Entries by StrategyDriven

Break the Innovation Chokehold: How to Stop Ruling Like a (Not-So-Benevolent) Dictator and Start Encouraging Big Ideas

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Do you lead your team like you’re the great and powerful head of your own nation? Hidden away in your office, shielded from others, do you deliver orders that must be followed, never considering what your employees might think? Do you parade the halls, factory floors, or store aisles of your organization, holding audience with […]

The Big Picture of Business – Setting, Meeting, and Benefiting from Goals

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Businesses should review their Strategic Plan annually. New year projections are the best time to benchmark progress and adjust sights for the coming term. Additionally, corporate executives must have personal goals written, in conjunction with a professional business coach or mentor. Goals require measurable objectives, with realistic dates and percentages for successful accomplishment. Goals should […]

StrategyDriven Podcast Video Edition 2 – What makes an organization StrategyDriven?

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StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the principle, best practice, and warning flag articles found on the StrategyDriven website. Episode 2 – What makes an organization StrategyDriven? examines the qualities and characteristics […]

StrategyDriven Corporate Cultures Forum

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Organization members share a collective values system reflected in managerial decisions, individual behaviors, and codified within operating procedures. These values are shaped by both individual beliefs and collective experiences. Taken together, these values form the corporation’s culture. Corporate culture contributes or detracts from the organization’s success. Regardless of the company’s written objectives, the existing culture […]