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Skill and talent analysis using NOISE

Mike Cardus

When I developed the NOISE analysis is was to present a solution-focused alternative to SWOT. Here is the template we developed. NOISE analysis skill/talent development template. We developed a qualitative report to show trends and opportunities for investing in changes and learning and development.

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Effective Meeting Models

CO2

The financial report should be sent prior to the meeting and read by all participants. Each staff member should be prepared to give a short report that contains explanations for positive and negative deviations from the plan as well as their expectations going forward. If gaps emerge, action plans must be developed.

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Business Plan Development: Know your Finances

Strategy Driven

Your marketing plan and SWOT analysis are interesting – but they don’t mean a thing if you don’t have realistic figures on your bottom line. You will need to make projections of the figures your business will achieve, rather than report on those you have. Develop a cash-flow statement.

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How to Find New Competitive Knowledge in Social Media

Harvard Business Review

In the old days, corporate intelligence gathering meant painstakingly gleaning information from experts and competitors' reports, subscribing to expensive online data aggregators such as Factiva or Dialog, and scanning unstructured documents from the media. Intelligence reports are tricky. Micropublish.

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Create a Strategy That Anticipates and Learns

Harvard Business Review

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. Strategy-making can now happen in real time. Strategy can anticipate and learn.

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Create a Strategy That Anticipates and Learns

Harvard Business Review

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. Strategy-making can now happen in real time. Strategy can anticipate and learn.

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Strategic Planning Steps

CO2

You establish your goal (where you want to go) and your position (where you are now), and then develop your strategy (how to get from your position to your goal in the most efficient and effective way). Use SWOT analysis of the data you collected in Step 2 to guide you. You get what you audit. Use it on a daily basis!