Blog Tag: SWOT Analysis

• The Strategylight Zone

  Published on: Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 Author: richhorwath

  There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to most managers. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between art and science, between the qualitative and quantitative… read more

• Strategic Thinker or Strategyless?

  Published on: Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 Author: richhorwath

  Here’s a quick quiz you can share with folks in your group to see how strategic people are (answers follow the quiz): 1. At the heart of business strategy is: A. The intelligent allocation of limited resources. B. Distributing resources across… read more

• SWOT’s “So what?”

  Published on: Friday, March 25th, 2011 Author: richhorwath

  How often have you and your colleagues completed a SWOT Analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) and asked, “So what?” What did you actually do with it? Too often SWOT Analysis become a “check-the-box”; exercise, adding little or no value… read more

• It's Lonely At the Top

  Published on: Monday, June 28th, 2010 Author: richhorwath

  If strategy were a physical summit in your company, business unit or functional area, would you be the only one standing at the top? For many leaders, the depressing answer is ‘yes.’ While you may have built a mountain of… read more

• Top 5 SWOT Analysis Traps

  Published on: Friday, February 5th, 2010 Author: richhorwath

  As with any business model, the reason a SWOT analysis is performed is to generate insights about the business and drive planning efforts. There are five SWOT traps that we need to be aware of to prevent our efforts from… read more

• SWOT Analysis Gone Wrong

  Published on: Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 Author: richhorwath

  Like most things utterly familiar, SWOT analysis has been taken for granted to the point that it has become perhaps the most misused tool in the manager’s box. A good SWOT analysis is one of the cornerstones of sound strategy…. read more

• The Challenges of Thinking Strategically

  Published on: Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 Author: richhorwath

  What stops us from thinking strategically? During the past ten years, I’ve asked thousands of managers from around the world this question and their strategy challenges can be grouped into three areas: #1.  Resources—most people simply don’t have enough time… read more