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Reprogramming Your SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis is still the most commonly used strategic planning tool in the world and unfortunately, one of the most... The post Reprogramming...
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What Might You Be Missing?
In this eight-minute video, I’ll share with you three tips on ensuring that you and your team aren’t missing any... The post What...
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Destroy the Multi-Taskinators!
Today, I’d like to…just a second…I need to check email on my phone…almost done…now, where was I? Oh, yes, I... The post Destroy the...
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Delegation through Strategic Thinking
How many managers in your organization are wasting their time and talent performing tasks that they should be delegating? Research... The post...
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Defeating the Dastardly Dr. Yes with Strategic Thinking
Here is a sobering thought: every half-hearted “yes” to something that’s not helping you achieve your goals is a concrete... The post Defeating...
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Are Silos Destroying Your Business?
The word ‘silo’ has its roots in the Greek term ‘siros,’ which means ‘corn pit.’ Later, the word ‘silo’ was... The post Are Silos Destroying...
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How to Practice Strategy Skills
How do you develop strategy? More important, how do you get better at developing strategy? Strategic thinking and planning skills... The post...
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The Same is Not Strategic
How often do you find your company doing the same things in the same ways as your competitors? Many managers... The post The Same is Not...
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Strategic Thinking Can Kill Bad Meetings
A company’s annual conference, whether it be for marketing, sales, or a new product launch, is an amazing opportunity to... The post...
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Strategic Thinking for Executive Management Teams
“One-third to one-half of new chief executives fail within their first 18 months.” —Harvard Business Review A popular mantra today... The...
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No Plan = No Clue
A professional football coach has a thorough and detailed game plan each week. Heck, I know Pee Wee football coaches who watch... The...
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Beware the Fire Driller
How many times per week are you and your team taken off course by a fire drill? No, not the... The post Beware the Fire Driller appeared first...
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Defeating Internal Dysfunction
Many leaders spend countless hours worrying about the competition and reacting to their every move. However, a survey of senior... The post...
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Super Bowl Strategy
Super Bowl 53 (or LIII for those who still speak fluent Latin) will be remembered as a defensive battle that... The post Super Bowl Strategy...
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Do You Have an Invisible Plan?
In the novel by H.G. Wells entitled, The Invisible Man, a scientist by the name of Griffin works on a... The post Do You Have an Invisible...
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Time for a Leader
Too often in the waves of activity, leaders lose sight of where they are investing their most important resource–time. The post Time for...
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The Meeting Menace
Strategic thinking can help you defeat the Meeting Menace. Here are three tips on holding more effective meetings with your... The post The...
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Can StrategyMan Save Your Plan?
Video: StrategyMan vs. The Anti-Strategy Squad book trailer. See what can be learned when a strategy textbook and superhero comic... The post...
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Do You Have New Direction for the New Year?
“Clarity of direction, which includes describing what we are going after as well as describing what we will not be... The post Do You Have New...
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When is a Strategy Not a Strategy?
Much thanks to the folks at the “In Business” magazine for publishing the article entitled, “When is a Strategy Not... The...
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The Year in Strategy
“Friends congratulate me after a quarterly-earnings announcement and say, ‘Good job, great quarter,’ and I’ll say,...
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StrategyMan vs. The Anti-Strategy Squad
Following is an overview of the new graphic novel (superhero comic book collides with strategy text book) StrategyMan vs. The... The post...
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Turn Down the Noise and Turn Up Your Strategy
“There is more noise in the world than change.” Tim Cook, CEO, Apple Picture the scene: a group of executives... The post Turn Down...
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Does Your Company Collaborate or Will it Disintegrate?
The colossal collapse of Sony in portable music and Nokia in mobile phones was directly caused by their failure to... The post Does Your...
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Strategy Skill Development
What is the most important skill for senior leaders to develop? According to 400 talent management executives, it’s strategic thinking....