Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The unpredictability of moving, especially on a commercial scale, necessitates having robust contingency plans in place. The first step in planning for the unexpected is acknowledging that these challenges can occur. This mindset shift allows for the creation of flexible strategies that can adapt to changing circumstances.

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Skip Prichard

APRIL 11, 2022

If you listen to this week’s episode, you’ll hear us go through seven skills that I think everyone—but especially leaders—need to focus on to help create and guide positive change. Plan the change. Look for the positive. Some people are great at contingency planning and knocking down roadblocks before they occur.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2023

Effective management of workforce leave and absence involves creating clear policies and procedures for requesting and approving time off, using efficient HR software, maintaining accurate records of leave entitlements and usage, and developing contingency plans to ensure work continuity when employees are absent.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 15, 2023

By developing a clear and compelling vision, educational leaders inspire their teams to work together towards a common goal, driving positive change and innovation within the educational institute. Leaders who can adapt to their circumstances are skilled at anticipating change and developing contingency plans to address unforeseen challenges.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

Strategic planning–the process of translating vision into realistic business strategies–provides you with a structure to balance long-term goals with immediate needs, update plans to reflect changing circumstances, and develop contingency plans for the wider range of possibilities. THE LEADERSHIP GAP.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Plan Your Route Carefully As residents of Colorado Springs know, the weather can be unpredictable and the terrain challenging. Make contingency plans for accommodations in case you run into delays. A positive mindset can go a long way in making your transition smoother.

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Six Disciplines

JULY 25, 2014

It''s also used to articulate the challenges an organization has, enabling contingency plans. Marketing (company image, reputation, positioning, market share, growth). An analysis of the organization''s strengths and weaknesses is typically an internal examination process. Having trouble starting out your SWOT analysis?

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 14, 2014

Use this reporting process to give everyone affected by change the positive feedback they need to keep the faith when things get dicey. Anticipate all possible objections and create contingency plans for anything that could go wrong. Create consensus by presenting your plan to colleagues and stakeholders.

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 21, 2011

It's also used to articulate the challenges an organization has, enabling contingency plans. Marketing (company image, reputation, positioning, market share, growth). An analysis of the organization's strengths and weaknesses is typically an internal examination process. Having trouble starting out your SWOT analysis?

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 31, 2017

Have you identified all the risks here, and what are your contingency plans should things not progress as expected? A constant stream of “no’s” is not a positive sign, it’s a warning sign that needs to be heeded. How does this add value to our core mission? What’s the downside should we not move forward with this?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 3, 2011

Liker and Ogden describe the Toyota Way as: Face challenges with a clear head and positive energy. Therefore, the chief questions to ask yourself about how your company will respond in a crisis are not contingency plans and policies, but about your culture and your people. Always start with the customer.

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Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

By investing in the development of executives, organizations can identify and cultivate the talent necessary to fill critical senior leadership positions. When these executives are equipped with the skills and knowledge to lead effectively, they can create a positive work environment that attracts and retains top talent long into the future.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2018

We found that increasing your engagement and productivity at work could be as simple as making a plan for the day. But these positive effects depended on what type of plan employees used and how many interruptions or disruptions they faced in their day-to-day work. Putting your daily plans to work.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

And, certainly, if you hold a salaried position where the paycheck will appear in your bank account each month regardless of whether or not you dip into your holiday fund, the word “fearful” simply doesn’t enter the mind come holiday time. However, I’m also a little fearful of them. This may sound odd.

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 23, 2018

Don’t be afraid to ask questions of those you lead and those in leadership positions. They have contingency plans in place and are ready to use them. Have a backup plan ready. Or you may transition from a leadership position to a non-leadership position. Asking questions will clarify the dark areas.

