Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2012

While all good leaders must keep the company’s internal operations moving forward, the very best ones must also be looking outside the company towards the customers, clients, financiers, volunteers and the organization’s entire affected constituencies. The more one learns, the more one realizes what they don’t know. All rights reserved.

Business Development 51

Business Development Development Learning-by-Doing Ethics 51

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

With maturity comes the quest to learn more, understand the factors and apply newly acquired insights to higher purposes. Going ‘outside the box’ to shift perceptions enables any company to think, plan and operate in productive new ways. Learning, experiencing and evaluating is the best process to achieve lasting success.

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P&L Books Definition Strategic Planning 56

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Their work is off-the-shelf, conforms to an established mode of operation, contains original thought and draws precedents from experience. (17 What is their maturity level? If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter.

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Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 60

Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Organizations of all sizes must have the Think Tank.which delineates future operations, including education and training. What is their maturity level? If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. What is their longevity?

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

A ‘good failure’ is a term used in Silicon Valley to describe a new business start-up or mature company initiative that, by most measures, is well planned, well run, and well organized – yet for reasons beyond its control (an unexpected competitive product, a change in the market or economy) it fails. All rights reserved.

Company 62

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

To demonstrate it, we’ve examined a number of industries and mapped the level of capabilities coherence in the portfolio of each of the major players against their operating margins over the past five years. Companies today operate in a business environment that encourages incoherence. We call this measure the ‘coherence premium.’

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Resources Industry System Strategy 53

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

A ‘good failure’ is a term used in Silicon Valley to describe a new business start-up or mature company initiative that, by most measures, is well planned, well run, and well organized – yet for reasons beyond its control (an unexpected competitive product, a change in the market or economy) it fails. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

Doing nothing causes much more organizational damage than making mistakes while operating in good faith. Maturity is a process. Too many ‘mature’ people have ceased to continue learning. Yet, it’s their fault because ground rules were not adequately communicated, nor has mentorship occurred. We Earn It.

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Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Many marketing organizations are still operating like it’s the 1990s — or even earlier. The customer who is a fan of your brand’s Facebook page should receive a more personalized email newsletter after visiting your website. Duplicative marketing teams exist within the same company across multiple product lines.

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