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The Big Picture of Business: Leadership for the New Order of Business Part 1

Strategy Driven

The Business Treeā„¢ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Often, it withers and dies an early death. Body of Knowledge.

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How to Actually Put Your Marketing Data to Use

Harvard Business Review

Rezavandi’s strategic early warning methodology starts with the company’s existing strategy, then synthesizes the cacophony of competitive information into hypotheses about the future using Michael Porter’s strategic frameworks (think: substitutes, buyers, and suppliers). ” Get business leaders involved. .”