobs in His Own Words edited by George Beahm reveals Steve Jobs’ core beliefs about business in a way no other author has been able to achieve… because these insights come directly from Steve Jobs himself. George’s book systematically covers a wide range of topics from ‘Being the Best’ to ‘Risking Failure’, from ‘Passion’ to ‘Values’

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Organizational Performance Measures Best Practice 16 – System Development

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Organizational performance measures work together to illustrate a complex picture of performance; cascading up and down the organization and horizontally across it. Subsequently, it is important that the characteristics of performance measures within the system be well aligned to enable multi-indicator information development and data flow. (See Organizational Performance Measures Best Practice – Common Construction Characteristics and the StrategyDriven whitepaper Organizational Performan

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Leadership Inspirations – Pursue the Goal

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2011

“Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.” Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 – 1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, and philologist You just finished reading Leadership Inspirations - Pursue the Goal ! Consider leaving a comment! 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.

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December, 2011

Strategy Driven

Ten Ways to Engage Your Workforce in 2012

Recommended Resource – Getting to Yes

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Complimentary Resource – HR Best Practices: Delivering Strategic Value to the Enterprise

How to Turn Disagreements into Great Decisions for Your Small Business

The Big Picture of Business: The Realities of Networking

StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 62 – An Interview with Mark Sanborn, author of Up, Down, or Sideways

Leadership Inspirations – Doing Great Work

Recommended Resource – Finance Without Fear

Complimentary Resource – How to Use Twitter for Business: A Beginner’s Guide

StrategyDriven Podcast Video Edition 3 – Framework for Aligning an Organization

Risk Management Best Practice 1 – Map Corporate Risks to Operational Processes

Leadership Inspirations – Complex Motivation

Practices for Professionals – Effective Use of Discretionary Effort

Recommended Resource – I, Steve

Organizational Performance Measures Best Practice 16 – System Development

Leadership Inspirations – Pursue the Goal

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