Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Oct 30, 2009, 11:45 pm
Need some inspiration? In the world of Business Management, few minds stand out like that of Jim Collins, author of the classics Good to Great, Built to Last, and most recently How the Mighty Fall. Th...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Oct 30, 2009, 7:41 pm
For everyone who wishes they had their very own strategic planning expert whose brain they could personally pick in order to get unstuck, we’ve got a solution for you! Once a month, the M3 Plan...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Oct 29, 2009, 7:54 pm
30 Second MBA We recently stumbled upon a great resource for managers and business people of all levels- over at Fast Company’s website they’ve got a great section called the “30 Se...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Oct 28, 2009, 6:05 pm
budget cuts With stories of budget cuts (both in the public and private sectors) filling the business news, it has become a reality in the recession that in order to plan for the future, agencies and...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Oct 28, 2009, 12:12 am
So, you have a problem you need to solve in your business. You know what you need, but you don’t seem to have the resources to take care of it. What do you do? Do you complain to upper manageme...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Oct 27, 2009, 12:45 am
Planning for the recession to be over? Good. For most companies, that means decisions involving being able to meet increased demand, taking advantage of new opportunities, even renegotiating contracts...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Oct 25, 2009, 6:36 pm
These days, things change fast. With a global economic crisis raging, the world has become less stable, less predictable than it once was. New opportunities and threats raise their heads daily, and co...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Oct 10, 2009, 7:28 pm
With budgets tight, not everyone can afford to have a week-long strategy retreat in the mountains. If a facilitator is outside of your means, and you can’t have your people missing a ton of time to ...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Sep 24, 2009, 4:56 pm
You may also be interested in:Eight Ways to Ruin Any Strategic Planning Meeting The two words strategic planning provokes reactions anywhere from sheer...Strategy Books Aaker, David A. Strategic Marke...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Sep 24, 2009, 12:59 am
Over at Harvard Business’s Conversation starter, there’s a great article about Wikimedia’s undertaking of crafting a strategic plan. You would think that an organization that built a...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Sep 16, 2009, 1:37 am
A recent study of more than 300 organizations by the Aberdeen Group, titled, Beyond Satisfaction: Engaging Employees to Retain Customers, speaks volumes about the power of employee engagement. Organi...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Sep 14, 2009, 6:40 pm
You can grow by leveraging your product knowledge to reach new customers.  More than likely, you have spent time and money developing your product and service offering. Assuming you’re happy with y...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Sep 13, 2009, 2:42 am
If you have a good understanding of your market, another way to leverage your knowledge is to develop new products and services to meet this market’s needs. If you hear the term product development,...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Sep 12, 2009, 2:34 am
The most common growth strategy is to focus on what you do best by emphasizing your current products in your current markets. This strategy is also called the concentrated growth strategy because youâ...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Sep 11, 2009, 2:22 am
After the mission, goals, and objectives are clear, establish how you’re going to achieve those items. A strategy provides the vehicle and answers the question “How are we going to get there w...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Sep 10, 2009, 2:15 am
So, you’re right about to begin crafting your strategic plan, but you don’t know the difference between all the different components. Especially your mission, vision, values or principles?...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Aug 31, 2009, 4:15 pm
Strategic planning, when it relates to burning man, doesn’t just stop at running the event. The event, which brings tens of thousands of people out to spend a week or more in the harsh Black Roc...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Aug 28, 2009, 3:57 pm
Since I’m heading out for a week in the desert for my third year at the Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, and since I write about strategic planning, I figured I’d take a minute to ...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Aug 26, 2009, 3:23 pm
So, you’re starting to get the hang of all this competitive advantage hooey. You understand that in order to know what to do, you’ve got to know why you’re in business, and you’...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Aug 26, 2009, 3:08 pm
Time to start writing! In this section of How to Write a Strategic Plan, we’ll start with what sets you apart from your competition: your competitive advantage. Sometimes they’re called co...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Aug 20, 2009, 8:39 pm
In order to make sure your strategic planning process is a success, it’s best to check out some tips from folks who’ve done it before. In fact, even if you have done it before, it’s ...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Aug 20, 2009, 8:12 pm
By the time company managers get to the action planning part of strategic planning, many are tired and worn out from all the work leading up to this point. But don’t stop yet! Setting action items a...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Aug 1, 2009, 2:06 am
So, you’re going to write your strategic plan- what approach should you take? The group approach: With your strategic planning team or a group of staff members who are impacted by the goal, you...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Aug 1, 2009, 2:01 am
By the time company managers get to the action planning part of strategic planning, many are tired and worn out from all the work leading up to this point. But don’t stop yet! Setting action items...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Aug 1, 2009, 1:49 am
Ready to make a strategic plan? Are you sure? We want you to be. We do. But we see so many companies who undertake strategic planning who don’t know the pitfalls that oganizations can run into. ...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Jul 30, 2009, 12:17 am
Do you know how to write a strategic plan? Most people don’t. Scores of business school students are produced each year who don’t know how to actually produce a viable plan. As consultants...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Jul 22, 2009, 5:11 pm
The two words strategic planning provokes reactions anywhere from sheer exuberance to ducking for cover. In many organizations, strategic planning has a bad reputation because it’s so easy to st...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Jul 8, 2009, 4:57 pm
Earlier this week, we looked at the Abilene Paradox- a trap that groups often find themselves in when making decisions.  The paradox, a common pitfall of group decision-making, can be identified by l...
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Ed A. posted an article on MyStrategicPlan - Jul 6, 2009, 7:03 pm
How often do bad decisions get followed up on in your organization? How often to you, or other colleagues waste valuable time and effort on projects that everyone knew was doomed from the start? Well,...
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