N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

What do great CEOs do when the business model, the strategic plan, and the revenue hurdles don’t seem to be in alignment? They don’t sit idly by and watch the business lose market share, suffer margin erosion, see their competitive value propositions vaporize, or watch their brand go into decline. They make changes.

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Restructuring Blog CEO Brand 288

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., Business models must be designed with great care at the outset, but they must also be fluid in order to react to changing market conditions and avoid becoming stagnant.

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Business Model Blog Brand Depreciation 269

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Never stop planning for the next phase. From careful study (not whims or gut instincts) stem true strategic planning. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. About the Author.

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Mission Statement Benchmarking Tactics Strategic Planning 81

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. Be careful not to pro-bono yourself to death. About the Author.

Strategy 96

Strategy Budgeting Risk Management Strategic Planning 96

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 2, 2015

These clichés do not belong in business dialog, in strategic planning and in corporate strategy. The ‘brand’ is a marketing term. Customer experience” comes right out of marketing surveys, which rarely ask for real feedback or share the findings with company decision makers. About the Author.

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Strategy Strategic Planning Budgeting Risk Management 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. Qualities of Achievements – The more sophisticated the understanding of failures and their factors, the more successful in business and life one will be. About the Author.

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Succession Due Diligence Budgeting Risk Management 83

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

It opens your services to additional market niches. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. There are many good reasons why diversity relates to your livelihood: Embracing diversity is politically correct.

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Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 91

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Value-added leadership is a healthy way of life that puts collaborations first. When all succeed, then profitability is much higher and more sustained than under the Hard Nose management style. Value-added leadership requires a senior team commitment. You provide leadership for progress, rather than following along.

Leadership 50

Leadership Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Ethics 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Life-threatening experiences (loss of business or market share, economic recession) signal the urgency for the team to collaborate. Marketing’s importance was fully embraced in the 1960′s. Marketing departments deal most often and immediately with the side effects of poor quality. Access to global markets.

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Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

We must learn to benefit from change management, not to become victims of it. Corporate Responsibility relates to every stage in the evolution of a business, leadership development, mentoring and creative ways of doing business. It helps to manage relations with stakeholders. Change is 90% beneficial. About the Author.

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Ethics Mission Statement Strategic Planning Benchmarking 51

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Many a Strategic Plan was written by piecing together song fragments, nostalgic remembrances and movie scenarios, then were aptly converted into contemporary corporate nomenclature. I have spoken at conferences, strategic planning retreats, symposia, workshops and board meetings for hundreds. About the Author.

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Strategic Planning Planning Ethics Learning-by-Doing 51

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Provide leadership. Whether your focus is on customer service, profits, investing, marketing, or company growth a constant awareness of your current position in relation to where you want to be is essential. Assets are adequately valued and managed. Strategic Plan includes provisions for refinancing, equity and debt financing.

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Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Are the long-range strategic planning and budgeting processes integrated? Are planning activities consolidated into a written organizational plan? Do you have a detailed, written analysis of your market area? Do detailed action plans support each major strategy? Is there a Big Picture? About the Author.

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Entrepreneur Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting 51

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2015

It is an ongoing process of evaluation, planning, tactical actions and benchmarking accomplishments. Futurism is a continuum of thinking and reasoning skills, judicious activities, shared leadership and an accent upon ethics and quality. Futurism: ideas that inspire, manage and benchmark change. Quotes on The Future.

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Benchmarking Crisis Management Rogers Tactics 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Cause-related marketing is a good thing. Some companies use “philanthropy” as a marketing scam. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. Celebrities often get duped into promoting causes. About the Author.

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Crisis Teamwork Marketing Commitment 62

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2016

As a reaction to industrial reforms and the strength of unions, a Hard Nosed style of leadership was prominent from 1910-1939, management’s attempt to take stronger hands, recapture some of the Captain of Industry style and build solidity into an economy plagued by the Depression. About the Author.

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Management Hostile Takeover Management by Objectives Objective 70

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Study and utilize marketing and business development techniques. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. Learn from failures, reframing them as opportunities. Learn to expect, predict, understand and relish success.

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Rogers Henderson Mentor Learning-by-Doing 62

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

They steered many people into lives committed to community stewardship and leadership. Others cut into programs and services in order to fund marketing. I performed a management study for my state comptroller’s office. I opined that agencies felt compelled to spend funds to compete with each other in the arena of marketing.

