Strategy Driven

MAY 13, 2011

Let’s say you have to brief the boss on the status of a project. This process will help you make it obvious to the boss that you’re on top of the project. Don’t begin by describing what you’re doing toward completion of the project. If the boss isn’t clear on the project’s purpose, describe its goal.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

For example, a hotel or restaurant chain might measure the average time between remodeling projects as an important driver of health. Some examples include new technologies, changes in customer preferences, new ways of serving customers, and disruptive threats. To read Richard Dobbs’ complete biography, click here.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

He also served as President of Kaplan College, a division of Kaplan Inc., the well-known test preparation company, where he developed and launched the online college that offers Associates and Bachelors degrees and certificates in Business, Information Technology, Nursing, and Law.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

For example, let’s say you’re making a presentation to your senior executives to get funding for a project. He also served as President of Kaplan College, a division of Kaplan Inc., Do your key decision makers want you to net it out, give the big picture, and then give the details?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

A personal story can let you project warmth and human fallibility if you begin by saying, for example, “Did I ever tell you about the time I fell flat on my face?” He also served as President of Kaplan College, a division of Kaplan Inc., Your story can be real or hypothetical. It can deal with history or what’s current.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2013

Over the last few years, Dirk began to realize that the business model for wholesale distribution was dramatically changing as manufacturers increasingly sell direct to consumers, and large firms like Amazon and Grainger use their technology and scale to squeeze out the traditional middlemen. Join forces with other colleagues.

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Storytelling Kaplan Taylorism Taylor 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

According to the theory of the diffusion of innovations — an attempt to understand how, why and at what rate ideas and technology spread throughout cultures — diffusion or adoption is relatively slow at the outset until a tipping point is reached. Let's do a quick review.

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