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Strategy Is Not An Intervention
Is it that time of year for your company?
Time to pull together your numbers, check what you did last year that you can refurbish, then sketch out some rough plans? Welcome to budget planning mode.
The problem is that budget planning requires strategic planning, and strategy shouldn’t be condensed into an annual event. It’s not simply [...]
Every CEO Should Ask
Since I’m also writing for iQuest’s Blog, and I’m working on the book, I thought it would be a good idea to post on Creating The Conditions as well. Please visit www.iQuestinc.com to read more, including the 9.5 Reasons Strategy Fails.
When is a question more influential than an answer? Almost always. Effective leadership isn’t about telling [...]
Own What People Say About You
Do you care what people say about you? Sure, you do. We all do, even when we try to shrug it off. Brands, now there’s an entity that cares deeply about what people are saying because it ties directly to sales performance. Brands can’t afford not to care.
The reality is that you are not in [...]
Strategy is a Stepping Stone to Better Strategy
Resistance to making important, game changing strategic decisions is based almost entirely on one thing…fear. Fear of what will happen when and if you press the big, red, ugly decision button inscribed with the words of doom, NO GOING BACK. Scary.It’s like opening Pandora’s Box. Crack the lid and you never know what you might [...]
The Cold, Hard Facts of Collaboration
Lock people into a room for hours, or days, and eventually you’ll get an answer. The only problem is that it might not be the answer you want, the answer you expect, or it may end up being the answer to a entirely different question altogether. Such is the risk when working in a collaborative [...]