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4 Strategic Planning Traps and How to Avoid Them

The Practical Leader

I recently had a call with a CEO about facilitating a strategic planning retreat this fall with 15 of their top leaders. Looking at the fairly typical approach they’ve used before, four common strategic planning problems immediately popped out: The agenda was loaded with about 17 reviews and updates.

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Welcome to Strategic Planning 2.0

N2Growth Blog

As a strategy consultant, I have had the opportunity to review a lot of strategic plans over the years. It’s been truly amazing to discover just how many major organizations develop strategic plans that contain little more than a whole lot of budget estimates and revenue projections. Strategic Planning 2.0

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How To Move From Being Tactical To Being Truly Strategic

Eric Jacobson

With Horwath’s guidance, leaders will master the four dimensions of strategic fitness that contribute to executive performance: Strategy Fitness : Ability to understand and develop strategy, set direction, allocate resources, make decisions, and create competitive advantage. There’s no better time than now to read this book.

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8 Weeks to Get Juiced – A Better Strategic Planning Process for Consulting Firms

David A Fields

If you develop an annual plan for your consulting firm, there’s a decent chance you sit down with your senior team and/or advisors for a day or two to hammer out your objectives, strategies and tactics. (If The post 8 Weeks to Get Juiced – A Better Strategic Planning Process for Consulting Firms appeared first on David A.

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Tailored Executive Coaching for the Entrepreneur: Vision to Victory

N2Growth Blog

By working closely with an executive coach, entrepreneurs gain access to knowledge and experience that can prove instrumental in their growth and development. Balancing these different roles can be overwhelming and require constant learning and development. Moreover, entrepreneurs often face a unique set of external pressures.

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Creating a Culture of Inclusion: Proven Tactics for Recruiting a Diverse Talent Pool

HR Digest

Develop a Diversity Recruitment Plan The first step in successful recruiting for diversity is to develop a strategic plan that outlines goals, objectives, and the steps needed to achieve them.

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How To Be More Strategic

Eric Jacobson

With Horwath’s guidance, leaders will master the four dimensions of strategic fitness that contribute to executive performance: Strategy Fitness : Ability to understand and develop strategy, set direction, allocate resources, make decisions, and create competitive advantage. There’s no better time than now to read this book.

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