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My Best Blogs of 2011

In the CEO Afterlife

I began blogging about leadership, strategy, marketing and life last February. The Nuts and Bolts of the Strategic Plan [link]. Strategic Plans have to start with deep strategic thought and the right conviction. Why Mission Statements Suck [link]. ” Self-assessment is never easy.

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At the Crossroads: Piecemeal Programs or Culture Change?

The Practical Leader

Many put those good intentions into mission statements, strategic plans, training, and rebranding. The causes of this problem are rooted in the same management-push approaches as the departmental silos, frustrating customers, staff, and managers throughout so many organizations.

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The Big Picture of Business – Ethics… Good for Business

Strategy Driven

Corporate Responsibility is more than just a statement that a committee whips together. It is more than a slogan or rehash of a Mission Statement. We must learn to benefit from change management, not to become victims of it. It helps to manage relations with stakeholders. Change is 90% beneficial.

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The Big Picture of Business – Visioning Scope: Applying Vision Toward Your Organization’s Progress

Strategy Driven

Clarify management values. Usually, management has not yet articulated their own individual values, let alone those of the organization. Develop a mission statement. In reality, the Mission Statement is rewritten several times, as the planning process ensues. Never stop planning for the next phase.

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The Strategic Planning Process

Coaching Tip

The Planning Process. Knowing what''s important to the leadership of the organization and what they want to see happen allows the leadership team to focus its energy and achieve sustained high performance in taking action. Completion of this Consolidated SWOT is the first step in a visioning process.

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How Leaders Become Strategists

Skip Prichard

Don’t spend days on mission statements; don’t start with goals in strategy work.” What advice would you share with the middle manager, who may feel the organization has no strategy or that it doesn’t apply, to use the Crux to make her team stand out? Avoid the bright, shiny distractions that abound. Richard Rumelt.

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Strategy Driven – A Reality Check

Strategy Driven

Walk into an organization and ask to see their strategy and you will likely be given a one-line “missionstatement and a document filled with words and diagrams. They were implementing the real strategy of the senior management. He consults to industry as an executive coach and change management advisor.