This has been a challenging year for all of us and we have learned a great deal about the strength of our organizations, employees, and ourselves. We are all looking forward to putting the pandemic behind us in 2021 and focus on developing plans for our path forward. As is our custom each year we […]
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Our Top Strategy Management Quotes of 2020
Thursday, December 17th, 2020Posted in Leadership, Newsletter, Strategy Management
5 Reasons the Status Quo is Not Enough
Tuesday, November 10th, 2020The Status quo is defined as the current or existing state of affairs. To maintain the status quo is to keep things the way they are. Isn’t that the easier way? Wouldn’t it be nice if we all could just keep things the way they are and not change? Unfortunately, the world does not work […]
Posted in Newsletter, Strategy Development, Strategy Management
Death, Taxes and Strategy
Friday, September 18th, 2020“Only three things in life are certain: 1) death, 2) taxes, and 3) the fact that today’s strategy won’t work tomorrow. At some point in the future, your products will become obsolete, your customers’ tastes will change, and technology will render your business model uncompetitive. Today’s success will be tomorrow’s old news. The question is […]
Posted in Newsletter, Strategy Execution, Strategy Management
Business Killer: Complexity
Wednesday, August 19th, 2020Creating unnecessary complexity in your company can be a business killer. It quickly leads to a lack of focus, which in turn leads to lost opportunities. Understanding what your organization’s true capabilities are and focusing resources to create business value is a basic premise of strategy management. While most CEO’s understand this basic principle, business […]
Posted in Business Killers, Newsletter, Strategy Development, Strategy Management
Strategic Foresight: Are You Making Your Future?
Friday, July 24th, 2020In the past several months since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, our newsletters have been emphasizing the need to revisit your company’s strategy to ensure you can come out of the crisis ahead of the competition. However, the unprecedented level of uncertainty leaders are now facing gives them reason for pause. As a solution, consider […]
Posted in Newsletter, Sidebar - Strategy Development, Strategy Management, Uncategorized
It’s Time to Refresh Your Strategy
Wednesday, June 24th, 2020I believe most would agree that it is refreshing to see business reopen and our economy beginning to rebound. Yet the uncertainty of the second and third quarters of 2020 still looms over our heads. Not knowing what the short-term future holds has caused many CEOs to delay investments that are needed to achieve long […]
Posted in Newsletter, Strategy Development, Strategy Management
Short-Term/Long-Term Strategic Choices
Sunday, May 17th, 2020From our vantage point, we cannot honestly say that anyone has all the answers at this moment in time. Uncertainty about the future continues, and crisis management in the near term is consuming everyone’s attention. According to a survey by Alera Group, titled Covid-19 Employer Pulse Survey, “over 80% of respondents across all sizes, regions […]
Posted in Newsletter, Strategy Development, Strategy Execution, Strategy Management
Strategic Thinking for a Post-Pandemic Era
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020It still seems hard to believe what the world, our country, our business community, and our families are going through during this pandemic. Never have any of us experienced anything of this magnitude in our lifetime and hopefully never will again. On the bright side, every crisis has an end and the light at the […]
Posted in Leadership, Newsletter, Strategy Development, Strategy Management
5 Things to Consider to Survive Disruption
Thursday, March 26th, 2020We are in a time of uncertainty and disruption that we have never seen before in our lifetimes and hopefully will not experience again. Business leaders are faced with having to make choices that impact their employees, their families and the survival of their business. Here are five things to consider as you work your […]
Posted in Leadership, Newsletter, Strategy Execution
Five Steps to Manage a Downturn
Friday, March 13th, 2020We are facing some unprecedented challenging times right now, and the uncertainty of 2020 and beyond will make or break many companies. But in times like these, there are opportunities for the strong to get stronger. Successful CEOs/owners should be pursuing strategies that simultaneously address the short- and long-term. As Harvey Mackay said, “Companies that […]
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