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My Best Blogs of 2011

In the CEO Afterlife

The Nuts and Bolts of the Strategic Plan [link]. Strategic Plans have to start with deep strategic thought and the right conviction. There has to be a break from day-to-day operations in the process. For as long as I can remember, the person bonded to the CEO’s hip was the CFO. Why Mission Statements Suck [link].

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Building Teamwork: 6 Proven Strategies

Chart Your Course

New office furniture, a high-end coffee machine or a team-building lunch will all be seen as a bond-promoting thank you. Make certain that your profit sharing plan is narrow enough in focus to the workers on the current project without getting lost over too much time. Co-Operation. No shipping charges. More information .

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The Big Picture of Business- Evergreen Business Strategies. Digest of Take-Aways From 36 Articles.

Strategy Driven

Take ownership of planning programs, rather than abdicate them to human resources or accounting people. An accounting firm may suggest that an economic forecast is a full-scope business plan (which it is not). No entity can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities. Let the buyer beware.

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The Rebirth of the CMO

Harvard Business Review

This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond. That bonding role extends to other aspects of the business as well, such as delivering on products and services.

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You Can’t Engage Employees by Copying How Other Companies Do It

Harvard Business Review

Incentives or other extrinsic rewards—individual bonus schemes, promises of nice offices and titles, and other tangible benefits— create transactional relationships , not deep bonds to an employer. A profit sharing plan extended to all employees from the janitor to the CEO and the amount was based on the same percentage of salary.