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Productivity at Work: How to Lead Highly Productive Teams

Let's Grow Leaders

“My calendar is wall-to-wall meetings, often with two or three appointments competing for the same window of time. If you’re leading a team within an organization, your strategic M.I.T.s often come straight from the organization’s strategic plan. Strategic M.I.T.s We have MORE meetings, not less!”

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The Advisor’s Corner – ‘Strategic Action’ is better than just a Plan

Strategy Driven

Question : My boss wants a strategic plan next month. It’s a really short window and I don’t know where to start. Just saying the words, “We need a strategic plan,” often elicits a groan and eye rolls. This is the response because most strategic plans come to nothing or almost nothing.

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StrategyDriven Leadership Conversation Episode 5a – Relational.

Strategy Driven

Complimenting the StrategyDriven Management & Leadership articles, these conversations examine the real world challenges managers face every day that are not easily solved with a new or redesigned process and instead demand the application of soft leadership skills to achieve a positive outcome.

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StrategyDriven Leadership Conversation Episode 6 – Developing a.

Strategy Driven

Complimenting the StrategyDriven Management & Leadership articles, these conversations examine the real world challenges managers face every day that are not easily solved with a new or redesigned process and instead demand the application of soft leadership skills to achieve a positive outcome. Diane’s book, Win at Work! ,

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StrategyDriven Leadership Conversation Episode 5b – Relational.

Strategy Driven

Complimenting the StrategyDriven Management & Leadership articles, these conversations examine the real world challenges managers face every day that are not easily solved with a new or redesigned process and instead demand the application of soft leadership skills to achieve a positive outcome.

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The Big Picture of Business – Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success

Strategy Driven

I’m a big advocate of Strategic Planning and Visioning. I know from experience that planning while going through the ‘alligators’ is the most effective way to conduct the process. By seeing the daily changes resulting from the planning, companies are poised to rise above the current daily crises.

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Design Thinking: A Guide to Creative Problem Solving for Everyone

Strategy Driven

Strategic plan as jigsaw puzzle. Michael had been asked to develop a strategic technology plan to implement Building Information Modeling software in a construction company—complete with itemized tasks and schedule milestones—and then “drive” implementation of the plan. The process was messy and non-linear.