Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Great leadership requires strategy, and that must be cultivated with good old fashioned thinking. See if you can recognize yourself as someone who isn’t doing the thinking they need to do to set thoughtful, effective strategies: 1. Hunkering down and doing some good old fashioned thinking is essential.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Be dynamic and agile, not routine and static – most “strategy” firms offer inflexible, rigid, complex and time consuming approaches that eat up resources and yield only limited value. Let your company culture of tomorrow inform your strategies today – Few planning approaches account for existing corporate culture.

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Strategy Strategic Planning Span of Control Hedge 150

Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Think strategy consulting, and you're probably picturing the classic playbook: dive into the data, analyze like there's no tomorrow, and dish out advice. But if we're talking real change, real strategy magic, that's just the tip of the iceberg. Enter the new era of strategy and implementation consulting. Ready to dive in?

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Organization Retail Incentives Restructuring 195

Leading with Trust

MARCH 10, 2020

Before you pull the trigger on sending your team members home to work virtually, I suggest you formulate a thoughtful strategy. Incorporate these four areas in your strategy to have team members work virtually: Clarity —Your team needs clear direction about the expectations and responsibilities of working remotely.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2021

Burnout affects the health and well-being of the entire organization, yet most attempts to help focus on quick-fix strategies aimed at individuals. You will learn strategies to increase alignment, overcome attrition, and get absolutely clear on executing your top priorities. Something is missing.

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LDRLB

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast’, claimed a recent article while another proclaimed that more simply that culture matters more than strategy. And yes, there are many organizations, and leaders that separate culture and strategy as though one can work effectively without the other over the long term. This is culture.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

More than that, we had confidence in the idea that we were truly going to be introducing a new kind of shopping experience to the fashion-forward customer. We did it because we knew we that we were ‘in the right,’ so to speak—that we had the skills, the knowledge, and the passion necessary for opening up an online retail business.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 30, 2020

To give you a head start, here are some strategies to try out: Broaden your products/services. An example of this is the fashion retailer ASOS. So, get started today by trying any of these three growth strategies. If your company stays in the same state for years on end, then are you achieving your potential?

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 18, 2024

This not only reduces uncertainty but also enhances the overall shopping experience, particularly in industries like fashion, furniture, and beauty. In 2024, expect to see more brands emphasizing their commitment to eco-friendly packaging, ethical sourcing, and transparent supply chains as part of their marketing strategies.

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Trends Marketing Supply Chain Loyalty 86

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

[Editor's Note: This Post was Adapted from Max's work, The Strategy Book.]. Strategy involves change. People have to change something to bring strategy to life. You need to be able to translate your strategy into actions, tasks and projects. If strategy is painful then you’re doing it all wrong.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It reveals that prominent companies, when adopting a strategy where their departments compete for new hires, can actually attract highly skilled workers by offering slightly higher wages. In true scholarly fashion, the researchers respond with a nuanced explanation. And what were their findings?

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Too many business leaders are preoccupied with the next answer to growth and find themselves stretched thin – trying to play in too many disparate markets and pursuing multiple strategies and directions that undermine rather than reinforce each other. Paul Leinwand: The Essential Advantage: How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy.

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LDRLB

DECEMBER 12, 2013

By hosting upscale events like fashion shows and celebrity clothes auctions, King and the rest of the Housing Works team have turned the thrifts into must-visit attractions. Here are five strategies for doing so: Think like a business. In 2009, the company expanded to Brooklyn. Any nonprofit can reinvent itself and its business model.

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Innovation Strategy Business Model Kaplan 157

Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

While many companies are turning to more flexible models, far too many are still being run as old-fashioned bureaucracies. At the bottom line, building a great team requires strategy. Having to work around bureaucracy is one of the top issues I hear about from clients. Why does everything have to be so complicated?

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Bureaucracy Fashion Bottom-up Resources 217

Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 10, 2014

To do this requires connecting people’s activities to the company’s strategy – from the top to the bottom of the organization. It requires a clear process for defining strategy and goals that are then translated into team and individual goals. Another priority of the methodology is to connect long-term goals with daily decisions.

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Six Disciplines

JULY 17, 2015

To do this requires connecting people’s activities to the company’s strategy – from the top to the bottom of the organization. It requires a clear process for defining strategy and goals that are then translated into team and individual goals. Another priority of the methodology is to connect long-term goals with daily decisions.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 7, 2023

“Whereas high CSE CEOs are attentive to their firm’s competitive environments and calculated in their risk-taking, CEOs with an inflated sense of self lead their organizations in pursuit of grandiose strategies with little regard for strategy-environment alignment,” the researchers explain.

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Financial Leverage CEO Fashion Environment 131

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2023

This article provides a process for segmenting prospective customers in this fashion and creating a sales strategy. When companies are creating profiles of possible target customers, there is a dimension they often overlook: the urgency of the need for the offering.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2024

Strategic concepts come in and out of fashion as the needs and dynamics of the marketplace change.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 18, 2021

It refers to devising practices and strategies that help make the world better for this generation and the next generations. Whether in fashion, beauty, food, beverage, pharmaceutical, or other industries. So, what exactly is sustainability when it comes to a business?

