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StrategyDriven Professional Podcast Episode 2 – Standing Out Among Professional Peers, part 2 of 3

Strategy Driven

During our discussion, Wendy Powell, author of Management Experience Acquired : Necessary Skills for Successfully Managing Any Employee , shares with us her insights and illustrative examples regarding: six of twelve steps to standing out among professional peers. Wendy Powell is the author of Management Experience Acquired.

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PRINCIPLES OVER PROCESS

N2Growth Blog

A move toward the Advantage Strategy Paradigm begins with the adoption and commitment to a set of principles that guides all executives in the decisions and actions they take related to developing, planning, and executing strategy. Much more than your typical SWOT analysis is needed here to get it right. Priority on People.

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Cutting Costs Without Cutting People

Harvard Business Review

Collectively known as "operational risks", these latter costs are substantial yet, if managed properly, could significantly, reduce the bottom line with few negative side effects. Thus, even a managed reduction of these risks by 50% would have achieved the same cost-saving feat as cutting people without the consequences.

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New Hire Onboarding Success with a SWOT Analysis

ExactHire - Leadership

The purpose of a SWOT analysis in the business planning process is to make sure you’ve identified all the possible strengths , weaknesses , opportunities and threats to your business. Some aspects of the SWOT analysis are designed to act upon. Extremely savvy job seekers will do their own SWOT analysis on the company before joining.

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Should the Strategic Plan Rest in Peace? | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

The process that started in the 1950’s evolved through various strategic analyses including SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats), Michael Porter’s competitive strategy model, core competencies, strategic intent and business transformation. Isn’t top management supposed to be the strategic experts of the organization?