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Leading Thoughts for February 20, 2020

Leading Blog

Porter Moser , head coach of the Loyola University Chicago men’s basketball team, on how to find success: “How you think is how you feel, how you feel is how you act, and how you act is what defines you. I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives.

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The Strategy Book

Leading Blog

Strategy involves completion of goals, and the risk is the difference between those goals and the ability of the organization to achieve them.” The problem is following a plan so closely without responding to events that you will “lead the company efficiently in the wrong direction.” In a sense, strategy creates risk.

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Four Steps for Making Better Decisions

Next Level Blog

| Main | What Leaders Can Learn About Speaking from Martin Luther King » January 17, 2011 Four Steps for Making Better Decisions A friend recently gave me a copy of a new book that’s out now, The Price of Everything by Eduardo Porter.  I found Porter’s book to be a fun and thought provoking read.

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Leaders Weigh in on Achieving Breakthrough Results – A Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

Abby Perkins of Software Providers discusses how to create a culture that breeds employees who are motivated, driven and dedicated to your company’s goals. “Sound strategy starts with having the right goal.” ” – Michael Porter. When we create big hairy audacious goals, we get rid of the box.

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Feed the Startup Beast: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Bob''s blog entries BHAG Big Big Hairy Audacious Goal Drew Williams Feed the Startup Beast: A 7-Step Guide to Big Hairy How and why "the smallest market efforts can produce outsized sales results if you focus on the right issues" Jonathan Verney McGraw-Hill Michael Porter Outrageous Sales Growth Peter Drucker'

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Frontline Festival: January 2016 DRAFT

Let's Grow Leaders

Michael Porter. According to Michelle Pallas of MichellePallas.com , having a vision and setting goals enables realization of our dreams. Skip Prichard of Leadership Insights posits that the same strategy, the same goals, the same execution may result in different outcomes. Follow Jon. Follow Alli. George Washington Carver.

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LeadershipNow 140: March 2011 Compilation

Leading Blog

Forbes: Porter or Mintzberg – Whose View of Strategy is the most Relevant Today? donhornsby: Good leadership never forgets that its long-term goal is not to create follower but more leaders. Look back, zero in on what worked and adjust your focus. Make Quarter 2 look like the best of Quarter 1. by @profkjmoore.

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