Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2012

Be ethical. Progress is visioned, contextualized, seeded, benchmarked. He guides companies through growth strategies, visioning, strategic planning, executive leadership development, Futurism and Big Picture issues which profoundly affect the business climate. Learn as you grow. Periodically celebrate the heritage.

Mentor 90

Mentor Case Study Strategic Planning Learning-by-Doing 90

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Organizations get people caught in activity traps…unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals. Managers lose sight of their employees’ goals. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. Most management subsystems succeed or fail according to the clarity of goals of the overall organization.

Strategic Planning 56

Strategic Planning Goal Planning Budgeting 56

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 12, 2011

This ladder holds true for managers and employees within the organization, as well as outside consultants brought in. These are managers, concerned with structure, hiring, control, work design, supervision and the effects of management decisions. Value-added leadership requires a senior team commitment. by Hank Moore.

Mentor 56

Mentor Strategic Planning Leadership Benchmarking 56

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Top management must endorse corporate imaging and other forms of practice development, if your company is to grow and prosper. Few companies can even sustain present levels of sales without some degree of business development. Your key management team is dynamic, in terms of business issues. Benchmarks for measurement.

Positioning 50

Positioning Company Strategic Planning Guidelines 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Are budgeting measures used to manage performance? Is the performance management system focused upon outcomes? Can the benchmarking information be accessed regularly? How well can management interpret and apply findings to the decision process? How do you handle crisis management and preparedness?

Strategic Planning 70

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 70

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2011

New year projections are the best time to benchmark progress and adjust sights for the coming term. Organizations get people caught in activity traps… unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals. Managers lose sight of their employees’ goals. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior.

Goal 50

Goal Strategic Planning Benchmarking Budgeting 50

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2012

Among the lessons which we learned from the Y2K Bug exercise were: When they want to do so, company leadership will provide sufficient resources to plan for the future, including crisis management and preparedness (of which computer glitches are one set of ‘what ifs.’). Crisis management. Missed Marks.

Planning 50

Planning Consultative Learning-by-Doing Cost 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Getting the funds that you need from tight fisted management is an ongoing process. Sell management-clients on acquiring more returns on their investments, not just on making further investments. Reduce management’s risk in doing business with you. Acquire an upper-management mindset. Cash outlays are always risks.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

MARCH 4, 2011

Every astute organization assesses the status of each branch on its Business Tree TM and orients its management and team members to meet constant changes and fluctuations. Managers, by default, see ‘band-aid surgery’ as the only remedy for problems… but only when problems are so evident as to require action.

Bottom-up 58

Bottom-up System Learning-by-Doing Execution 58

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

These pointers are offered to help manage time and resources. Inevitably, when high-level forums are organized, the juniors, mid-managers and self-marketers infiltrate and take over… which chases us away. Curiously, that charity has been clouded by public investigations of questionable ethics and dubious fund-raising practices.

Committee 52

Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 52

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

It was very ‘old school’ (a management style that was 40 years obsolete), though it pretended to be ‘new school.’ The company did more than 4,000 deals…most risky and without research, planning and benchmarking. Without Strategic Planning, there is no benchmarking of specific tactics. Accounting.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57