Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In that follow-up zoom call, I try to be as helpful as possible in sharing any data I’ve collected from pre-event surveys or attendee interviews I use to prepare for their event.

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Conference Audience Diversity Ryan 229

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Bernd shares: “As a manager today, it isn’t enough to just simply focus on results and the financial bottom line. Bill Treasurer of Giant Leap Consulting contributed Do You Know Why Need A Strategic Plan? Bill explains: “To communicate company goals internally and externally, your business must have a strategic plan.

Leadership Development 268

Leadership Development Development Leadership Simon 268

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 30, 2020

Making plans is important, but our gut reaction is to plan for the best-case outcomes, ignoring the high likelihood that things will go wrong. A much better phrase is “failing to plan for problems is planning to fail.” To address the very high likelihood that problems will crop up, you need to plan for contingencies.

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Planning Project Budgeting Cost 215

Lead from Within

APRIL 4, 2017

Identify a clear plan and achievable goals. Have a strategic plan that will guide growth and show where, how and what the company is planning to accomplish. Then translate that strategic plan into action by setting goals that are clear, achievable and measurable. A plan without a goals is just a dream.

Organization 166

Organization Strategic Planning Bottom-up Planning 166

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 4, 2011

I tend to get a bit frustrated with all the “ strategy bashing ” of late – How could sound strategic planning possibly be a bad thing? The noise attempting to lift one up above the other is simply more unneeded rhetoric. The bottom line is that strategy matters, and that as a CEO, strategy is your responsibility.

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Tactics Short-term Strategic Planning CEO 287

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 31, 2023

By providing fleet managers with up-to-the-minute information, it enables informed and agile decision-making. By providing clients with accurate information regarding deliveries or pick-ups, businesses can enhance their service quality and strengthen their reputation.

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Transportation Management Efficiency Long-term 109

Leading Blog

JULY 10, 2017

They don’t have the human appetite to get to the bottom of the matter, and they don’t ask, ‘Just how does cause A lead to effect B?’ Conventional strategic planning practice calls for a relentless search for answers during a detailed analysis of context and a relentless analysis of the opportunity to find the right answer in one go.

Analysis 161

Analysis Constraint Learning-by-Doing Strategic Planning 161

Strategy Driven

MAY 14, 2019

Things change constantly, so it is important to plan for the short term to lead to longer term success. Strategic Implementation. You have your strategy plan in place, so now what? It is time to carefuly implement your strategic plan. This will help to facilitate the flow of your strategy plan.

Strategy 53

Strategy Succession Strategic Planning Short-term 53

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 28, 2020

On the other hand, ignoring the needs of your stakeholders can have disastrous effects, such as low employee morale or a dismal bottom line. As a result, Bill was able to come up with a better plan to engage with them. Before You Engage, Conduct a Pre-Engagement Assessment Using These 8 Questions. Don’t jump in unprepared.

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Consensus Influence Bottom-up Incentives 188

CO2

JULY 25, 2023

They bulldoze their plans through and others, who weren’t consulted, wind up resisting them — no surprise there. But before you get going, cross diagonally towards “Judge” to carefully evaluate and refine the plan (“What is the best option out of everything?”).

Leadership 78

Leadership Welch Bottom-up Innovation 78

CO2

JULY 25, 2023

They bulldoze their plans through and others, who weren’t consulted, wind up resisting them — no surprise there. But before you get going, cross diagonally towards “Judge” to carefully evaluate and refine the plan (“What is the best option out of everything?”).

Leadership 78

Leadership Welch Bottom-up Innovation 78

Strategy Driven

MAY 16, 2014

This time of a year is an important reminder that where your company is headquartered also can have a significant impact on your bottom line. You just finished reading Where your company is headquartered makes a big difference to your bottom line ! Strategic Planning Warning Flag 1 – Business Unit versus Goal-Based Planning.

Company 52

Company Real Estate Strategic Planning Venture Capitalist 52

ExactHire - Leadership

MARCH 7, 2018

They know that culture is the “enabler”—or the “hobbler”—for new strategic plans and directions. The companies with the highest-performing teams and most robust bottom lines make accountability the centerpiece of their culture. Then, dig for additional context with these follow-up questions: What was the situation?

Core Competence 52

Core Competence Bottom-up Micromanagement Absenteeism 52

In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 10, 2018

For larger and mature companies, the hard part seems to be giving up the familiar space that isn’t working so well anymore, so that you can focus on a new segment or opportunity. Like the refrain of an old country song, if you don’t know where you’re going, you will probably end up somewhere else. Don’t wait for a crisis.

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Maturity Tips Entrepreneur Bottom-up 159

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 28, 2020

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. The Right Work Model. What comes easy to you?

Affiliate Marketing 74

Affiliate Marketing How To SWOT Offshoring 74

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Strategy is often associated with high-level decision makers — generals, presidents, corporate titans — but the basic challenge of, in Theodore Roosevelt’s words, doing “what you can, with what you have, where you are” applies just as much when working from the bottom up.

Strategy 123

Strategy Freedman Policies Constraint 123

Skip Prichard

JUNE 12, 2023

Lisser’s book is divided into three parts, each focusing on a crucial aspect of growth: the Planning Advantage, the Execution Advantage, and the Company Advantage. By combining these elements, businesses can align their operations with their long-term goals and set themselves up for enduring success.

