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NOISE Analysis, an alternative to SWOT. Strategic Planning

Mike Cardus

Having a solid strategic plan will allow your company and team to flourish and accomplish needed results. Contact Mike to schedule a strategic planning meeting that will deliver results and engaged staff that are part-of the plan. While preparing for a focus group meeting it came to me NOISE.

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Navigating the Path: What Does a Chief People Officer Really Do?

N2Growth Blog

The CPO is responsible for aligning the organization’s human capital strategy with its overall strategic goals. The CPO works closely with executive leadership, department heads, and HR teams to align these strategies with the organization’s goals and objectives.

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6 Steps to Make Your Strategic Plan Really Strategic

Harvard Business Review

Why is it that when a group of managers gets together for a strategic planning session they often emerge with a document that’s devoid of “strategy”, and often not even a plan ? Isolating the target customer has massive implications, including in other stakeholder groups.

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X or Y: Are You Patronizing or Partnering?

The Practical Leader

I facilitated a strategic planning session for senior executives. One of the core strategic imperatives they felt vital to their success in the coming year was a “People Strategy.” Do it with people to meet shared goals. Management decides who gets rewarded and recognized for meeting their goals.

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Talent Pool Development and Mentor Training Process

Mike Cardus

Working to ensure the organizations long-term success to flourish into its potential and 5–10 year strategic plan. Creating a mentoring program, that will work with the individuals that are selected as high potential to ensure their skilled-knowledge development for continued growth of the organization and the individual.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

Strategy Driven

Rather than discussing the taste of the food, I asked about his desired legacy and the Big Picture goals of the organization. ’ I commissioned focus groups. To test the premise, I staged a focus group dinner meeting at a prominent inner-city church, eliciting ideas and insights. Its CEO (John Y.

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The Big Picture of Business – Community Relations and Cause Related Marketing Are Business Strategies, Not Sales Promotions: Determining the Right Kind of Tie-In Causes.

Strategy Driven

Conduct focus groups. Plan how to best reach each public… which avenues will be the most expedient. Professional strategic planning counsel performs an independent audit and guides the company through the process. Maintain community files. Organize an ongoing feedback system.