By M. Dana Baldwin Note: This post is part of a series of posts from Dana Baldwin’s article The Strategy of Succesion Planning originally posted in Compass Points in January 2000. Part One introduced the topic and discussed the Succesion Planning Process. Part Two discussed Strategy for Succession Planning. Part Three covered Succession Planning Pitfalls and Succession Planning Benefits. Part Four, […]
Continue readingBy M. Dana Baldwin Note: This post is part of a series of posts from Dana Baldwin’s article The Strategy of Succesion Planning originally posted in Compass Points in January 2000. Part One introduced the topic and discussed the Succesion Planning Process. Part Two discussed Strategy for Succession Planning. Part Three will cover Succession Planning Pitfalls and Succession Planning Benefits. […]
Continue readingEvery so often, someone will refer to something we’re talking about in the strategic planning process and say “That doesn’t seem very strategic”. What does this mean? In business strategy, we should be examining the big questions – What do we do? For whom do we do it? and How do we beat or avoid […]
Continue readingBy M. Dana Baldwin Note: This post is part of a series of posts from Dana Baldwin’s article The Strategy of Succesion Planning originally posted in Compass Points in January 2000. Part One introduced the topic and discussed the Succesion Planning Process. Part Two will discuss Strategy for Succession Planning. Strategy for Succession Planning First, realize that one size […]
Continue readingBy M. Dana Baldwin Note: This post is the first in a series of posts from Dana Baldwin’s article The Strategy of Succesion Planning originally posted in Compass Points in January 2000. Part One will introduce the topic and discuss the Succesion Planning Process. When Business Week magazine features an article questioning why Herb Kelleher, CEO of the […]
Continue readingBy Denise Harrison Note: This post is part of a series of posts from Denise A. Harrison’s article What happens When the Host Country Environment Changes originally posted in Compass Points in November 2004. Part One introduced the topic and discussed how Competition, Customers, Technology and the Economy will respond. In Part Two, we discussed The assumptions we made, Strategic Options, Evaluation […]
Continue readingBy Denise Harrison Disciplined action is the key to your success – Jim Collins highlighted its importance in a recent speech. How can you use this concept to ratchet up your team’s performance? A twenty-mile march – what is it? The concept of a twenty-mile march is to set a goal to reach consistently over […]
Continue readingBy Denise Harrison Note: This post is part of a series of posts from Denise A. Harrison’s article What happens When the Host Country Environment Changes originally posted in Compass Points in November 2004. Part One introduced the topic and discussed how Competition, Customers, Technology and the Economy will respond. In this part, we will discuss The assumptions we made, Strategic Options, […]
Continue readingBy Denise A. Harrison Note: This post is the first in a series of posts from Denise A. Harrison’s article What happens When the Host Country Environment Changes originally posted in Compass Points in November 2004. Part One will introduce the topic, discuss how Competition, Customers, Technology and the Economy will respond. Yes, it sounds terrific, you successfully set up […]
Continue readingM Dana Baldwin Does your organization have a tough time generating and implementing good opportunities for additional services or products? Is there a major roadblock to approving them? We have written multiple articles about the importance of, and the good practices of, good idea generation for organizations. Robert Bradford has published a series of papers […]
Continue readingBy Robert W. Bradford Note: This article was first published in Compass Points in April 2003. The info is still relevant today, and it will be nostalgic reading the examples from 2003. Part One was an introduction to this series from Bradford’s article The Easy way to Innovate is – the Hard way! In […]
Continue readingBy Robert W. Bradford One of the five key elements of getting better execution from your strategic planning is writing better objectives. Ideally, the objective sets a clear target for implementation that helps focus the team and makes prioritization of action steps easier. One of the trickiest parts of writing a good objective is stating […]
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