Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

With Horwath’s guidance, leaders will master the four dimensions of strategic fitness that contribute to executive performance: Strategy Fitness : Ability to understand and develop strategy, set direction, allocate resources, make decisions, and create competitive advantage. There’s no better time than now to read this book.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

It delves into the complex layers of leadership, team building, strategy formation, decision-making, and emotional intelligence. Such leaders must possess various competencies, including sound strategy formulation, emotional intelligence, strong decision-making abilities, and effective team management.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 1, 2024

The Chief Operations Officer acts as a bridge between the company’s strategic vision and operational execution, making key decisions, formulating strategies, solving problems, and driving operational excellence. Their strategic input and tactical steering are indispensable in transforming a company’s vision into reality.

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Niagara Institute

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Strategy and tactics. Having a great strategy without executing it is just a dream. Or taking actions without a plan of what you’re trying to achieve is just busywork. Pen and paper. Car and driver. What do all these have in common? One without the other is rendered almost useless.

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HR Digest

APRIL 11, 2023

Develop a Diversity Recruitment Plan The first step in successful recruiting for diversity is to develop a strategic plan that outlines goals, objectives, and the steps needed to achieve them. The plan should also identify the resources and support needed to achieve these goals, including budget, staffing, and training.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 10, 2023

Please let us know what additional topics would be of most interest as we plan our editorial calendar for the back half of the year. If your boss doesn’t have one planned for you, why not ask for one? Balancing Strategy and Tactics 2. If your company doesn’t require mid-year reviews, do them anyway.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Strategy, Oh what a lofty word. The simple word “strategy” can be added to just about anything to make it sound more important or thought-out, strategic relationship building is still just going to a cocktail party or out to lunch with a potential client. Despite it’s overuse, strategy is still vitally important. High-minded.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 3, 2017

Many of you may consider sales planning as something that is forced on you from headquarters as "Filling out forms to satisfy the home office".and In many organizations, typically what happens is this.every year you are asked for your sales plan for the coming year by a certain date. They involve interacting with a customer.an

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Six Disciplines

APRIL 11, 2011

For many organizations, strategy (the " why we're going to do what we're doing") is one of those mysterious, behind-closed-doors activities conducted annually by a small group of senior leaders. It shouldn't surprise anyone, then, that: Less than 10% of even well-formulated strategies are successfully executed.

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The Practical Leader

JULY 21, 2021

I recently had a call with a CEO about facilitating a strategic planning retreat this fall with 15 of their top leaders. Looking at the fairly typical approach they’ve used before, four common strategic planning problems immediately popped out: The agenda was loaded with about 17 reviews and updates. Nap by PowerPoint.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 20, 2014

Are you familiar with the PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) cycle? Do you know how to implement it well within your company?A A really big key between people that use PDSA successfully and those who don’t is that the ones that do it successfully turn the cycle quickly.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 13, 2024

By providing leaders with the necessary tools and techniques, they can navigate the complexities of the business environment, align their vision and strategies with the market demands, and achieve their organization’s goals. On the other hand, scenario planning prepares leaders to respond effectively to potential future situations.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 5, 2024

This article explores four tactical approaches that can empower organizations to craft compelling transformation messages. A well-defined communication strategy ensures that the transformation message remains top-of-mind, reinforcing its importance and relevance throughout the transition period.

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Engaging Leader

AUGUST 20, 2013

Why are game-inspired tactics becoming popular to engage employees in employees in areas such as collaboration, wellness, and retirement planning? The post GC18: Game-Inspired Tactics to Engage Employees appeared first on Engaging Leader. What are examples of complete solutions, small steps, and low-tech approaches?

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 13, 2016

As a strategy consultant, I have had the opportunity to review a lot of strategic plans over the years. It’s been truly amazing to discover just how many major organizations develop strategic plans that contain little more than a whole lot of budget estimates and revenue projections. Strategic Planning 2.0

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 14, 2023

Translate Strategy to Practical Actions and Behaviors All-hands meetings, company offsites, and leadership events are a GREAT time to talk strategy – where you’re headed and most importantly why it matters. ” Start by having your senior leaders share the strategies and the why behind them.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 5, 2024

This article explores four tactical approaches that can empower organizations to craft compelling transformation messages. A well-defined communication strategy ensures that the transformation message remains top-of-mind, reinforcing its importance and relevance throughout the transition period.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

Through focused conversations, targeted assessments, and personalized strategies, executive coaching helps entrepreneurs identify their blind spots, enhance their leadership skills, and make informed decisions that align with their vision and goals. These challenges highlight the critical importance of executive coaching for entrepreneurs.

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Lead from Within

MAY 3, 2024

Are there external factors or trends that require your team to adapt its goals or strategies? Are your strategies aligned with your team’s evolving mandate? – Reevaluate your strategies in light of changing goals. Where can you refine or adjust your tactics to better achieve your goals?

