by Tom Ambler | Jul 17, 2015 | Strategic Planning
By Tom Ambler, Senior Consultant Note: This article was previously published in Course and Direction in January 2006 View Commodity Industries in a Global Way Commodity industries that are highly capital intensive, have cyclic markets and high transportation costs are...
by Tom Ambler | Jun 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Thomas E. Ambler, Senior Consultant, Center for Simplified Strategic Planning, Inc. Note: This article was previously published in Compass Points in February 2006 In a previous article I dealt with the strategic impact of the “Golden Rule” approach to...
by Tom Ambler | May 22, 2015 | Strategic Planning
Thomas E. Ambler, Senior Consultant, CSSP, Inc. Recruiting disciplined people requires a well-tuned filtering process that determines if there is a fit of the candidate’s skill sets and passions with the job requirements of the organization and determines...
by Tom Ambler | May 8, 2015 | Strategic Planning
Thomas E. Ambler, Senior Consultant, CSSP, Inc. In his outstanding book about great organizations, Good To Great, Jim Collins concludes, “Sustained great results depend upon building a culture full of self-disciplined people who take disciplined action,...
by Tom Ambler | Oct 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Thomas E. Ambler, Senior Consultant This article was previously published in Compass Points September 2007 What stories do you find yourself repeatedly telling people inside and outside your walls to illustrate “who you are” and what values are key to...
