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Contingency Planning | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

While this is understandable, it is nonetheless naive, and it constitutes a major flaw in the business logic of most strategic plans. This is so much the case that the most often overlooked aspect of strategic planning is adequately addressing contingencies as part of the planning process.

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Can better management and leadership nurse the NHS back to health?

Chartered Management Institute

Intriguingly, it also has an operational team largely made up of Chartered Managers. Deputy chief operating officer Rachael Birks CMgr FCMI gets involved and calls a swift impromptu meeting to find a suitable bed within her orbit at North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. It's an everyday story from the NHS playbook.

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My Best Blogs of 2011

In the CEO Afterlife

The Nuts and Bolts of the Strategic Plan [link]. Strategic Plans have to start with deep strategic thought and the right conviction. There has to be a break from day-to-day operations in the process. Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader [link]. Why Mission Statements Suck [link].

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Business Model Architecture | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc.,

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Great Leaders Leverage Great Messaging | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

A leader’s message has a direct impact on their personal and corporate brand equity, how they manage a crisis, marketing initiatives, investor relations, press and public relations, team building and employee engagement, and virtually any other mission critical area of chief executive responsibility.

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Building Strong Leaders: The Importance of Leadership Development

Experience to Lead

While it’s great to have passionate, well-meaning people at the table, trying to get a definite answer or a solid plan of action from multiple contrasting viewpoints can become a near-impossible uphill climb. There’s no time for poorly-managed conversations when running a business or an organization. It’s confusing, to say the least.

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The Big Picture of Business – Entrepreneurs’ Guideposts to Real Business Success

Strategy Driven

Make an equitable blend of ambition and desire: Fine-tuning one’s career is an admirable and necessary process. This premise also holds true for each corporate operating unit and department. Are the long-range strategic planning and budgeting processes integrated? Do detailed action plans support each major strategy?