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Improve Morale — Increase Motivation! Part Two
By M. Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant, CSSP, Inc. Note: This article is part of a series taken from Dana Baldwin’s article Improve Morale-Increase Motivation originally published in Compass Points in January 2003. Although this article was written in 2003, these tips are timeless. In Part One, we defined morale and motivation and said that one way […]
Continue readingImprove Morale — Increase Motivation! Part One
By Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant, CSSP, Inc. Note: This article is part of a series taken from Dana Baldwin’s article Improve Morale-Increase Motivation originally published in Compass Points in January 2003. Although this article was written in 2003, these tips are timeless. During these tough economic times, with all the bad news hitting the headlines, […]
Continue readingReflect on Success and Failure for Better Strategic Planning
All organizations that are successful over long periods of time are learning organizations. This requires that the management team learns from its experience. It’s worthwhile, periodically, to take some time to reflect on both your successes and your failures, because each has something to teach you about what works and what doesn’t work. The most […]
Continue readingWhat Level is your Strategic Thinking?
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about strategic thinking this month. One of the things that vex me is when people overuse the term “strategic”, as if it is a magic wand that will make something – such as social media marketing – more valuable. While there IS such a thing as “strategic social […]
Continue readingStrategic Thinking – Understanding Limits – Are You Limiting your Company or are They really Constraints?
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 passed. When you think of the limits your […]
Continue readingSystems Thinking in Strategic Planning
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 it both operates and competes in the marketplace. […]
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