by Robert Bradford | Jul 1, 2026 | Strategic Thinking
I spend a lot of time around motivational speakers. These people tend to be very positive, and always talk about how we should transcend our limits. This is a useful way of thinking, but the word “limit” can also mean something very real that should NOT be...
by Dana Baldwin | Jul 1, 2026 | Strategic Planning, Strategy Implementation
By Christopher Anbari, President & CEO Result Global In 2007, according to Gallup lnc., American businesses incurred $350B in extra costs because all levels of employees were not fully engaged. Have you ever considered how much your company contributes to this...
by Denise Harrison | Jul 1, 2026 | Strategic Planning
By Denise Harrison, Executive Vice President & CO For many years Sony dominated the consumer electronics scene: from its ground-breaking Sony Walkman to its Trinitron TVs, Sony innovations in the consumer electronics space were unparalleled. Now Sony is losing...
by Dana Baldwin | Jul 1, 2026 | Strategic Planning
By M. Dana Baldwin When you meet with your customers and prospects, you want to be perceived as a professional in your field. What does it take to garner this respect? Broadly speaking, you need to be trusted for your knowledge, ethics and quality performance. One of...
by Robert Bradford | Jul 1, 2026 | Strategic Thinking
One of the most useful tools for good strategy analysis is systems thinking. Some people think this means you have to treat your business like a computer program, but really it’s simply a way to think through all of the connections that affect your business and how...
by Denise Harrison | Jul 1, 2026 | Strategic Planning
By Denise Harrison, Executive Vice President & COO That won’t work! We’ve tried that before! The idea is then rejected without consideration. Yes, sometimes you should learn from history, but what if something has changed and history no longer reflects the...
by Dana Baldwin | Jul 1, 2026 | Strategic Planning
By M. Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant Good friends of mine were the fourth and fifth generation of their family in a very successful business. I interviewed one of the fourth generation some years ago about how they went about doing succession planning for their...
by Robert Bradford | Jul 1, 2026 | Strategic Thinking
As you may know from Simplified Strategic Planning, strategy is the course or direction of an enterprise. In business, this revolves around three basic questions: What do we sell? To whom do we sell it? How do we beat – or better yet, avoid – competition? Strategic...
by Denise Harrison | Jul 1, 2026 | Strategic Planning
by Denise Harrison, Executive Vice President & COO Communicating strategy and gaining buy-in enables an organization to truly execute the strategic plan. As President of a financial services firm, I communicated regularly but was stymied by the lack of...
by Dana Baldwin | Jul 1, 2026 | Strategic Planning
by M. Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant Many companies have a stable, often diversified, list of B2B customers who repeatedly do business with them. Their strategies are focused on satisfying the needs and preferences of those core companies. They often take...
by Robert Bradford | Jul 1, 2026 | Strategic Planning
By Robert W. Bradford Estimates are, simply put, numerical assumptions. In strategic planning, we must deal with a variety of estimates. Some of these estimates are partially under our control (such as our sales number for the coming year) and some of them are...
by Dana Baldwin | Jul 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
By M. Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant As a C-level Executive, life in the office can be a lonely experience. Each executive has few peers, and each of their peers has different responsibilities, different skills, different work atmospheres and different...
