Blog Tag: Trade-offs

• Strategic Trade-Offs: Does No Mean No?

  Published on: Thursday, November 1st, 2012 Author: richhorwath

  Towards the end of the calendar year, armies of managers march in and out of conference rooms brandishing laptops and wielding PowerPoint templates containing the makings of next year’s strategic plans. The plans generally contain industry data, market patterns, sales… read more

• Behaving Strategically

  Published on: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012 Author: richhorwath

  As you interact with your managers on a daily basis, their behaviors will often tell you a great deal more than their words. We’ve all been in meetings where a person uses the word “strategic” to preface the majority of… read more

• Do You Live Strategically?

  Published on: Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 Author: richhorwath

  In business, we define profit as a financial benefit that is realized when the amount of revenue gained from a business activity exceeds the expenses. Do you live a profitable life? Or, are you putting in much more than you’re gaining?… read more

• Strategy for You

  Published on: Thursday, January 26th, 2012 Author: richhorwath

  Strategy for You Trailer

• Strategy Pizza

  Published on: Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 Author: richhorwath

  When you’re trying to do too much at work, it’s like a Strategy Pizza with everything. Imagine eating a pizza with 25 toppings – sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, anchovies, peppers, spinach, bacon, ham, pineapple, onion rings, potato skins – wow, I’m… read more

• "Dear Strategy Guy"

  Published on: Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 Author: richhorwath

  February’s combination of snowdrifts and Valentine’s Day seems like the appropriate time to respond to some of the most pressing reader letters regarding strategy. So here goes: Dear Strategy Guy: The SVP of our Division requires us to fill out… read more

• The Power of No

  Published on: Friday, September 3rd, 2010 Author: richhorwath

  httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGniiRyH13o

• Strat Plan

  Published on: Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 Author: richhorwath

  I recently had the honor of working with five-time Grammy Award winning hip hop artist Stra-Da-Gee. I consulted on the lyrics for his new song “Strat Plan” which describes the follies of strategic planning. Take a listen to the rap… read more

• A Common Seuss Approach to Strategy

  Published on: Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 Author: richhorwath

  People like to make strategy complex. I don’t. It’s essence is as simple as a Dr. Seuss book: I am strategic. Strategic I am. Do you like to think strategically? I do not like to think strategically, not in an… read more