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The Big Picture of Business – Cut the Weeds: Focus on Priorities and Strategy, Avoid the Time Zappers

Strategy Driven

What types of ‘wild goose chases’ have you pursued in your networking career? Examine and benchmark the reasons and results. Are there networking situations which are beneficial for all parties? If so, analyze and align with those situations, rather than with the fruitless ones. Analyze them by category, to see patterns.

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Calculate How Much Your Company Should Invest in Innovation

Harvard Business Review

To get everyone to agree on a realistic goal, we suggest picking a year far enough in the future that people feel safe discussing what needs to happen by that time but not so far away that uncertainty about technological or market developments would render a discussion meaningless. You can also use publicly available industry benchmarks.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Realities of Networking

Strategy Driven

Leadership Programs Community stewardship – for the right reasons – is wonderful. Leadership programs exist in every major city. Most seek from leadership programs what they do not have at the office: prestige, name recognition and power. People who work for non-profit organizations also populate leadership programs.