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Bringing True Strategic Foresight Back to Business

Harvard Business Review

The immediacy of day-to-day operations can lead to a strategic process that is more about ticking boxes and filling templates, which often end up languishing, unopened, in an inbox. Strategy and foresight were once the same discipline. And they should be again.

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Build Your Bottom Line: Accountable Culture in 6 Steps

ExactHire - Leadership

They know that culture is the “enabler”—or the “hobbler”—for new strategic plans and directions. 1 – Add accountability to your core competencies. Competencies are the skills, behaviors and/or core values that set apart your company from you competitors. Here are six steps.

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Just because you can make an omelet, doesn’t mean you’re a restaurateur!

Mills Scofield

We know the importance of a living, adaptable, actionable strategic plan. Saul urges us to also create a shared operating model on HOW value will be delivered. A shared operating model enables people to “ collaborate with a shared purpose for value delivery.”

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The Magical Career Fairy Will Help You

Persuasive Powerhouse

Craft a strategy as if you were developing a strategic plan for your organization – but this one is for you. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. What is your goal? What will you need to do to get there?

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From the Rubble of Dreams: Resilience to Be Reborn

Lead Change Blog

Build on your strength and core competencies. A talented wordsmith, Jerri crafted a strategic plan called “The Success Suit” and the word quickly took off. All gone, just as Working Wardrobes was preparing for its 30 th anniversary. What would you do if your life’s work vanished? Here are her lessons.

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Strategic Planning Steps

CO2

Strategic Planning At CO2 Coaching , we view strategic planning as a process of advance decision-making and alignment of minds. Done well, strategic planning and following these strategic planning steps saves time over time. The structure of strategic planning is critical to its success.

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B2B Salespeople Can Survive If They Reimagine Their Roles

Harvard Business Review

” Both spell out how to map the buying process and customer experience and optimally redirect the firm’s sales, marketing, operations, and service efforts. Research firms such as Forrester can assist by documenting the total costs and resources required for a firm to field a first-rate digital operation.

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