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Are CEOs Really Necessary Anymore?

Strategy Driven

Famously, Steve Jobs had no interest in market research when imagining where Apple needed to go next. He has been instrumental in developing enterprise operating systems for EOS Worldwide, Accenture, and The Balanced Scorecard Institute. The first is to make wise decisions over time that express a coherent vision.

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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

It turned out that the unit was driving profits by raising prices and cutting marketing and advertising expenditures. Higher prices and reduced advertising created an opening for competitors to take away market share, which they did. So while profits were rising and ROIC was high, market share was declining.

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What Makes Six Disciplines for Excellence A Different Kind Of Business Book

Six Disciplines

” (Sam Decker, Decker Marketing). Skip Angel, Random Thoughts of a CTO). “This is a guidebook, with practical business advice, that if followed, will enhance your business and provide solutions to every day small business problems. ” (Gary Whitehair, High Performance Business). “But the book doesn't stop there!

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Effective Meeting Models

CO2

Our ability to predict the future is getting more and more difficult as the population grows, markets shift, competitors switch strategies, and systems interact. People won’t lose sight of the destination midway through the year. They know where they’re headed and why. Quarterly Strategic Review Meeting. Monthly Staff Meetings.

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8 Reasons Companies Don’t Capture More Value

Harvard Business Review

But in truth businesses rarely focus on only profitability; most strive to satisfy various stakeholders and meet the goals of balanced scorecards. Growth: A TV cable company offers special subscription plans for new customers, aiming to achieve a strong market position within 24 months.

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Many Strategies Fail Because They’re Not Actually Strategies

Harvard Business Review

Town hall meetings are organized, employees are told to change their behavior, balanced scorecards are reformulated, and budgets are set aside to support initiatives that fit the new strategy. “We want to be the number one or number two in all the markets in which we operate” is one of those.

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Big Data Doesn't Work if You Ignore the Small Things that Matter

Harvard Business Review

So why do companies spend millions on big data and big-data-based market research while continuing to ignore the simple things that make customers happy? Big data is today's panacea, the great new hope for unlocking the mysteries of marketing. We all have. Shut down their customer service on weekends?

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