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Company Asset Management

Lead Change Blog

Computers, tools of the trade, vehicles, and buildings are the best examples of fixed assets. In a nutshell, a fixed asset is anything that a company buys intending to use for more than one year. The challenge that most companies encounter is in deciding what to do when it is time to get rid of assets.

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

Further, they need to limit their focus to, at most, six capabilities, and make those capabilities work together as a mutually reinforcing system that perpetuates competitive advantage. That belief stems from having chosen a differentiated way to play that is supported by a strong system of mutually reinforcing capabilities.

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Resolution 2011: Make Your Strategy Coherent

Harvard Business Review

First, let's make sure to define capabilities clearly: by capabilities, we mean the interconnected people, knowledge, systems, tools, and processes that create differentiated value for customers. Putting Capabilities at the Foundation of Your Competitive Advantage. That's because winning strategies don't start outside the company.

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Unlocking the Full Potential of Your Business Software

Strategy Driven

Common Examples of Underutilisation. This can, of course, be done with other office programs , but it’s a good example of how even a free piece of software contains unique features that are often underutilised. For example, keep track of where the bottlenecks in your business are. Photo courtesy of Pexels. Remote Working.

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Finally, Proof That Managing for the Long Term Pays Off

Harvard Business Review

We know from FCLT surveys , for example, that 61% of executives and directors say that they would cut discretionary spending to avoid risking an earnings miss, and a further 47% would delay starting a new project in such a situation, even if doing so led to a potential sacrifice in value.