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.

Emerging Strategic Issues

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An Obstacle to Resolve or a Bona Fide Emerging Issue?

A measure of strategic management capabilities is how well a leadership team can balance responding to market conditions and staying focused on achieving their long-range strategic plan.

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Commitment to Success; Make Tough Decisions Early

While it is true that one of the benefits of investing the time to define a clear strategic direction is that it helps in decision-making, it is also...

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align planning cycles

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Sustain Strategic Focus: Align with External Cycles

Gaining a different perspective is enlightening. Embracing new influences can be transformational. However, integrating theseon success are ideal...

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strategic thinking

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Why is Strategic Thinking Important - now more than ever

For years “strategic thinking” has been reserved for executive team meetings or board rooms as part of a firm’s strategic planning process. However,...

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How to look for strategic business partners?

Partnering has become a favored strategy to achieve growth goals. Favored because it is often faster to partner than to take the time to build what...

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Mission Statement in Action

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3 ways to put your mission statement to work

A mission statement can inspire and fulfill a unique role in your strategic management toolkit, but they often play a boring role in the...

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Don’t Bite! Your mantra to successfully lead strategy implementation.

If you are like most of us, building something you're proud of makes you excited to share it. But in strategy development, the enthusiasm of working...

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tip to hire a strategic planner

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How to hire your next strategic planner?

Bringing an outside expert in to assist a strategic planning effort is typically a significant consulting investment for an organization. Considering...

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Does your strategic planning have a missing piece?

Shel Silverstein’s book, The Missing Piece has been a favorite of mine since I was a little girl. I still have a copy and love sharing it with anyone...

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Do you need Role Clarity?

Clarifying roles is one of the most productive exercises a team can engage in. So why is it so rarely used? One reason is that teams don’t know how...

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