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The End Of Long-Term Planning

Strategy Driven

At the end of a particularly long and grueling strategy meeting with the executive team of a major consumer services business, Alan, the chief executive officer, turned to me and said, “Living quarter by quarter is madness, but in a few years’ time people will laugh at us for developing three-year plans.”

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10 Exceptional Strategies For Extraordinary Executives

N2Growth Blog

Marketing matters. Unfortunately, in most organizations marketing is a haphazard practice. Marketing defines an organization’s ideal customer and then establishes a multi-pronged strategy for connecting them to their products and services. Marketing is the epitome of delayed gratification. Develop executors.

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Different Types of Managers: Which one are you?

HR Digest

The top managers are the C-suite managers and carry the titles of chiefs-- the chief executive office, the chief financial officer, the chief marketing manager, the chief operational manager, and the chief technology manager. Their role is to convey top-down management.

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Who is the 21st Century CEO?

In the CEO Afterlife

Proactivity is the secret to long-term success. As with any other era, whether the year is 1998 or 1968, the range of personal attributes required to be a Chief Executive Officer must align with the type and state of that enterprise and industry. Those who get to the future first, are the ones who win.

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Employees Demand Employers Become More Sustainable

The Horizons Tracker

The book highlights how Swedish organizations have come to lead the way in terms of corporate sustainability, and includes findings and analysis from dozens of CEOs, entrepreneurs, and policymakers. It also suggests there is much to be learned from the Swedish approach to sustainability. Sustainability leadership.

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Nuclear Power is Clean, Safe, and Reliable… But Can It Be Competitive?

Strategy Driven

Can nuclear plants be operated competitively in today’s market? An evolving energy market, led by cheap natural gas and subsidized renewable generation, threatens the long-term financial viability of America’s remaining nuclear power plants. Over the past three decades, the U.S.

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Performance Appraisal & Rewards in Response to COVID-19

HR Digest

At this moment, most organizations are focused on helping their customers and employees with immediate safety and security needs, recognizing the immediate short-term financial impact on their end goals. Household income and savings are ultra-low in most global markets. 80% of American workers live paycheck to paycheck.