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Preview Thursday-Dare to Serve

Lead Change Blog

Purpose is a Competitive Advantage. She was full of positive energy for her work, and I asked her, “What is it that you love about this job?” I am a teacher, a counselor, a social worker, a mom, a minister, a finance advisor, and more. She had prior leadership positions at Yum!

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The Heart of a Warrior

N2Growth Blog

I strongly recommend to all business leaders that they learn to develop a command presence, and lead from a committed and passionate position of strength. I’ve rarely come across students of military history that don’t have a great command of both strategic thinking and tactical implementation.

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Recommended Resource – Advocacy

Strategy Driven

Too often, worthwhile initiatives are pushed aside because they do not receive the critical level of support needed to move forward – merit and positive cost-benefit alone are not typically enough to ‘sell’ an idea. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. Book value is not guaranteed.

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How to Prepare Yourself for the Executive Chair

Strategy Driven

Most advice for positioning yourself for executive positions mirrors Martin’s sentiments: If you want to land in the executive chair, the first thing you need to do is get executive experience. If you don’t understand finance and accounting, enroll in a course immediately. Map out a path to the executive position you want.

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The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I have actually come to cringe every time I hear a so called expert use the phrase in an authoritarian manner as a justification for the position they happen to be evangelizing. Therefor by definition it is not unique or likely to generate any competitive advantage. I always appreciate your insights William.

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What do you do when workplace ‘change’ happens?

Strategy Driven

In short, how does this change affect me, my family, my lifestyle, and my position? Family change – both positive and negative. Think: health and finances. That automatically makes you look at what could be positive. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. Book value is not guaranteed.

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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

We talked extensively in this book about how accounting profits or profit growth as a sole performance metric doesn’t lead to value creation. They don’t tell you how well the business is positioned for future growth and ROIC improvement. Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance by Tim Koller.

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