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Advertising Education Audience Marketing 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Budgets get more attention than the umbrellas under which they rightfully belong: Strategic Planning and Visioning. By itself, Budgeting does not constitute full-scope planning and business strategy. How well can management interpret and apply findings to the decision process? How diverse is the planning committee?

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Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 71

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2018

Where mid-managers buy the hype of the marketing slogans but stonewall the progress that would enable the company to live up to its claims. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. About the Author.

Company 51

Company Self-aware Creativity Marketing 51

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2015

As a reaction to industrial reforms and the strength of unions, a Hard Nosed style of leadership was prominent from 1910-1939, management’s attempt to take stronger hands, recapture some of the Captain of Industry style and build solidity into an economy plagued by the Depression. About the Author.

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Hostile Takeover Management by Objectives Objective Scientific Management 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

While sales objectives are most common, trade shows may also be behavior, product, distribution or marketing oriented. Perform informal market research. Market your presence at the show in advance via mailings, distribution of VIP tickets and inclusion of your booth in advertising. Introduce new products. About the Author.

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How To Follow-up Participative Objective 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2016

These are my concluding pieces of leadership advice. Leadership and executive development skills are steadily learned and continually sharpened. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. About the Author.

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Mentor Learning-by-Doing Open-book Career 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

In study after study, strategic thinkers are found to be among the most highly effective leaders. And while there is an abundance of courses, books, articles and opinions on the process of strategic planning, the focus is typically on an isolated process that might happen once or twice per year. A strategic approach takes time.

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Organization Development Tactics Strategic Planning 15

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Every sound business initiative begins with a solid strategic plan. However while most anyone can cobble together a high level strategic plan, very few can author a strategy that can be successfully implemented. Actionable : A successful idea cannot remain in a strategic planning state. via n2growth.com [.]

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Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 384

Roundtable Talk

JUNE 22, 2010

And, be sure to plan for enough time for the discussion. Share this: This entry was posted in Engagement , Leadership , results , Team building and tagged Max Carbone , strategic planning , Team performance , top team building tips , What Really Works. Happy leading! Bookmark the permalink.

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Tips Team Bottom-up Teamwork 34

Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2014

I support cause related marketing and have advised many corporations on setting up such programs. I say it is not, and I’m an expert on cause-related marketing. He was simply rationalizing a corporate marketing initiative. Do not run your “foundation” out of a corporate marketing department. He was not listening.

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Franchising Marketing Strategy Strategic Planning 75

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Crisis management is so much more than handling of the media. We therefore mounted a full-scope crisis management initiative that focused heavily on after-the-crisis help for the victims and their families. There are three aspects to Crisis Management and Preparedness. Finally comes Crisis Training.

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Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 80

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

I’m a big advocate of Strategic Planning and Visioning. I know from experience that planning while going through the “alligators” is the most effective way to conduct the process. By seeing the daily changes resulting from the planning, companies are poised to rise above the current daily crises. About the Author.

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Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 58

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

In reality, no single market shift speaks completely for itself. Learn to manage change, rather than become a victim of it. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. About the Author.

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Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 78

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Most often (85% of the time), they can be heeded, planned for averted. There is an art to Crisis Preparedness. It must be included as part of a formal Strategic Planning and Visioning process. So also should diversity, branding, quality, marketing, re-engineering and other important processes. by Hank Moore.

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Crisis Crisis Management Budgeting Risk Management 72

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Along the way, many defective tires hit the market, subsequently causing SUV rollovers, damage and, in some cases, deaths. Rather than stick together in crisis situations and collectively investigate the problems, both Ford and Firestone distanced themselves from each. Planning is necessary to remediate current and future problems.

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Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 4, 2013

For many years, we will be measuring how loss of corporate credibility has tainted all facets of business, in terms of remediation, replacement, litigation, make-good, rework, damage control, recovery process, settlements to victims, decreased stock market value and sagging retail sales. There exist two current options. About the Author.

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Crisis Airlines Transportation Crisis Management 60

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. It will benefit all involved. About the Author. It is a compendium book, containing quotes and extrapolations into business culture, arranged in 76 business categories.

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Planning Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing Budgeting 62

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2012

Among the lessons which we learned from the Y2K Bug exercise were: When they want to do so, company leadership will provide sufficient resources to plan for the future, including crisis management and preparedness (of which computer glitches are one set of ‘what ifs.’). Unsuccessful marketing.

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Planning Consultative Learning-by-Doing Cost 50

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. companies using a blog for marketing purposes, your business likely will within the next year.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 21, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. It's always been an important act of leadership to be authentic about good and bad news.

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