In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 4, 2012

I’ve met both over my long career as an executive, a consultant, and a board member. Strategists and Strategic Planners may read the same periodicals and have similar destinations in mind, but there is a difference between the two. Strategic Planners, at the outset, are disadvantaged by the definition of their role.

Strategic Planning 221

Strategic Planning Document Competitive Advantage Consultative 221

N2Growth Blog

MAY 5, 2011

At this stage of my career I tend to look at the nature of the engagement more than I do my rate schedule. 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. .

Price 371

Price Discount Brand Supply Chain 371

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

These are my considered opinions, having conducted Performance Reviews, Strategic Planning and Visioning for other companies over 35+ years. Without Strategic Planning, there is no benchmarking of specific tactics. Incentive and ‘random acts of kindness’ programs were deleted. Accounting.

Strategic Planning 58

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 58

Roundtable Talk

JUNE 22, 2010

You may not have complete control of compensation incentives (for example), but you can probably come up with some non-monetary rewards/recognition programs that can motivate just as effectively. Join us at our next series: check out our upcoming events by visiting our website. Happy leading! Bookmark the permalink.

Tips 34

Tips Team Bottom-up Teamwork 34

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2018

Companies need to create innovation careers rather than just innovation jobs. Just like accountants and human resource managers, innovation professionals need clearly defined job roles, responsibilities, performance incentives, and career paths, as well as meaningful training and development opportunities.

Incubator 8

Incubator Innovation Strategic Planning Human Resources 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

It’s unlikely that sales people know what a Mission Statement and the Strategic Planning process are. They make up by increasing rates of advertisers…offering cause-related marketing packages as incentives. Greatness is earned over an entire career. My analysis: Beware of that phrase in advertising.

Brand 51

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 51

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Your career depended on that business going forward, and the numbers that mattered had to do with the performance of that business, not with Sony as a whole. Imagine you’re the guy who was running the Walkman business at Sony a decade ago.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50