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4 Strategic Planning Traps and How to Avoid Them

The Practical Leader

I recently had a call with a CEO about facilitating a strategic planning retreat this fall with 15 of their top leaders. Looking at the fairly typical approach they’ve used before, four common strategic planning problems immediately popped out: The agenda was loaded with about 17 reviews and updates.

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How to Leverage AI for Smarter Decision Making as a Leader

Lead from Within

AI-driven automation can take care of these repetitive activities, freeing up your valuable time for strategic thinking and decision-making. Whether it’s data entry, scheduling, or email management, AI can streamline your workflow. Enhancing Risk Management: AI can assess risks more accurately and in real-time.

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Strategic planning must change with the times

N2Growth Blog

If you’re frustrated by your organization’s current strategic planning and execution processes or the outcomes from that work, you’re not alone. Clearly, it’s time to reconsider how your organization goes about developing and executing strategy at all levels.

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How to Say No at Work: Powerful Phrases to Stand Your Ground

Let's Grow Leaders

“Yes, my team can do that for you,” might mean, “I’m going to have to postpone our team’s strategic planning offsite. ” How to Say No at Work. Related Articles: Managing Up With Grace: How to Give Your Boss Better Feedback. How Do I Deal with a Manipulative Boss?

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How To Be More Strategic

Eric Jacobson

Organization Fitness : Ability to create the appropriate business structure, evolve the business model, develop talent while planning for succession, and innovate. Communication Fitness : How to facilitate conversations, conduct effective collaboration, bring value to customers, and lead productive meetings.

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Resourcefulness Matters: How to Help Your Team Be More Resourceful

Let's Grow Leaders

And yet during times of stress, ambiguity, and change , when you need your team to be THE MOST resourceful, some managers clamp down, insist on the old ways of doing things, and slow their team down. The most resourceful leaders I know learned how to do more with less because they had to. A few “How can we?”

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How to strategically plan for your business’s future

Strategy Driven

A business plan should be a flexible and dynamic template that changes with the industry. Say goodbye to your static method, and hello to a continuous business planning cycle. Here are a few tips on how to create a strategic business plan for your future. Keep it simple! Preparation is essential. Go digital.