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Nine Key Strategies for Going Beyond Great

Leading Blog

With this in mind, they offer a new standard of performance defined by nine key strategies in three areas—growth, operation, and organization. Strategy #1: Do Good, Grow Beyond. Strategy #2: Stream It, Don’t Ship It. Strategy #3: Refine Your Global Game. Strategy #4: Engineer an Ecosystem.

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The Secret to Changing Your Culture When It Doesn’t Align with Your Strategy

Leading Blog

Authentic stories “reflect your deeply held values and beliefs about who you are as a leader, your commitment to the well-being of your employees and other stakeholders, and how these are related to the ability of your firm to implement your strategies.” These stories “star” one leader.

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What strategy is (and what it isn’t):

Strategy Driven

Strategy, Oh what a lofty word. The simple word “strategy” can be added to just about anything to make it sound more important or thought-out, strategic relationship building is still just going to a cocktail party or out to lunch with a potential client. Despite it’s overuse, strategy is still vitally important. High-minded.

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Strategy, Capability & Really Bad Advice

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. I just finished reading an article where the author (a self professed innovation guru) recommended strategy be aligned with capability, and that to allow ambition to exceed capability is a nothing short of a recipe for disaster.

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Choices to focus your business plan

Lead Change Blog

Eliminating Pain Points vs. Progress in Strategy Execution. The clearer a company is about what it is moving towards, the more successful it will be in executing its strategy. Here are 3 sets of closely related choices – areas of focus – to help make sure you get the most from your business plan. Forced Fit vs. Alignment.

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How IKEA Evolved Its Strategy While Keeping Its Culture Constant

Harvard Business Review

If you’re leading your team through big changes, this episode is for you.

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Outsizing Strategies to Grow Your Business Potential

Skip Prichard

What strategies separate winning organizations from the rest? What is required to implement strategy and execute with excellence? In his book Outsizing: Strategies To Grow Your Business, Profits, And Potential , Steve Coughran tackles these questions. What are a few of the common mistakes you see in formulating strategy?