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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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Five whats and a how – solution-focused method to make team progress

Mike Cardus

We then turned to the team, and the team seemed a little broken or frozen or stuck into what to do next. A way to identify current conditions, I have my NOISEanalysis , which is an alternative to SWOT to say what the existing strengths of the project are? Where are the needs of the project or team? You try something.

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How Great Leaders Set Realistic Goals to Skyrocket Their Business

Lead from Within

A thorough SWOT analysis can guide you in identifying goals that are essential for your business and align with your strategic vision. Segment Goals into Smaller Tasks: Even the loftiest goals can be broken down into smaller, manageable steps. Focusing on achievable, high-impact goals ensures efficient use of time and resources.

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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. The company gave me a team of 4 people, and we met, talked, played, and figured out a way to make some changes to the NOISEanalysis language to be more individual.

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The Usefulness of SWOT Analysis Before Strategic Planning

Six Disciplines

Managing or eliminating threats. That's what SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) is all about. SWOT analysis is a powerful technique for understanding your strengths and weaknesses, and for looking at the opportunities and threats you face. Leveraging strengths. Minimizing weaknesses.

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The Usefulness of SWOT Analysis Before Strategic Planning

Six Disciplines

Managing or eliminating threats. That's what SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) is all about. SWOT analysis is a powerful technique for understanding your strengths and weaknesses, and for looking at the opportunities and threats you face. Leveraging strengths. Minimizing weaknesses.

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NOISE Analysis, an alternative to SWOT. Strategic Planning

Mike Cardus

Having a solid strategic plan will allow your company and team to flourish and accomplish needed results. Working with companies and developing strategic plans everyone seems to feel that the default method is a SWOT analysis strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats. What is your team good at? NOISE analysis is that format.