Strategic-Planning

Coaching Your Business To The Next Level Series Part 4 ? Strategic Plan
Consider the following scenario that happens thousands of time every day in America.You go to the grocery store. Upon entering the store, you grab your grocery list and realize you left it at home or in the office. Read more →
College Students and Graduates to Run Company Outlets or Franchises
Does your overall business strategy include the recruitment of college students to run your locations? Are you a franching company and looking for young, talented, hardworking and dedicated franchisees? Read more →
Common Business Goal-setting Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Whether you?re just starting out or already in business, it?s important that you set goals for yourself and your business. And once you know how to avoid these common mistakes, these simple principles can be applied to any other area of your life:MISTAKE - Not Setting a DeadlineIt's a well known fact that when we give ourselves deadlines for our goals, we are much more likely to achieve them. Read more →
Communication Strategy During A Time Of Strategic Planning
"Rubbish!" shouted the large, aggressive man in the red-striped shirt (we had to pay attention to him because he owned the company). "The staff don't need to be told anything. Read more →
Competent Collaborations - Making Your Alliances Work
Is the synergy worth the energy?The reason I ask this question is because, developing successful and profitable alliances is rarely easy. If it were, everyone would be doing it successfully. Read more →
Competing for the Future: Metrics that Determine Tomorrow's Results
Hamel and Prahalad wrote a management bestseller of this title in 1996 in the wake of the cost cutting and down-sizing fads of previous years. They emphasised the need for a strategic intent that dominates management thinking and a determination of the competencies required to achieve this intent. Read more →
Completing the Annual Planning Process
Imagine an office without a desk, or lights, a computer, or even something as simple as a chair. When the architects and designers started planning a building or office space they knew they would have to make concessions for these items during each of the building activities. Read more →
Connecting Your Offline Business to Your Online Business
These may sound like no brainers, but you'd be surprised. No matter how high-tech your business has become, there is no doubt you still have some non-electronic aspects of your company. Read more →
Conserving Water and the Reality of Return on Investment for Carwashes; Case Study
Water is a precious resource but so often it is hard to get businesses to conserve it unless it is profitable for them to do so. In fact many environmental issues are like this. Read more →
Consolidation in the Software Industry is Hardly New: Obsess About It or Risk Losing it All
Some analysts credit [Larry] Ellison with anticipating the consolidation in the enterprise software industry and leading the charge. Ellison ?called a major shift in an entire market, which was impressive. Read more →

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