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

From Sun Tzu to Julius Caesar, the ancient Israelites to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, there’s a bold and highly effective tactic seen throughout history—when leaders want to motivate their troops for success, they destroy all opportunities for retreat, and go all-in on the mission. You can, too.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2024

Strategies for Cost-Effective LTL Freight Shipping Cost management in LTL shipping requires a multi-faceted approach. One effective strategy is to combine smaller shipments destined for similar locations into one LTL shipment, which leads to better freight rates due to economies of scale.

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LDRLB

JULY 15, 2013

Strategy has to be one of the most misused words in business. You’ve likely heard this: “Our strategy is to become the biggest and the best.” ” Deciding to become a global corporation, to diversify, or to increase sales by x dollars per annum is not strategy. That strategy can be good or bad.

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leaderCommunicator

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Of course, even the most tried-and-true plan can still hit roadblocks along the way, which is why as part of the planning process, we make a point to identify strategies for overcoming employee resistance and tactics for unifying company cultures well beyond the initial announcement of these transformative events.

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Engaging Leader

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

The kryptonite that threatens to kill the dreams of every entrepreneur is strategic planning. Many people have no plan and try shooting from the hip, so effort and resources are wasted or unfocused. Others get bogged down in an overly-detailed planning […]. The antidote for this kryptonite is simple strategic planning.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

As disruptors in the organization, they hold the onus to align the company’s brand mission with a creative yet commercially viable business strategy. It presents a fine line where, on the one hand, the CMO must unleash the power of creative minds to develop innovative strategies that can distinguish the brand.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Think strategy consulting, and you're probably picturing the classic playbook: dive into the data, analyze like there's no tomorrow, and dish out advice. But if we're talking real change, real strategy magic, that's just the tip of the iceberg. Enter the new era of strategy and implementation consulting. Ready to dive in?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2024

Operating as a vital conduit between the various departments within an organization and its highest levels of management, their responsibilities include translating strategic goals into workable business plans and supervising the day-to-day operations to ensure efficiency and effectiveness. Strategic hiring of a COO thus becomes paramount.

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David A Fields

OCTOBER 1, 2019

If you develop an annual plan for your consulting firm, there’s a decent chance you sit down with your senior team and/or advisors for a day or two to hammer out your objectives, strategies and tactics. (If The post 8 Weeks to Get Juiced – A Better Strategic Planning Process for Consulting Firms appeared first on David A.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

With Horwath’s guidance, leaders will master the four dimensions of strategic fitness that contribute to executive performance: Strategy Fitness : Ability to understand and develop strategy, set direction, allocate resources, make decisions, and create competitive advantage. There’s no better time than now to read this book.

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Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Here are examples from 2 recent client meetings: Prioritize the top tactics for a key strategy : Purpose : Decide the top 2 tactics to be executed by 7/1/2021 for Strategy 1; Process : Take our current list of the top 6 tactics and prioritize those to the top 2 that have to be done immediately and why; Outcome : The plan for the 2 top tactics including (..)

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 5, 2023

I was asked to facilitate an annual strategic planning retreat with a senior leadership team. Hmm…oh, oh… Looking at the typical approach they’ve used before, four common strategic planning problems immediately popped out: The agenda was loaded with about 17 project/operational presentations/reviews and updates.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 9, 2014

Learning how to use lead-generation marketing to your advantage requires planning and forethought. You need to think through your management strategy before beginning efforts to improve lead generation in your company. Developing a Strategy and Setting Goals. Using the most cost-effective tactics for your organization.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 16, 2015

Guest post from Patrick Thean : In business, a leader’s ability to strategically plan for the company’s future is of the highest importance. Your company will not be successful if you don’t have the strategies and execution plans in place to reach your objectives. Great plans stem from great planning sessions.

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Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

The natural tendency for many leaders when facing a communication issue is to skip critical planning steps and jump right into tactics. In this episode, Jesse shares a five-step process for creating an effective communication strategy: Mission/Measurement (outcomes). Members (audience/stakeholder). Manager/Champion support.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Consider the target customer demographic, pricing strategies, and source of products when planning your offerings. Utilize both digital and traditional marketing tactics to draw attention to your business. You should also consider what merchandise you will sell in your store. – to set up your store correctly.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

1) Focus on Learning and Listening Prior to starting a new role, read as much as you can, for as far back as you can about the business, strategy, plans, performance, people, opportunities, and challenges. Meet with your predecessor and other stakeholders to ask questions that seek to understand and not judge.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 19, 2013

Inspired by the Ramblers -- the Midnight Rambler 's team of one determined skipper and six dedicated amateur sailors -- here are five crucial strategies, with proven tactics , for Teamwork at The Edge of human endurance. Strategy #1: Put team unity first. Winning tactic : Find committed team members who want to go to Hobart. "A

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