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Power Goal Objective Planning 96

HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

Work and life are going to keep throwing us curveballs demanding we level up. The bottom line? That being said, we usually can’t see into the future, our competitors’ strategic plans, or geopolitical surprises. And what working cross-culturally can lack in ease, it makes up for with enrichment and growth.

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Self-aware Hofstede Mentor Diversity 52

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 12, 2015

Say the head of sales needs to get an important package from headquarters to Tenbucktwo by early morning and its way past the final FedEx pick-up. Abandon the bottom of the equation and start being a numerator. Change Management Chip Bell Leadership Return on Investment service strategic planning'

Innovation 150

Innovation Budgeting Strategic Planning Tools 150

Strategy Driven

MARCH 17, 2016

But every dollar spent on consultants should go to bettering your company’s bottom line, not building-up your consultants’ businesses or paying for unnecessary overheads. When the need is temporary, the engagement of high-quality consultants is a great way to fill these gaps.

Consultative 50

Consultative Library Document Strategic Planning 50

Strategy Driven

MARCH 10, 2016

But every dollar spent on consultants should go to bettering your company’s bottom line, not building-up your consultants’ businesses or paying for unnecessary overheads. When the need is temporary, the engagement of high-quality consultants is a great way to fill these gaps.

Consultative 50

Consultative Library Document Strategic Planning 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The Big Picture cannot be top-down, nor can the embracing of corporate culture be only from the bottom-up. Never stop planning for the next phase. From careful study (not whims or gut instincts) stem true strategic planning. Be sure that all sectors of the organization participate. Consider leaving a comment!

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Mission Statement Benchmarking Tactics Strategic Planning 81

Strategy Driven

MARCH 31, 2016

But every dollar spent on consultants should go to bettering your company’s bottom line, not building-up your consultants’ businesses or paying for unnecessary overheads. When the need is temporary, the engagement of high-quality consultants is a great way to fill these gaps.

Consultative 50

Consultative Document Library Strategic Planning 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

By taking stock and planning creatively, then we can and will embody diversity. It is a mindset that must permeate organizations from top-down as well as bottom-up. In either, one element still sinks to the bottom. The premise of multicultural diversity is ambitious and necessary to achieve. Consider leaving a comment!

Diversity 91

Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 91

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., The bottom line in regard to today’s thoughts on business modeling can be summed up in the following three points: 1.) are also not business models. I Think Not.

Business Model 269

Business Model Blog Brand Depreciation 269

Steve Farber

JULY 24, 2017

He was born Angelo Siciliano, but he changed his name after going from a skinny weakling to a specimen so ripped he resembled the Greek Titan known for holding up the sky. A century ago, Charles Atlas bulked up to become the most famous bodybuilder of his day. A healthy ROEI includes a healthy bottom line.

Franchising 66

Franchising Entrepreneur Bottom-up Strategic Planning 66

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 19, 2013

As financial returns are a key component of every for-profit company’s success, leaders must be particularly aware of the relationships between long-term and day-to-day activities and the bottom line. Special Offer. Robert has made a complimentary book sample available to StrategyDriven readers at www.wholebusinessthinking.com/video/.

Resources 58

Resources Metrics Bottom-up Budgeting 58

Management Craft

APRIL 20, 2011

Internal Brand (or Employer Brand): This is what it is like to work at company XX and the reputation it has as an employer (and these two things may or may not be the same because assumptions that make up a reputation may not be correct). Bottom line: We should know, track, and proactively measure all of these organizational indicators.

Brand 78

Brand Strategic Planning Reputation Bottom-up 78

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 31, 2013

bottom-line impacts effective leadership off-sites can have. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. why leadership off-sites are so often a missed opportunity. Additional Information. Consider leaving a comment!

Business Simulation 60

Business Simulation Leadership Strategic Planning Bottom-up 60

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It is a mindset that permeates organizations from top-down as well as bottom-up. That means doing things correctly the first time, without wasting counter-productive time in cleaning up mistakes. Research shows the by-product costs of poor quality are high for any business, up to 40 percent. Nonconformance is costly.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

What do great CEOs do when the business model, the strategic plan, and the revenue hurdles don’t seem to be in alignment? The bottom line is this…Bleeding is not a healthy thing. They make changes. Current or anticipated changes in market conditions that will adversely impact your business model. I Think Not.

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Restructuring Blog CEO Brand 288

N2Growth Blog

MAY 5, 2011

Bottom line…pricing is not a taboo subject to be avoided, but rather a key metric that needs to be well understood as well as proactively measured and managed. Pricing needs to be dealt with in the most embryonic stages of strategic planning and needs to constantly be evaluated based upon changes in market dynamics. .

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Price Discount Brand Supply Chain 314

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2010

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Leadership 57

Leadership Newsletter Bottom-up Strategic Planning 57

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

It has a huge impact on the bottom line. In addition to facilitating all types of decision-making, problem-solving and team building sessions, he has facilitated or co-facilitated seventeen strategic planning sessions over the past three years for business, government and not-for-profit clients. For more information.

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Newsletter Insurance Class Workshop 165

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 31, 2010

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Resources 50

Resources eBook Newsletter Bottom-up 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 14, 2010

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Diversity 62

Diversity Newsletter Strategic Planning Comparison 62

HR Digest

OCTOBER 6, 2018

A quarter-century ago, President Bill Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act , designed to provide workers up to 12 weeks of job-protected, unpaid leave. At the end of the day, their bottom line depends on employee productivity. Staff More Strategically. Use Temporary Staff More Effectively.

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Learning Curve Training Short-term Competitive Advantage 40