You’re Half Way Through 2017 – How’s Your Strategy Execution?

By Heyden Enochson

Leadership & Strategy
2017 is already half way over. It also represents the half way mark on the execution for your strategic plan – so now is the time to gather your organization for...

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Harvard Business Review’s Four Steps for Integrating Data into Your Business

By Erica Olsen

Leadership & Strategy
Integrating data and analytics into your organization can be faced with technological hurdles, resistance to change, even a wave of ownership uncertainty. But, it doesn’t be this way. All...

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5-Step Approach to Building Absolute Accountability

By Heyden Enochson

Leadership & Strategy
The road to strategic planning doesn’t merely end when you’ve finished developing your plan. It’s only the beginning to the twisty, winding roadmap you created to guide your organization to success....

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How to Reveal If You’re Living Your Values

By Erica Olsen

Values Statement
Values statements are not meant to just be thrown up on your organization’s website. They’re a set of standards that explain what your organization believes in. Values statements are meant to...

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Bad Research is Dead Weight to Your Strategy

By Erica Olsen

Leadership & Strategy
All great strategy is created from well-informed, synthesized customer and market data. It simply isn’t a strategy if it doesn’t have data to back it up. But, basing your strategy on...

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Get Your Performance Management Out of the Gutter

By Heyden Enochson

Leadership & Strategy
Everyday life is chaotic. Even the most organized leaders can struggle with the balancing act of leading teams and managing their organization’s day-to-day activities. It’s one of the most common reasons...

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Q1 Strategy Review: How’s Your Plan Withstanding Reality?

By Erica Olsen

Leadership & Strategy
With the first quarter of 2017 already marked off your calendar, it’s time to prep and execute your Q1 Strategy Review. Especially if your plan wasn’t completed until mid-way through the...

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What Do Toast and Strategy Have in Common?

By Erica Olsen

Leadership & Strategy
The correlation between your crunchy breakfast and organizational strategy might not be immediately clear, but the answer to your organization’s most difficult problems could be literally sitting on the plate in...

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How Small Fly-By Decisions Can Induce Chaos in your Organization

By Erica Olsen

Leadership & Strategy
While it’s obvious to see the impact of large-scale strategic change, less emphasis is placed on the importance of thoughtful decision making when it comes to the smaller strategic decisions in...

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Make Organization-Wide Planning Organic With This 5-Step Process

By Jeff Brunings

Leadership & Strategy
With the complexity of individual department plans, many strategy leaders find themselves amidst absolute chaos trying to manage planning sessions for both the overall organizational plan and facilitating the creation of...

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