Actionable Strategic Planning

02/02/2022

“What is a strategy?” is a question that is rarely asked or discussed by those involved in a strategic planning process. Most jump right to strategy development. This article is the first installment on why having a definition of a strategy for your organization helps strategy ex*****on.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/do-you-have-definition-strategy-your-organization-ross-ingram-jd

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03/24/2021

Disappointments are clues to specific wisdom or knowledge you're lacking. They're telling you what you need to know to move toward your desired future.

03/15/2021

Does Your Culture Have Know-It-Alls Or Learn-It-Alls?
Great Forbes article discussing this:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rodgerdeanduncan/2021/03/09/does-your-culture-have-know-it-alls-or-learn-it-alls/?sh=330fa7ef7172

03/04/2021

For most companies, meaningful innovation measurement requires a balance between activity- and outcome-based metrics. Here's an interesting article discussing five categories to focus on to measure your innovation efforts.

For most companies, meaningful innovation measurement requires a balance between activity- and outcome-based metrics. Focus on these five categories.

03/03/2021

Crisis
Criticism
Correction
How you respond to and your ability to leverage the three C’s are evidence of your maturity as a leader... and of your potential to advance.

03/03/2021

Interesting Harvard Business Review article on "How Employers Can Reduce Vaccine Hesitancy." It offers twelve strategies backed by behavioral economics.

Twelve strategies backed by behavioral economics.

03/02/2021

Interesting Yale Insights article on internal competition is useful for certain purposes.

A new study finds that pitting teams against each other is effective in clarifying the way forward. But once a decision is made about which path to pursue, everybody must rally around the chosen idea—and not look back.

03/01/2021

Boardroom Confidence In Economy Surges In February; Vaccines, consumer behavior, and pent-up demand fuel optimism in America’s boardrooms.

https://boardmember.com/boardroom-confidence-in-economy-surges-in-february/?fbclid=IwAR3RKHsM9NL836_968i3CXXmzNwL3TmPhh8GIJKIyIX0Ty77FL2UESSxYlg

01/04/2021

Here's to a great start to a New Year!

10/21/2020

Profitably balancing your time between STRATEGIC work and CORE work is table stakes for top leaders. Acting as if you can’t do anything strategic while working on core projects is one of the easiest ways to disqualify yourself for advancement.

10/20/2020

HBR's Tip of the Day today provides a great reminder for leaders and boards. Vulnerability is an often overlooked component of encouraging innovation.