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Multitasking- NOT the Best Strategy: Can Less Lead to Achieving More

In today's fast-paced world, multitasking has become synonymous with productivity. We pride ourselves on juggling multiple tasks simultaneously, believing it's the key to getting more done. However, research and real-world experience are...

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5 Tips to Develop Strategic Thinking Skills

Strategic thinking skills are in demand, and no wonder. The complexity within which we operate demands that many strategic decisions be made in...

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Strategic Thinking and Data Analytics [Are We Missing the Forest for the Trees?]

Data is front and center in today's management team meetings. This is not new. We fell in love with dashboards years ago. What is surprising is that...

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Foundation to Foster Strategic Thinking

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Strategic Direction - The Crucial Foundation for Strategic Thinking

In today's fast-paced business environment, strategic thinking is often touted as a critical skill for leaders and managers. However, many...

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Mission statement your organizations ultimate why

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Writing a Mission Statement: Your Organization's Ultimate 'Why'

Have you ever wondered why some organizations seem to move with purpose while others flounder? The secret might lie in a tool often overlooked: the...

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elements of strategic planning

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6 Critical Elements Your Strategic Planning May Be Missing

As a leader in a corporation, non-profit organization, or small business, you understand the importance of strategic planning. It's the roadmap that...

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Is Your Strategy Being Hijacked?

In their Harvard Business Review article, Don’t Let Metrics Undermine Your Business, authors Michael Harris and Bill Tayler explore this question by...

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Want to engage future leaders? Take a seat.

Raise your hand if you were alive on November 22, 1963. I recently posed this question to 30 senior executives and board members as we opened a...

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Strategy Implementation

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4 Disciplines Essential to Strategy Implementation

You have spent months working on your strategic plan, and now, finally, it has been approved. Kudos to you and your team! Now, what? How do you...

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Emerging Issues

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3 Steps to Evaluate Emerging Issues (without disrupting your plan)

"Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and pretty soon you have a dozen." -- John Steinbeck I like rabbits, but I love ideas. Too many of either...

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