Assessment of the situation to devise a game plan for things to come to fruition.
Scott McKain The more I research it, the more obvious it becomes. Bad businesses – regardless of the industry or size, from Wall Street to Main Street – do not have customers who are raving fans. How do you connect with customers in a profound manner, regardless of the size of your business? You have […]
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Mergers, acquisitions, downsizing, and growth all require an unprecedented need for information about key executives and a framework for assessing the competencies required to lead people during extraordinary times. Yet, even with the revolving doors at the top of many companies spinning faster than ever, organizations still overlook opportunities to develop talent from the bottom
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I remember before the birth of my first baby girl, Grace, in 2002. My husband and I were so excited to be expecting our first child. We decided we did not want to find out if the baby was going to be a boy or a girl until she was born. That’s when the judgments
Mark Faust How much untapped potential lies within your business? If all the stars were to align and you had every tool you needed, if you made every effort possible, and if innovations yet to be thought of were implemented, how much more do you think you and your team as a whole could realistically
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Mark Faust Planning is planning and strategy is strategy, but to say that planning strategically, or “strategic planning” is a call of management is a bit of an oxy moron or at least a practice for the moronic. People claiming to be consultants who facilitate strategic planning probably don’t know the most rudimentary aspects of
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Ah summertime. Warm days, cool waters, relaxation…. kids out of school, gardens blooming, fresh-squeezed lemonade…. ahhhh yes, summertime is here. For professionals around the world, summertime also means finding time to get away from the office and enjoying the beach or pool, traveling to exotic locations, or having family vacations. Yet too many are afraid
At some point, the strategy is to execute. While the CEO role as chief strategy decider gets much of the hype, it is the challenge of business execution that so often drives results – or not. And, sustained execution is a relationship game.
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United State corporations lose half of their customers in five years, half of their employees in four years, and half of their investors in a matter of months Philip Kotler, Kotler on Marketing Virtually every CEO is seeking growth. The challenge is how to grow today in a way that does not undermine tomorrow’s growth?
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