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12 Strategic Thinking Questions That Yield Big Results. The Bonus Question Is The Punch Line.

The Empowered Buisness

Vision, Goals and Strategies. As you envision where you want your company to be in 10 years, what BHAGs (big hairy audacious goals) do you see your company achieving? In order to achieve your BHAGs, what innovative ideas and strategies did you have to come up with? Markets, Competitors and Customers.

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7 Leadership Questions That Will Move Your Needle in 2016

The Empowered Buisness

QUESTION 1: What is your BHAG? BHAG stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goal , a concept introduced by Jim Collins in his book, “Built to Last.” The best definition that I seen is that a BHAG is a statement of strategic intent. Starbuck’s BHAG is to overtake Coke as the world’s leading brand. QUESTION 2: For what purpose ….?

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How to Develop a Radical Product Thinking Mindset

Skip Prichard

We’ve learned to build products and scale our companies by testing things in the market, seeing what works, and iterating. When we’re iteration-led, execution is driven by short-term needs and becomes disconnected from the vision and strategy. But inherently, “seeing what works” is optimizing for short-term results.

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Tackling Local and Global L&D Trends – A Dialogue with Sandeep Khanna & VJ Posadas

Experience to Lead

Sandeep Khanna, Managing Director, APAC, brings over three decades of professional experience across advertising, marketing and learning to our team from leading organizations like Grab and Facebook. They are proactive, set BHAG goals and get things done. This is what separates the great from the good.

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Creating Customer Focused Teams, Part 2

Strategy Driven

Customer Focus, Feedback and Service Strategy. With humor, real-world examples, and step-by-step guides, the book explains: How to make mission, values, and BHAGS relevant to daily organizational life. So the raving fan service strategy needs to be designed so that the company and its employees can deliver.

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Creating Customer Focused Teams, Part 3

Strategy Driven

With humor, real-world examples, and step-by-step guides, the book explains: How to make mission, values, and BHAGS relevant to daily organizational life. Customer service strategies need to be planned, but it helps to be flexible and try new ideas that will make your organization indispensable to the people it serves.

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Creating Customer Focused Teams, Part 1

Strategy Driven

With humor, real-world examples, and step-by-step guides, the book explains: How to make mission, values, and BHAGS relevant to daily organizational life. Complimentary Resource – How Do You Know if Your Talent Management Strategy is Creating Value? Seven essential rules for effective strategic planning.

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