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The Strategy Book

Leading Blog

The problem is following a plan so closely without responding to events that you will “lead the company efficiently in the wrong direction.” Strategy involves completion of goals, and the risk is the difference between those goals and the ability of the organization to achieve them.” In a sense, strategy creates risk.

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Frontline Festival: January 2016 DRAFT

Let's Grow Leaders

Michael Porter. According to Michelle Pallas of MichellePallas.com , having a vision and setting goals enables realization of our dreams. Skip Prichard of Leadership Insights posits that the same strategy, the same goals, the same execution may result in different outcomes. Follow Jon. Follow Alli. George Washington Carver.

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Are You Taking Care of Busyness and Working Overtime?

The Practical Leader

.” Participants in a study on “ making time for work that matters ,” knowledge workers cut desk work by six hours per week and meeting time by two hours per week by identifying low-value tasks, deciding whether to drop, delegate, or redesign, off-loading tasks, allocating freed-up time, and committing to a development plan.

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What is the Price?

Kevin Eikenberry

Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable! I’m looking forward to reading it (my copy is on the way) and after I’ve read it I will share more. Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?

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CMI Hong Kong: updates from the board

Chartered Management Institute

IALBA also plans to set up tuition courses to coach potential candidates to attain CMI’s Chartered Manager status. IALBA is planning to recruit more teachers to design relevant courses to be offered in the future. The course will be the equivalent of a Level 5 or Level 7 qualification. Event details here.

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Strategy Essentials You Ignore at Your Peril

Harvard Business Review

Michael Porter, the world's leading authority on competition and strategy, is sometimes the victim of his own success. Any plan or program is called a strategy. My goal was to present the essential Porter in a form that could be more easily digested and put to work than the original. But in fact, most managers don't.

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Five Common Strategy Mistakes

Harvard Business Review

I just finished a two-year project looking at Michael Porter's most important insights for managers. Understanding Porter's strategy fundamentals will help you to avoid them. Too often the goal is chosen because it sounds good, whether or not the economics of the business support the logic. It's not the goal (e.g.,