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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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connect the dots for success

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Connect the Dots (or Don't Lose Track of Key Strategic Assumptions)

In the last blog post, I discussed how necessary it is to set strategic context repeatedly during the early stages of implementing a new strategic...

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Context, Context, Context: A Critical Factor in Strategic Thinking

Strategic planning efforts can produce high levels of anxiety in organizations. Worry is caused when new thinking changes the status quo leaving...

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5 Signs Your a Good Strategic Thinker

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Are you a good strategic thinker? 5 Signs You Could Be.

Strategic thinking capabilities are a huge asset to an organization. Finding good internal strategic thinkers and leveraging them in our planning...

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strategy positioning

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Which comes first, strategic positioning or strategy? Neither.

The relationship between strategy and positioning is both the result of strategic planning in which you first set the context within which you...

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Enthusiasm: A Vital Element in Strategic Thinking.

Strategy development is the most creative work leadership teams get to do together; rather it should be. All too often poorly facilitated planning...

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Actively Promote New Strategic Thinking for it to Serve You

When developing and implementing strategy you are in the business of change, fighting against the inertia of the status quo. Even the most brilliant...

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Is Your Strategic Thinking Multifaceted or Unfocused?

Change is today’s normal. As individuals are daily routines are besieged by new tools and methods to purchase, communicate and coordinate. Although...

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Don’t Neglect; Nurture New Strategic Thinking

As I mentioned in last week’s blog post, strategic planning should be a significant undertaking. It is both a highly visible - taking management away...

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