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Research Reports to Aid You in Your Strategy Efforts (0)

April 14, 2012 • Business Strategy, Research, Strategy

2012 Social Media Guide from CMO.com Very useful chart for guiding social media marketing. 2012 Social Media Predictions Accelerate Your Social Maturity Forrester Report Accenture Report on A New Era of Marketing: Create Your Upturn Administration on Aging: A Profile of Older Americans 2011 Statistics on the Aging Population Aetna’s Transformation – Must Read Strategic moves they are making ...

Accountability»

Strategic Risks – Threats and Opportunities (0)

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Introduction My last post entitled: “A Prescription for Change” was about tackling change, one of the many strategic risks an organization faces. As every practitioner of strategy knows, strategic planning is a risky business so it is critical to address the other risks that can affect strategy and execution through a formal process that must ...

AIPAGIA»

Research, Tools and Favorite Videos on Major Trends (0)

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Welcome AIPAGIA Members! On March 17th 2012, I had the honor and privilege to present to a very special industry group, AIPAGIA.  While my attendance was brief, the time I spent with the members of this industry group was incredible. It was very reminiscent of my past participation at similar conferences when I was a ...

Best Practices»

Building Robust Distribution to Support Strategy (0)

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Introduction During the past year I have been working with a variety of different client companies to develop and improve their distribution networks. Distribution really matters when you consider that, on average, half of the price of the product is absorbed by activities related to getting that product from producer to the purchaser. [1] As a ...

Business Strategy»

Research Reports to Aid You in Your Strategy Efforts (0)

A sweet place to catch trout. rest and relax.

2012 Social Media Guide from CMO.com Very useful chart for guiding social media marketing. 2012 Social Media Predictions Accelerate Your Social Maturity Forrester Report Accenture Report on A New Era of Marketing: Create Your Upturn Administration on Aging: A Profile of Older Americans 2011 Statistics on the Aging Population Aetna’s Transformation – Must Read Strategic moves they are making ...

Change leadership»

Need an Execution–based Culture? Start By Improving Your Organizational Effectiveness (4)

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Conducting a thorough look inward at your company’s organizational effectiveness is a necessary step before you begin a full blown strategic development effort.

RAPID Decision Making»

Making Critical Decisions the R.A.P.I.D. Way (7)

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I believe it is increasingly important, no matter what the size and complexity of your organization is, to have a defined decision-making process.  Having been a leader of extensive global and regional underwriting and marketing business units that require many fast and accurate decisions, my teams had no choice but to establish formal decision-making roles and responsibilities.  In retrospect, ...

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