Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

When a job opens up in today’s economy, it receives a lot of attention. And, whether by means of Facebook, Twitter, streaming video, or by old-fashioned word of mouth, public relations, or personal sales skill, the goal is to win, right? Here’s why. And no wonder: Over 15 million Americans need work.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2010

And, whether by means of Facebook, Twitter, streaming video, or by old-fashioned word of mouth, public relations, or personal sales skill, the goal is to win, right? You don’t always have to be wracking your brain to come up with a product or service that is better than anything your competitors offer. Click here to cancel reply.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

subprime mortgages, instead doing business the old-fashioned way, with 80 percent of revenues derived from retail banking. Improve productivity, Enhance the bottom line… StrategyDriven Premium Subscriber Login Align Your Organization and Become StrategyDriven! Unlike competitors, Santander stayed out of U.S. Click here to cancel reply.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

This is why so many digital transformation initiatives don’t live up to expectations, or even fail altogether. They remain tactical in approach and lack a cohesive strategic focus. Without building on the basis of a digital operating model, there is no way to ensure alignment among a company’s digital initiatives.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

Highways can’t keep up with demand. Given the lag time before changes in demand are actually felt by different players along the chain, their effects are amplified when they hit, leading to inventory shortages or pile-ups. Speeding up value delivery can result in remarkable performance improvements. Insight Center.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

My advice to you is not to let your business get caught up in embracing random ideas – at least not without some initial analysis being conducted to determine the likelihood of success. Contingency : Nothing is without risk, and when you think something is without risk, that is when you’re most likely to end-up in trouble.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

As I’ve said in other posts, great leaders have the innate ability to call on the right skills in a contextually and environmentally appropriate fashion. Foster “Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.&# - John Wayne “The true leader serves. No single leader can possess every needed attribute.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 21, 2020

Marketers using black hat SEO practices, deceptive advertising, and content scraping – the time is up! That happens when you spend days creating the top-of-the-funnel content but pay no attention to the bottom or middle content. Surprisingly, the new decade brings a whole bunch of new competitive marketing strategies.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2015

While it’s not too difficult to rally people around this general idea, it can be hard at first to understand how to translate it into tactics. We build groups of notes in a bottom-up fashion, identifying similarities and anomalies. We read individual notes, highlight salient points, and move the notes around.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2013

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. I became him, after a fashion, since I am 65 now. Living in a fantasy without viewing the realities of the marketplace sets companies up for failure.). Bet your bottom dollar, you and I are through. by Hank Moore. He was 65. I only met him once.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The most common explanation for this lack of precision is that retailers tend to evaluate promotions at a high level, without drilling down to understand the impact of individual tactics within each promotion. How does response vary across tactics (discount depths and promotion structure)? Getting promotions right.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

’) Of course, time has marched on since the book was written, and plenty of other well-known companies have dropped the execution ball in the meantime (BP in the most spectacular fashion). OnPoint Consulting’s 2010 Execution Gap Maker Round-Up… Execution Gap Maker #1: BP (Need I say more?)

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. They make up by increasing rates of advertisers…offering cause-related marketing packages as incentives. At the bottom of the totem pole sits coverage of community activities…unless they can sell advertising around it. by Hank Moore.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

Rather than build a Smart City from the top down, visionaries should be looking to build from the bottom up. These types of tactical projects allow a city to learn what works and what doesn’t in a more timely and cost-efficient way. Cities simply must take action to accommodate the burden on their resources.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Almost without fail, this tactic is a trite and clichéd attempt to somehow insinuate that speed in decisioning is a weakness, and that quick decisions are somehow synonymous with reckless decisions. My bottom line is this…if you wear perfectionism as a badge of honor it is time for a shift in thinking. I Think Not.

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