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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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The Strategy Book

Leading Blog

Because “uncertainty can only be reduced by committed decisions and actions,” you can choose to create a “certainty of purpose and direction.”. Second, there are some of the most influential tools from the field of strategy and management. The Strategy Toolkit at the end of the book is not just another nice add-on.

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PRINCIPLES OVER PROCESS

N2Growth Blog

A move toward the Advantage Strategy Paradigm begins with the adoption and commitment to a set of principles that guides all executives in the decisions and actions they take related to developing, planning, and executing strategy. Much more than your typical SWOT analysis is needed here to get it right. Priority on People.

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The Advisor’s Corner – ‘Strategic Action’ is better than just a Plan

Strategy Driven

For a vision to be effective over time, it must be inspiring, clear, credible, and create a strong commitment in everyone guided by it. In this step you may need to conduct a SWOT analysis and an Environmental Scan look at both the internal and external factors you should be considering. Step Two: Test the Vision. About the Author.

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Effective Meeting Models

CO2

This annual strategic review and planning meeting may take as long as a week (because you will be pre-deciding how to act should certain key assumptions come to pass), but when done well it leads to a more purposeful and energized commitment to the future. The post Effective Meeting Models appeared first on Elements of Leadership.

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Create a Strategy That Anticipates and Learns

Harvard Business Review

But maybe the thrill of accomplishment in these pockets is diverting senior managers’ attention from another, even more critical opportunity: Digital technologies are also rapidly changing how managers can acquire and assess the information they use to develop and execute on enterprise-wide strategy. It’s an entirely different animal.