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Managing Company Culture Anthropologically

Leading Blog

Despite its perceived importance, for the most part, companies have a miserable track record when it comes to managing their people. Companies consistently get culture wrong because they go about assessing it, and attempting to manage it from the top-down, not the bottom-up. But what does this mean?

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Unleashing the Power of C-Level Business Tools: Strategies for Success.

Rich Gee Group

SWOT Analysis: A strategic planning tool that helps executives assess an organization's Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats to make informed decisions. resource) Benchmarking: The process of comparing an organization's performance metrics with industry best practices to identify areas for improvement.

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PRINCIPLES OVER PROCESS

N2Growth Blog

Repeatable processes and procedures add great value in stable and predictable times. Principles, not process and procedures, provide the overarching guidance in any situation for making the right decisions and taking the best action. Much more than your typical SWOT analysis is needed here to get it right. That is the good news.

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Skill and talent analysis using NOISE

Mike Cardus

When I developed the NOISE analysis is was to present a solution-focused alternative to SWOT. Having a process to see Strengths, Needs, Opportunities, Improvements, and Exceptions that was known by most people created a shared language for change and learning within the company. Skill and Talent NOISE Analysis.

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NOISE Analysis, an alternative to SWOT. Strategic Planning

Mike Cardus

You must have a format and a process that is effective. Working with companies and developing strategic plans everyone seems to feel that the default method is a SWOT analysis strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats. NOISE analysis is that format. NOISE Analysis. Contact Mike ( mike@create-learning.com ).

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Using Creativity During SWOT Analysis

Chartered Management Institute

The SWOT analysis can be a rather dry (but very important) part of the strategic process for most managers. They give the exercise lip service, and that ends up lowering the validity of the exercise. How can they do a better job? Let's look at some ideas. The OODA Loop Can you force innovation?

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8 Ways You Can Improve Your Strategy & Leadership Skills to Scale Your Business

Joseph Lalonde

SWOT analysis: this business analysis tool helps you to discover your business’ strengths, shortcomings, opportunities you can use, and circumstances that may pose threats to your business. Have Proper Risk Management Plans. Everyone on your team needs to understand your business’ workflow and processes.

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