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Upskilling: 3 Key Tips for Serious Executives

Strategy Driven

Then, it’s a good idea to regularly get some feedback from the pros, mentors, or performance reviews so that you can keep refining your skill set. Say you’re in marketing and notice the buzz around data-driven decisions. The end game?

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Does Termination Affect Future Employment? Not If You Handle the Exit Well

HR Digest

Despite the desire to stay in bed and sleep away the rest of your days, a lob loss also marks a time of great uncertainty where you need to plan out what to do after the termination. Plan Your Next Move Look at the situation objectively to understand what your next move should be. Consider these resources while you plan your next move.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Success Checklist

Strategy Driven

Plan for the future. When your business has contingency plans for future scenarios you will seldom be caught by surprise. Most successful businesses have planned responses to most scenarios because they took the time to think “What If”. Plans are in writing to address inventories and reducing surplus.

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Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

Great Leadership By Dan

Strategic planning. The following functional areas exist within XYZ Widget: Finance, HR/Admin, Sales, Customer Service, Planning & Procurement, Materials Management, Manufacturing, and Quality Control. There is no planned retirement date for them, but the Board of Directors for XYZ Widget wants to be prepared.

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CMI Highlights

Chartered Management Institute

Improving public services Finally, a short update on another area we are currently working in: CMI is partnering with the Social Market Foundation to explore how to get improved results from the UK’s public services. Commentators from a number of industries – from motor retail to media planning – have shared views on this important subject.

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How to Become a Coach or Consultant After You Retire

Harvard Business Review

The more time you give yourself to plan and prepare, the better off you’ll be (one to two years is good, and three to four years is better). If you’ve given yourself a sufficient planning horizon, you can take the opportunity to bolster necessary skills, such as public speaking and social media. (I’ve

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Don’t Turn Your Sales Team Loose Without a Strategy

Harvard Business Review

When formulating a strategy, markets and segments are important categories to consider. But a market never buys anything. Either directly in meetings or implicitly in their compensation plans, they basically tell their sales forces to “Go forth and multiply!” Only customers buy. It did this in a few ways.