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Quiznos: From Toasty to ToastNothing like a nice toasted sub sandwich, called a grinder by my friends on the east coast. Quiznos built a... The post Quiznos: From Toasty to...
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Fire Drills Extinguish StrategyIt’s Monday morning, you’ve developed a plan for the week based on your top 3 goals and your executing your... The post Fire Drills...
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Top 10 Barriers to Great StrategyFor many managers, the word strategy conjures up thoughts of gigantic PowerPoint decks, binders collecting dust and general confusion. A... The...
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Strategy Insanity“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein, Really Smart Guy The......
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Frankenstrategy Terrorizes Managers on HalloweenAs the cool, white fog covers the ground on Halloween, beware the creatures lurking in the shadows of your company’s... The post...
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The Three Roadblocks to StrategyThe business you lead is built on an idea. In the turbulent current of daily work filled with product specifications,... The post The Three...
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The Strategic Use of Time“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how... The post The Strategic Use of Time...
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The Heart of StrategyLet’s start with the following multiple-choice question and please select one answer: Successful business strategy is about: a. Creating...
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Strategy CampAs a young boy, all my friends went to a beautiful wooded summer camp where they swam, shot arrows and frolicked.... The post Strategy Camp...
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Different vs. BetterIn a world where people strive to be the best at what they do, we often lose sight of the... The post Different vs. Better appeared first on...
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The “Yes” Leader is Killing YouDuring the past few years, many companies have made it clear to their people that they must follow the adage,... The post The “Yes”...
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Strategy + Innovation = Competitive AdvantageAs summer approaches and you head back to your local amusement park to ride gravity-defying roller coasters, eat deep-fried food... The post...
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“Let’s think about that”Imagine Noah was once again building an ark (we have been getting quite a bit of rain in the Midwest).... The post “Let’s think...
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A History of Strategy TimelineIn their text book, Strategy in the 21st Century, DePaul University professor Earl Young and Randall Rollins visually describe the... The post...
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IT Without Strategy is a HobbyA recent study published in CIO Magazine of 650 senior IT leaders asked what their top talent-management issues centered around. Three... The...
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Strategy Spring Training: Part 22. Barometer. Imagine the following: you make an appointment to see your doctor after several weeks of worsening cold and flu... The post...
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Strategy Spring Training: Part 1Major League Baseball’s annual spring training means the welcoming back of warmer weather, the smell of freshly mown grass and... The post...
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Will You Be Lunch?Business strategy is defined as the intelligent allocation of limited resources through a unique system of activities to outperform the... The...
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Escaping the Check-the-Box Process“The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking.” Elon Musk, Co-Founder of Tesla Motors......
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Think“We could leave our strategic plan on an airplane and it wouldn’t matter. It’s all about execution.” CEO of... The...
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Strategic Trade-Offs: Does No Mean No?Towards the end of the calendar year, armies of managers march in and out of conference rooms brandishing laptops and... The post Strategic...
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Strategic Thinking and Profitable GrowthAre you getting beat? It’s a simple question whose answer consists of either a confident “No,” or the defiant, “Yes,......
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Behaving StrategicallyAs you interact with your managers on a daily basis, their behaviors will often tell you a great deal more... The post Behaving Strategically...
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Defender, Challenger or Spectator?A condition is a situation with respect to circumstances. The term condition can be applied to a number of different... The post Defender,...
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If Abbott & Costello Did Strategic PlanningAbbott: Well Costello, this year’s strategic plan has to be the best ever. Costello: Yes, Abbott and we’ve got to... The post If...
