In the CEO Afterlife

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Who Makes Resolutions Come True? YOU

In the CEO Afterlife

Before setting them, I’d like to suggest that you consider a fundamental question before setting goals and objectives for your personal life and your professional life. The operative word in the question is “YOU.” Let’s look at this issue from a strategic perspective via a short check list: Define your goals.

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What’s Holding YOU Back?

In the CEO Afterlife

is the fundamental question everyone should answer BEFORE setting goals, objectives and resolutions for the New Year. The operative word in the question is “YOU.” Let’s look at this issue from a strategic perspective via a short check list: Define your goals. Most of them will emerge from the goal definition exercise.

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20 Reasons Why Companies Should Do Less Better

In the CEO Afterlife

What’s left in apparel and sporting goods is a good strategic fit with Nike’s operations. The goal isn’t more people; it’s less. They divested both businesses and discontinued several other products including golf clubs and bags. Nike sales are 40% higher than they were just 5 years ago and profits are up by 65%. 1 Big Idea .

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The Power of an Enemy

In the CEO Afterlife

For most of my career, I operated within intensely competitive arenas where fractions of market share points were worth millions of dollars. Clearly define your goals. It’s not as if RIM were operating in a non-competitive environment. The late French author Andre Maurois once said, “Business is a combination of sport and war.”

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What Makes P&G Great?

In the CEO Afterlife

Once taken, they co-operatively move forward toward the common goal. They have the ability to disagree and freely do so. This is because P&Gers are intrinsically curious and forever intent on finding the best decision. P&G people are highly competent. This begins with recruiting discipline.

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The World of the 21st Century CEO

In the CEO Afterlife

At this point I will gaze into my crystal ball and prophesize the environments in which 21 st century CEOs will operate, a decade from now. To meet growth goals, companies will have to sell more to the same customers and find a heap of new customers in foreign lands; China will be opportunity number one. Business will be more complex.

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Clout as Strategy and Why Companies Won't Admit It | In the CEO.

In the CEO Afterlife

Strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve a defined goal. So are goals. billion in sales) provides huge economies of scale throughout the operation, especially in production, fixed overheads, distribution and marketing. Clout as Strategy and Why Companies Won’t Admit It. What is the definition of strategy?

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