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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

Further, they need to limit their focus to, at most, six capabilities, and make those capabilities work together as a mutually reinforcing system that perpetuates competitive advantage. That belief stems from having chosen a differentiated way to play that is supported by a strong system of mutually reinforcing capabilities.

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A Leadership Checklist: 10 Things To Do Right Now To Make It A.

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full A Leadership Checklist: 10 Things To Do Right Now To Make It A Great Year by Starbucker on January 3, 2010 As a leader, I’ve learned that getting off to a great start in a new year is very important. Popularity: 70% [ ?

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The INs and OUTs of Business Literacy

HR Digest

Third, reward success through an objectively designed bonus system related to financial performance. Joe also co-authored Project Management for Profit which outlines the easy-to-implement system he helped create at Setpoint to manage projects towards profitability no matter what stage the project is in. First, share the numbers.

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Every Fast-Growing Company Has to Combat Overload

Harvard Business Review

Systems don’t scale. But by the 1990s it had run aground: It hadn’t properly developed systems to implement its growth strategy internally, and so that strategy broke down at dozens of points of execution on the front line—with customers, crew, staff on the shore and the company’s travel agent partners.

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Improve Your Ability to Learn

Harvard Business Review

He quickly dismissed several key opportunities to reach out for feedback and guidance from leadership. Flexibility, adaptability and resilience are qualities of leadership that any organization ought to value. But something broke when John went to Asia. John struggled with the ambiguity, and he didn’t take prudent risks.