Recommended Resources – The Complete Executive

The Complete Executive: The 10-Step System for Great Leadership Performance by Karen Wright About the Book The Complete Executive: The 10-Step System for Great Leadership Performance by Karen Wright provides actionable insights to developing the habits and practices necessary to succeed in high-level leadership positions. Karen organized her insights into ten topical collections covering: Health […]

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Gather Ye Sugar Plums While Ye May; Your Personal Discretionary Budget will be Impacted by Washington

Spend well this Christmas/Holiday Season and be merry. But ‘tis the season for budgeting for the New Year as well. Unless otherwise averted, your Christmas/Holiday or otherwise discretionary budget will fade next year to infinity and beyond. The trend is that American holiday spending has diminished over the past 10 years from $1,037.00 in 2002 […]

StrategyDriven Corporate Cultures Article

Corporate Cultures – Why Policies Don’t Match Actions

Too often, corporate policies are the ‘little white lies’ no one likes to talk about. Philosophically, corporate policies should reflect the expectations of company leaders and drive management’s decisions and employee actions. Upon closer examination, however, management’s decisions and employee actions are anything but aligned with documented expectations; with few seemingly concerned about the discrepancy.

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Recommended Resources – The Oracle Speaks

The Oracle Speaks: Warren Buffett In His Own Words edited by David Andrews About the Book The Oracle Speaks: Warren Buffett In His Own Words edited by David Andrews reveals the life and business philosophies of one of the world’s most successful businessmen in a way no other book can… directly from the words of […]

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Leadership Inspirations – Achieving Failure While on the Brink of Success

“On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who on the dawn of victory paused to rest and while resting died.” Author Unknown

StrategyDriven Expert Contributor Hank Moore

The Big Picture of Business: Goal Setting… An Important Part of Strategic Planning.

Human beings live to attract goals. Organizations get people caught in activity traps…unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals. Managers lose sight of their employees’ goals. Employees work hard, rather than productively. Mutually agreed-upon goals are vital. Failure can stem from either non-achievement of goals or never knowing what they were. […]

StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 64 – An Interview with Jason Jennings, author of The Reinventors

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 best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website. Special Edition 64 – An Interview with Jason Jennings, author of The Reinventors explores how […]

StrategyDriven Alternative Selection Best Practice Article

Alternative Selection Best Practice 6 – Select What Not To Do And Stick With It

No organization can do it all. Resource limitations drive leaders to choose from those activities that will maximize the benefit derived from the assets the organization does possess.

Recommended Resource – Why Some Firms Thrive While Others Fail

Why Some Firms Thrive While Others Fail: Governance and Management Lessons from the Crisis by Thomas Stanton About the Book Why Some Firms Thrive While Others Fail by Thomas Stanton examines the fundamental shortcomings of both public and private financial sector companies as revealed during America’s ‘Great Recession.’ Thomas focuses on the areas of management, […]

StrategyDriven Decision-Making Best Practice Article

Decision-Making Best Practice 19 – Identify the Decision Timeframe

Every decision involves risk, with time underlying all mitigating factors. Some decisions occur too late, resulting in the forfeiture of a situational opportunity, competitive advantage, or adverse outcome avoidance. Other decisions are made too quickly, unnecessarily increasing risk because of diminished data gathering and contemplation that better informs the choice.