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Pharmaceuticals Energy Fashion Apparel 129

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2024

At most small and medium-sized e-commerce retailers, prices are typically set and updated in an ad hoc fashion without one clear owner. Many of these retailers would quickly admit that this isn’t an optimal strategy, and that they are likely leaving money on the table — and they’re often right.

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Six Disciplines

AUGUST 24, 2011

To do this requires connecting people’s activities to the company’s strategy – from the top to the bottom of the organization. It requires a clear process for defining strategy and goals that are then translated into team and individual goals. Excerpted from Six Disciplines Execution Revolution by Gary Harpst.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Afterall, we got this far in our careers by following our instincts, practicing what we learned, and applying appropriate business strategies. Fashion optimistic environments where people feel engaged and where they trust one another. W E OFTEN THINK of ourselves as good leaders — or at least somewhat good. But are we leading?

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Uncertainty Learning-by-Doing Open-book Strategic Planning 315

The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Even as 14+ million managers have gone through the program in some form or fashion, it remains a comparatively untapped resource and strategy for many of the urgent leadership challenges in our world today! Yes, where finance and fashion, manufacturing and technology, education and culture are headed! Application Questions.

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Six Disciplines

AUGUST 24, 2011

To do this requires connecting people’s activities to the company’s strategy – from the top to the bottom of the organization. It requires a clear process for defining strategy and goals that are then translated into team and individual goals. Excerpted from Six Disciplines Execution Revolution by Gary Harpst.

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Execution Strategy Document Learning-by-Doing 92

Talent Anarchy 1

AUGUST 23, 2023

In this article, we’ll delve into the strategies, tips, and best practices to help you reach that financial milestone. Whether you’re into fitness, art, fashion, or adult content, knowing your niche helps you tailor your content to your audience’s preferences.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 21, 2021

That’s true regardless of whether you work in fashion or construction. By using these strategies you will be able to make sure you don’t have to worry about not reaching the right levels of profitability in the long term. You might think that influencers are only going to work for certain business models. Going Guerilla.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

For example, if you are selling clothes or fashion products, a photographer with expertise in beauty photography will be the perfect fit. Understanding your brand will help you find the perfect photographer for your project. Different products demand different expertise.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 26, 2016

If you can simply accelerate the current activities, products and strategies that your business implements, will that help you win in the future? We believe that each of these factors is important, but left to themselves, implemented in a discrete fashion, without integration or coordination they won’t make a significant difference.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 30, 2016

Digital strategy: Understanding the Economics of Disruption via @McKinsey. Is give-and-take an old-fashioned notion? Here are a selection of tweets from April 2016 that you might have missed: FT: Beware the inspirational boss. Go Disrupt Yourself via @stratandbiz. FT: A stirring reminder of shared values. by Jane @thehrgoddess.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This simple strategy of using accurate data can help dictate the health of your business, both short and long-term. The data can include statistics, marketing analysis, consumer information, or any collected facts and data that will help influence strategy to reach your goals.

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Asset Management Software How To Finance 65

Strategy Driven

MAY 7, 2021

If you want to achieve quick results, then you will need a large growth budget, and you will need to set SMART goals and targets, but if you want to build and grow slowly and more naturally, perhaps through social media marketing and good old-fashioned word of mouth, then your costs will be lower.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 29, 2012

At those moments there’s a natural tendency to immediately start forging ahead – after all, YOU are all up to speed on the vision, the plan, and now, the strategies and tactics that will be needed to get to the mountaintop. The pressure is on. Alignment. It doesn’t happen by osmosis.

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Tactics Fashion Metrics Planning 298

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Acceptance of using calculated authenticity as a commercial strategy and branding device. The word authentic comes from the Greek word, authentikos , which means original or genuine. Likes” are the name of the social game. An increasing tolerance for boastful immodesty. Unbounded authenticity is off-putting.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Failure To Resolve Conflict In A Timely Fashion – Debate is a healthy and necessary component of everyday business. ” It can manifest itself as a plain old fashion lack of feeling appreciated. Sometimes debate can grow uncomfortable, which is okay as long as respect is maintained and truth and transparency come out.

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Fashion Competitive Intelligence Bottom-up Bond 150

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2021

You must have strategies in place that help you overcome challenges and achieve what you set out to do in a timely fashion. Running your own company can be tricky and challenging at times. There is no playbook for achieving success quickly or having all the right answers.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 7, 2020

Whether it’s saving energy, finding different modes of transportation, reducing, reusing and recycling, and adopting sustainable fashion options, there is always something that you can do. Sustainable Fashion. Many adopt a ‘fast-fashion’ mentality, but sustainable fashion is so much better for you and the environment alike.

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