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

So they looked for companies that started in vulnerable positions and rose to spectacular performance in dangerously fast changing, unstable environments with major events and forces outside of their control. Sounding familiar? They assume conditions will turn against them, at perhaps the worst possible moment.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Plan for the future. When your business has contingency plans for future scenarios you will seldom be caught by surprise. Most successful businesses have planned responses to most scenarios because they took the time to think “What If”. Incentives-rewards-bonus plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Insurance can do so many positive things for your business. Insurance is one of those things that business owners either ignore or view as a necessary evil. Maybe both of those approaches are wrong, though. Therefore, it makes perfect sense to think things through and get the best possible level of coverage for the best price.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

She’d been working long hours, but had finally found herself in a position to afford a well-deserved, special vacation. Create a contingency plan. If you’re a “pro-vacation manager,” follow the contingency plan you agreed upon. Encourage your employees to make time.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

The following was written by a person who, during a series of crucible experiences in a position of leadership, learned much about how best to lead: “…Loving – something I so desperately hoped that I did – meant much more than simply feeling that I cared. All fifty of us were similarly selected for major leadership positions around the world.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

You like your current position, and you're doing well, but you just got a surprisingly attractive job offer. He couldn't lead a new cost-driven philosophy and protect his own senior position when it no longer was needed. James worried he might fail in the new positions. Is there a contingency plan? It's exciting.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

When considering the promotion of a relatively junior executive to the position of CEO, boards can have the candidate tested and prepared by ensuring an appointment as president, CFO, or COO. The company should anticipate some departures and make contingency plans to appoint replacements and reach out to stakeholders.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Based on new research on counterfactual thinking (which is exactly what it sounds like: imagining alternatives to what just happened), this process is not difficult, and it promises to both ease the pain of the setback and position you to do better next time. Later on, you can circle back and try to figure out how to overcome them.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 20, 2009

The trauma brought about by such change happens every day to countless people, people without contingency plans, or any idea how they are going to cope with what has happened to them. And yet we do, cope I mean, under many conditions and through many challenges.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

In my former position as Managing Director of Philip Morris Ukraine where I was based from January 2012 until February 2015, I was forced to see it as a business crisis that threatened our people, operations, and bottom line. Most of the world views the turmoil in Ukraine as a geopolitical and humanitarian catastrophe.

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Joseph Lalonde

MAY 1, 2015

You’ll have many decisions to make in your position as a leader. Tony Stark knows this is trouble but he had a backup plan… He knew he had to call on Veronica. Think of a contingency plan and have one ready in case you need it. And sometimes you’ll find yourself in that position. He was wrong.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

In my opinion a leader takes their game to a whole new level the minute they willingly seek out those who hold dissenting opinions and opposing positions with the goal not of convincing them to change their minds, but with the goal of understanding what’s on their mind. It’s called being prepared and developing a contingency plan.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

How do you stay positive? ” Reactions are typically varied, says Gretchen Spreitzer, a professor at Michigan’s Ross School of Business and coauthor of How to be a Positive Leader. ” Even stars may have trouble staying positive. ” Even stars may have trouble staying positive. What the Experts Say.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2015

The key is to assume a positive outlook. She says that some people worry that they will be “written off” once they announce their family plans. About a month before your leave, ask your supervisor for help in creating a “transition-out plan,” says Williams. ” Here are some pointers.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Too many companies still follow a “Plan-then-Do” approach to strategy: The organization works tirelessly to create its best forecasts about the future market and competitive landscape. Leadership then specifies a plan that it believes will position the company to win in this predicted future.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2011

In other words, it's a form of proactive contingency planning — either to completely avoid difficult situations, or prepare for them so that any undesirable consequences are lessened. But these risks also need to be managed — and if you're in a position of leadership, the act of managing them is probably up to you.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

to Amazon Web Services and/or other cloud providers, you need to know their security protocols and contingency plans have intensified to mission-critical. If you're outsourcing Web 2.0 Companies can't — and shouldn't — unilaterally wage cyberwar on countries.

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Mark Sanborn

MARCH 22, 2022

Are your contingency plans up to date? Maybe the experience was positive but not what you’d hoped for or expected. If you can create positive emotion when they interact with you, they’ll tell others, spend more and come back. Few companies design and deliver for positive emotion. They should.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

unilaterally pulls out of the Iran nuclear deal), building contingency plans, and diversifying their portfolio of markets. Many companies are assessing their exposure to specific policy decisions (e.g., if the U.S.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 4, 2017

A good economy means you’re in the best possible position to succeed. You can’t stop that from happening, but you can make sure you have the contingency plans in place so that you’re able to handle any temporary setbacks relating to stock and so forth. External Innovation: Good. Not every external factor is bad, of course.

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