StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 40 – The Big Picture of Business: Learning from the Recession and Moving Forward

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. Episode 40 – The Big Picture of Business: Learning from the Recession and Moving Forward […]

Leadership Inspirations – A Little Inaccuracy

“A little inaccuracy saves a world of explanation.” Clarence Edwin Ayers (1891 – 1972) Institutional economist

Recommended Resource – The Leader Phrase Book

The Leader Phrase Book: 3000+ Powerful Phrases That Put You In Command by Patrick Alain About the Reference The Leader Phrase Book by Patrick Alain provides professionals with the ‘right thing to say’ across a multitude of situations and spectrum of approaches. These phrases can help anyone prepare for interactions of all kinds with seniors, […]

StrategyDriven Alternative Selection Article

Alternative Selection – Total Value of Ownership

More and more prevalent in business case evaluations today is the concept of the total cost of ownership whereby organizations evaluate the collective expense associated with a given initiative or asset over its entire life. Comparing initiatives on this basis alone however, fails to consider the offsetting benefits the organization would realize over the investment’s lifetime as calculated during return on investment (ROI) estimations. In order to effectively compare competing proposals, organization leaders should evaluate the total value of ownership of each investment alternative.

Leadership Inspirations – Throwing Things Away

“There are many things that we would throw away, if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.” Oscar Wilde(1854 – 1900) Irish writer, poet, and playwright

The Advisor’s Corner – Can a Manager Really Do It All?

Question: How can managers possibly do everything presented on the StrategyDriven website? StrategyDriven Response: Managers should be able to perform all of the best practices presented on the StrategyDriven website as these focus on the manager’s primary role – to manage people, resources, and their deployment. It is when managers are ‘working managers,’ doing the […]

Leadership Inspirations – Actions Speak Louder Than Words

“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882) American essayist, philosopher, and poet

StrategyDriven Podcast Series

StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – The National Debt and Federal Budget Deficit Deconstructed

How big is the U.S. national debt? Could large corporations and the rich ‘bailout’ the Federal government? In this video, Tony Robbins masterfully illustrates just how large the $15 trillion U.S. national debt really is and the degree of ‘commitment’ necessary to satisfy our government’s insatiable spending. This eye-opening commentary is neither political nor directive, […]

StrategyDriven Business Plan Development Article | Business Plan Development Best Practice 1 - Plan the Plan’s Development

Business Plan Development Best Practice 1 – Plan the Plan’s Development

Business plans are more than just words on an otherwise blank piece of paper; it is a statement of the company’s future. The business plan is meant to provide direction and inspire action among executives in the C-suite and employees on the shop floor.

StrategyDriven Standards and Expectations Warning Flag Article

Standards and Expectations Warning Flag 4 – Always an Exception

StrategyDriven Standards and Expectations Warning Flag ArticlePerformance standards and expectations drive managerial decisions and personal actions within an organization and serve to align an organization’s members to its vision, mission, and values. Such requirements necessarily demand an exertion of resources to perform the mandated actions.


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