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Cecilia Lynch: June 26, 2024 at 2:53 PM
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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Cecilia Lynch: April 1, 2024 at 6:33 AM
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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Cecilia Lynch: March 14, 2024 at 6:22 AM
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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Cecilia Lynch: January 23, 2024 at 8:30 PM
"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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Cecilia Lynch: January 10, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Plans are set, goals are defined, budgets are negotiated, and a new year begins. Teams review their goals and their budget, then go right back to...
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Cecilia Lynch: May 10, 2021 at 10:02 PM
In the world of business and project management, two terms frequently come up: strategy and plan. While often used interchangeably, understanding the...
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Cecilia Lynch: February 10, 2020 at 11:24 PM
Interest in thinking is trending. I have read multiple articles promoting design thinking and the value of systems thinking. We are also seeing...
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Cecilia Lynch: November 14, 2019 at 3:48 PM
“It just sucks. Every year we try to make improvements, and it gets better, but it still sucks.” This is a sentiment expressed by the CEO of a...
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Cecilia Lynch: September 9, 2019 at 5:07 PM
A constant in strategic management is responding quickly to perceived threats or potential opportunities. More than ever, the speed of...
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Cecilia Lynch: May 29, 2019 at 10:07 AM
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...
