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Do You Have New Direction for the New Year?
“Clarity of direction, which includes describing what we are going after as well as describing what we will not be going after, is exceedingly important at the late stage of a strategic transformation.” Andrew Grove, former CEO, Intel Think back to when you were a kid. Can you recall a time when you got lost? … Continue reading Do You Have New Direction for the New Year?
When is a Strategy Not a Strategy?
Much thanks to the folks at the “In Business” magazine for publishing the article entitled, “When is a Strategy Not a Strategy?” as they referenced material from the new business graphic novel, StrategyMan vs. The Anti-Strategy Squad: Using Strategic Thinking to Defeat Bad Strategy and Save Your Plan. http://inbusinessphx.com/leadership-management/when-is-a-strategy-not-a-strategy#.XDYgfy3Mx0J
The Year in Strategy
“Friends congratulate me after a quarterly-earnings announcement and say, ‘Good job, great quarter,’ and I’ll say, ‘Thank you, but that quarter was baked three years ago.’ I’m working on a quarter that’ll happen in 2021 right now.” … Continue reading The Year in Strategy
StrategyMan vs. The Anti-Strategy Squad
Following is an overview of the new graphic novel (superhero comic book collides with strategy text book) StrategyMan vs. The Anti-Strategy Squad: Using Strategic Thinking to Defeat Bad Strategy and Save Your Plan: All over the world, strategies are dying. Thousands of businesses face bankruptcy. People’s jobs are at stake. But what is the nefarious … Continue reading StrategyMan vs. The Anti-Strategy Squad
Turn Down the Noise and Turn Up Your Strategy
“There is more noise in the world than change.” Tim Cook, CEO, Apple Picture the scene: a group of executives is at an off-site meeting to discuss the company’s strategic direction. They begin with a review of the market, including patterns, trends and influential factors. Before long, the conversation is pulling them like a riptide, … Continue reading Turn Down the Noise and Turn Up Your Strategy
Does Your Company Collaborate or Will it Disintegrate?
The colossal collapse of Sony in portable music and Nokia in mobile phones was directly caused by their failure to collaborate internally. Do you understand the goals and strategies of your colleagues in other functional areas? In this 4-minute video, Rich provides three practical principles to help your team strategically collaborate with one another.
