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Managing Company Culture Anthropologically

Leading Blog

Despite its perceived importance, for the most part, companies have a miserable track record when it comes to managing their people. Companies consistently get culture wrong because they go about assessing it, and attempting to manage it from the top-down, not the bottom-up. But what does this mean?

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How to Start Your Own Online Business

Strategy Driven

Most people fail to realize that it requires just as much strategic planning as setting up a brick and mortar office. Otherwise, you should make up a list of company ideas that best suit your talents. Set up a landing page where you can promote your brand. Then conduct a SWOT analysis. Develop a Website.

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Business Plan Development: Know your Finances

Strategy Driven

It sets out what your new business will do, how you will overcome the challenges of starting up and, most important of all, how you will make money. But your start-up business plan is all just wishful thinking until you start filling in the financial figures. Set up a spreadsheet projecting sales over the first three years.

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Applying a Model for Small Business Continual Improvement

Deming Institute

The SME deck is to be developed in two months, with weekly two hours meetings, on-line or face to face depending on the location of my clients. After the two months, extra meetings to follow-up on the action plan are optional. 1) Analyze your SWOT. SWOT analysis. Procedures Poka-yoke , visual management , SMED and 5S.

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The Top Tips for Building Team Performance

Roundtable Talk

the losers that were at the bottom of the heap). Plan: Plans need to be continually reviewed to keep the team on track Productivity (Measures & Accountability): assigning tasks, measuring success and rewarding results are an oft overlooked element of successful team development. RoundtableTalk Where ambitious leaders meet.

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Should the Strategic Plan Rest in Peace? | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

The process that started in the 1950’s evolved through various strategic analyses including SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats), Michael Porter’s competitive strategy model, core competencies, strategic intent and business transformation. 2. Building the Plan From the Bottom Up.