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Post-pandemic strategy development realities

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The “new normal” of post-pandemic strategy development.

Just as the last year presented unprecedented management challenges, post-pandemic strategy development conversations will face issues never experienced before. Here are three realities to consider as your organization prepares to re-engage in...

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Tips for a sustainable post-pandemic plan

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Three tips for a sustainable post-pandemic plan.

Last weekend felt like the beginning of the beginning. Like many here in the US, my family celebrated the start of summer by joining two other...

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Strategy or plan

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The difference between a strategy and a plan (and which do you need).

There always seems to be a lot of planning going on. However, not all planning efforts are the same: different processes produce different results....

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Context - The Missing Piece of Strategic Thinking

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Is Context the Missing Piece in Your Strategic Thinking?

Let me know if this rings true for you. You are in a conference room (or now in a virtual meeting) where a team member presents a slide of data in a...

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risks of delaying strategic planning

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The Risks of Postponing Strategic Planning in 2021

2020 challenged our tactical brilliance, but it was not the year to engage in strategic planning. So, as we begin 2021, many leadership groups wonder...

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Pandemic Recovery Steps for Your Strategic Assessment

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Why your 2021 needs a Strategic Assessment, strategic plan, or not.

2020 was a horrible year. The massive changes and uncertainty destabilized everything, the least of which was our ‘planning and managing...

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Time to Get Back-On-Track with Strategic Planning?

This year has been full of ups and downs for all of us. This roller coaster has taken a toll on long-range planning efforts, and rightly so. But, as...

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How to Discern Operational Targets from Strategic Objectives.

If it is the start of a new year, it is goal setting time. If you are like most, you reviewed how well you performed against last year’s goals and...

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New Strategic Management Plan

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Break the Cycle of Setting and Forgetting this Year's Strategic Goals

The start of a year provides an ideal opportunity to define new goals and set a new course for the coming year, and no year has been more anticipated...

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Mergers and consolidations: concepts to embrace NOW

This article is part of our Strategic Thinking During a Pandemic series. Last week I was invited to participate in a panel on how to support the...

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