Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Business development has occurred primarily by accident or through market demand. Because of economic realities and the increased numbers of firms providing comparable services, the notion of business development is now a necessity, rather than a luxury. This holds for corporate operating units and departments.

Positioning 50

Positioning Company Strategic Planning Guidelines 50

Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The Conference Board seeks to drive thought leadership and business results by focusing on four key topical categories: 1) corporate leadership 2) economies, markets, and value creation 3) high-performing organizations, and 4) human capital.

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Conference Human Resources Human Capital White Paper 133

Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2011

Pressures continue and accelerate for companies to stay in operation, become competitive, keep ahead of the marketplace and perform quality work. Inspires the development of organizational Vision. Mentorship and leadership development. Sales or marketing support. Outside-the-box approaches to old problems.

Strategic Planning 68

Strategic Planning Benchmarking Long-term Consultative 68

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Adjustments must be periodically made to target markets, definition of terms and modification of strategies. Growth, defined as increasing revenues each year (rather than improving the quality of company operations). Doing the things necessary to assure revenue (billings, sales, add-on’s, marketing). Productivity gained.

Strategic Planning 67

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 67

Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Even More Leadership Lessons from the Washington Redskins | Main | The Power of Courtesy » November 05, 2010 The Heroes of Walter Reed Yesterday, on a rainy afternoon in Washington, DC, I had the privilege of doing something that I wish every American had the opportunity to experience. 

Blog 144

Blog Executive Coaching Open-book Hotels 144

Strategy Driven

JULY 8, 2011

Building a clear, cohesive, operational Vision for the individual. Taking concepts (quality management, ethics, outside-the-box thinking) out of the esoteric and into daily operation. The Big Picture provides leadership for progress, rather than following along. The successful person develops and champions the tools to change.

Learning-by-Doing 57

Learning-by-Doing Career Strategic Planning Mentor 57

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2012

There is the need to develop better information to help management make better decisions. There is a sense that company operations are out of control. Organizations are collections of individuals, team clusters, operating units, departments, management philosophies and ideologies. External-Marketplace. He has advised two U.S.

Review 57

Review Company Strategic Planning Industry 57

Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2011

Pressures continue and accelerate for companies to stay in operation, become competitive, keep ahead of the marketplace and perform quality work. It may be: human resources, organizational development, training, technology, sales, marketing, advertising, public relations, coaching or financial management. External-Marketplace.

Strategic Planning 77

Strategic Planning Advertising Consultative Planning 77

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

With the plethora of reading material on the market today it is not a simple thing to make sure that you’re covering all the bases in a time efficient fashion. Most print publications now also have Internet versions, Kindle editions, or digital newsletters that can be subscribed to as well. Thanks for sharing the eloquent words Dan.

Blog 419

Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. billion as the stock market plummeted, amid a crisis of investor confidence. We have been subjected to the second longest bear market in history, the longest being that of the Great Depression.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Niche consultants place emphasis in the areas where they have training, expertise and staff support for implementation… and will market their services accordingly. Marketers might contend that the latest advertising campaign is equivalent to re-engineering the client company (though the two concepts are light years apart).

Consultative 59

Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 59

Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2012

Corporate executives must develop themselves for the next level and to be useful to their companies and communities in the future. This is a primer for executives and the heirs apparent to company leadership. Mid-Level Sellers (consumer services, multi-level marketing, retailers, vendors). Support Staff. Journeyman laborer.

Business Development 51

Business Development Development Learning-by-Doing Ethics 51

Strategy Driven

MARCH 31, 2011

Welcome to the paradigms that many of us have operated under for some time. Marketing can be either inward or outward. Companies undergo marketing campaigns to promote products and services to potential customers. Those same consumers do their own marketing when they shop at grocery stores. He has advised two U.S.

Transportation 66

Transportation Consultative Film Strategic Planning 66

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

This is not written to take swipes at responsible branding, marketing and advertising. Branding is a sub-set of marketing, which is a sub-sub-set of corporate strategy. Cause-related marketing materials. My analysis: The stock market looks primarily at profits…one small part (1%) of the business picture.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. In their marketing, accounting and auditing firms claim to be full-service business advisors, in order to get business. Capitalization is stretched beyond limits, and operations advance in a cash-poor mode.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

The longer they network, the better they get at niche marketing. Inevitably, when high-level forums are organized, the juniors, mid-managers and self-marketers infiltrate and take over… which chases us away. Some commercial programs cater to this market but are usually populated by entrepreneurs on the way up.

Committee 52

Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 52