Cecilia Lynch

Cecilia Lynch, founder, CEO, and chief strategist at Focused Momentum LLC, a leading authority on strategic thinking and strategy development. She is the creator of Strategy Class®, the training program she launched to demystify the overwhelming task of developing a strategic plan using her proprietary tools and planning methods.

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The Big Squeeze - Competitive Market Pressures from all sides

The Strategic Dilemma: An industry leader contacted us to bring a fresh approach to their strategy planning process. In recent years, their long run as the industry leader was under attack from all sides; these competitive market pressures were...

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Strategy Boost Lift-Off

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Strategy Boost™ has Lift-Off!

We just created an exciting ‘lift-off’ for one of our clients with our new program Strategy Boost™ and I’m so excited to share what I witnessed. By...

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Bad DIY

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3 Pitfalls of the DIY Approach to Strategy Development

Making a decision to engage a professional to help develop your strategy may seem like a lavish investment, yet here are common pitfalls to avoid...

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Don’t Unwind Your Good Strategic Thinking

How do you ensure that your great strategic plan doesn’t unwind during implementation? I have written before about being patient during the...

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Who's on First? What a lack of role clarity looks like.

Who’s on first? Dunno. Third base. I love this classic vaudeville routine from Abbot and Costello. If you have not seen it, watch it and enjoy...

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Is Your Organization A Strategy Killer?

As a strategist, I am extremely fortunate to spend most of my time working with clients to shape their ideas into new strategies that drive growth....

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Are You A Good Storyteller?

There is so much data analysis and information sifting during strategic planning processes, we can forget that to gain momentum for execution our...

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Do You Have The Grit To Lead Into The Future?

3 Indications that you don’t have the grit to lead your company to a new level of performance. Developing a new idea or a new direction for your...

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Do You Have an Air Sandwich

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Is Your Strategy Really An Air Sandwich?

An air sandwich strategy? Yep, you know, a solid foundation (your current business model and performance) and an enticing topper (your long-range...

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Go Slow To Go Fast

I while back, I recently received a survey from my son’s school principal. There was a brief email asking everyone to complete a survey, which...

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