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The Year Is Half Over…Do You Know Where Your Strategic Plan Is?

CO2

And Kotter International determined that, on average, 70% of new, large-scale strategic initiatives fall short of their goal, as did a similar McKinsey & Company 2009 study. The strategic plan is an important document that provides clear strategies and tactics to significantly improve the company’s performance, yet no one talks about it.

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The Year Is Half Over…Do You Know Where Your Strategic Plan Is?

CO2

And Kotter International determined that, on average, 70% of new, large-scale strategic initiatives fall short of their goal, as did a similar McKinsey & Company 2009 study. The strategic plan is an important document that provides clear strategies and tactics to significantly improve the company’s performance, yet no one talks about it.

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Culture Trumps Strategy – Not | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

All the perks and benefits in the world won’t cause a company to thrive if not governed by sound core values, which have been wrapped into a vision that can be strategically and tactically implemented. _After all, culture is defined by the behaviors that are incented and repeated inside your company. Business should be fun.

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How Leaders Become Strategists

Skip Prichard

It seems to come from the incentive packages created for leaders and the plethora of writings urging leaders to clarify their goals. Marvel was acquired in 2009 by Disney, which continues to develop the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “I Only then can you devise an action plan for moving forward.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Case in point is Wal-Mart CEO, Lee Scott, who is so concerned with diversity mandates that Wal-Mart officers are held financially accountable by tying officer incentive bonuses to achieving diversity goals. Discrimination has always existed, and probably always will.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Statistics Tree: Understanding Figures and What They Symbolize, Relating Directly to Your Business Success

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Retaining good employees, involving training, motivation and incentives, is yet another matter. In 2009, for example, more than 550,000 businesses were opened, and more than 660,000 closed. by Hank Moore. Any company or organization is like a tree.

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Four Secrets to Selling More

Harvard Business Review

At our company, we've grown through the recession by relying on four counterintuitive sales tactics: We've avoiding hiring hotshot sales stars. We've eliminated the prizes and incentives most companies use to motivate sales teams. Lose the incentives. In return, they prefer to forego the traditional incentives.