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PRINCIPLES OVER PROCESS

N2Growth Blog

Throwing out standard process and procedures in favor of a handful of powerful but easily remembered principles for managing strategy will soon begin to show improvements in your business results. Much more than your typical SWOT analysis is needed here to get it right. Here are the five principles that guide Advantage Strategy: #1.

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Cutting Costs Without Cutting People

Harvard Business Review

Collectively known as "operational risks", these latter costs are substantial yet, if managed properly, could significantly, reduce the bottom line with few negative side effects. Thus, even a managed reduction of these risks by 50% would have achieved the same cost-saving feat as cutting people without the consequences.

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The CEO as Chief Brand Custodian | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • October 17, 2011 • Branding , Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 3 Comments. The conversation in the 2011 branding world is well beyond product and service brand discussion by marketers and ad agencies. The blemish is the abdication of brand attention by top management.

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New Hire Onboarding Success with a SWOT Analysis

ExactHire - Leadership

The purpose of a SWOT analysis in the business planning process is to make sure you’ve identified all the possible strengths , weaknesses , opportunities and threats to your business. Some aspects of the SWOT analysis are designed to act upon. Extremely savvy job seekers will do their own SWOT analysis on the company before joining.

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