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12 Strategic Thinking Questions That Yield Big Results. The Bonus Question Is The Punch Line.

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For 3-4 days, I spend time by the ocean simply reflecting, letting go of any goals, plans or expectations. Vision, Goals and Strategies. As you envision where you want your company to be in 10 years, what BHAGs (big hairy audacious goals) do you see your company achieving? I simply allow myself to just be.

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Real Truths That Fuel Real Leaders

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When I work with leaders, my first goal is to help them get rigorously honest with themselves. When you lead a meeting, to what extent do team members give reasons why they did not keep their commitments or reach their goals? Do you have a winning strategy to reach your company’s goals? When you stagnate, so will your company.

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7 Real Truths That Fuel Real Leaders

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When I work with leaders, my first goal is to help them get rigorously honest with themselves. When you lead a meeting, to what extent do team members give reasons why they did not keep their commitments or reach their goals? Do you have a winning strategy to reach your company’s goals? When you stagnate, so will your company.

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The One Question Every Leader Needs To Ask Every Day

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Make you an innovative leader in your marketplace. have you spent great effort and resources on goals and strategies that were never worth your time to begin with? has your company pursued markets and customers that actually took you further from your goals, not closer? Rise above your competition. Why This One Question?

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How Great Strategic Thinking Leaders Think. The Finale Says It All.

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Despite what many leaders believe, strategic thinking is NOT quantitative analysis – eg, generating sales forecasts – nor quantitative goals – eg, $100 million in revenues. For most companies, strategic planning focuses on breaking down a goal into action steps and connecting those steps to resources, timelines and budgets.

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Accountability to Possibility: The Next Frontier in Leadership Growth

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You need accountability to achieve your company goals. However, for many organizations, over-emphasis on accountability stifles creative thinking, innovation and visioning. What if you could achieve ‘x’ (a seemingly impossible) goal, what would be the first step you would take? Push your team to set bigger goals.

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Deep Motivations, Not Competencies, Drive Leadership Performance

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Orientation toward innovation and creativity. how to do something faster, better or cheaper) over procedures; high motivation toward goals, rather than avoiding problems; and high future time orientation with a focus on long term strategies, future customer needs and environmental changes. Goal Orientation. And much more.