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How do you craft a strategic plan for a group of companies? Why do so many efforts end up with nothing more than “last-year’s-plan-plus-5%?” Discard this path of least resistance if you hope to capitalize on COVID opportunities. Conglomerates are, in the best of times, difficult to plan for. Units compete for resources in different …
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Employee Productivity – Are you searching for psychological solutions to practical problems? As an executive, have you fallen into the trap of looking for psycho-emotional solutions to issues of employee productivity? If so, you may need a fresh lens. “I just don’t understand these people!” While this is a common complaint in management ranks, it’s …
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Is your company preparing to conduct it’s customary annual retreat? You may want to scrap it and instead create a breakthrough event. In the best of times, companies fall into a strategic planning rut. They follow the same routine each year, lulled into complacency by their accomplishments. The company’s leaders go through the motions, staying …
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