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Strategy Matters: October 2014
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A discussion of strategic management issues relating to owner-managed, family-owned, and non-profit organizations: Balancing Organizational Discipline with Personal Involvement. Wednesday, October 22, 2014. At one point in my life, I was had dinner often with a colleague whose favorite restaurant game was what what-are-they-talking-about-at-the-next-table? His contention was that, if we played the game well, we could enjoy their conversation much more than they were. What do I mean? In my experience, mos...
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Strategy Matters: Now, maybe more than ever
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A discussion of strategic management issues relating to owner-managed, family-owned, and non-profit organizations: Balancing Organizational Discipline with Personal Involvement. Saturday, November 01, 2008. Now, maybe more than ever. Most people think about strategic planning as a way to plot growth. It certainly can be that: When you know your business well, your market, and your competitors, you are in a good position to make the growth choices that move you most effectively toward your aspirations.
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Strategy Matters: Catching Up
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A discussion of strategic management issues relating to owner-managed, family-owned, and non-profit organizations: Balancing Organizational Discipline with Personal Involvement. Wednesday, October 01, 2014. We will be re-starting active blogging shortly. In the meantime, view our latest piece in the. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Strategy Matters: August 2006
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A discussion of strategic management issues relating to owner-managed, family-owned, and non-profit organizations: Balancing Organizational Discipline with Personal Involvement. Tuesday, August 08, 2006. Is Profit the only measure that matters? If you are thinking about Strategy in the context of a nonprofit organization, you are perhaps recoiling at this idea and ready to shout, “NO, that’s not why we exist! 8221; To be sure, the issue of Profit is made more complex for organizations that are not driven...
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Strategy Matters: Is Profit the only measure that matters?
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A discussion of strategic management issues relating to owner-managed, family-owned, and non-profit organizations: Balancing Organizational Discipline with Personal Involvement. Tuesday, August 08, 2006. Is Profit the only measure that matters? If you are thinking about Strategy in the context of a nonprofit organization, you are perhaps recoiling at this idea and ready to shout, “NO, that’s not why we exist! 8221; To be sure, the issue of Profit is made more complex for organizations that are not driven...
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Strategy Matters: November 2008
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A discussion of strategic management issues relating to owner-managed, family-owned, and non-profit organizations: Balancing Organizational Discipline with Personal Involvement. Saturday, November 01, 2008. Now, maybe more than ever. Most people think about strategic planning as a way to plot growth. It certainly can be that: When you know your business well, your market, and your competitors, you are in a good position to make the growth choices that move you most effectively toward your aspirations.
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Strategy Matters: October 2007
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A discussion of strategic management issues relating to owner-managed, family-owned, and non-profit organizations: Balancing Organizational Discipline with Personal Involvement. Saturday, October 20, 2007. The art and science of business decision making. As we have mentioned before, one of the best things a successful family business can do to support its future is to insist that the children who want to be involved in the business get outside training and experience. Not only does this approach enco...
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Strategy Matters: July 2006
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A discussion of strategic management issues relating to owner-managed, family-owned, and non-profit organizations: Balancing Organizational Discipline with Personal Involvement. Thursday, July 27, 2006. What is Strategy and why does it matter? How does the company decide what to do? Deep in our hearts, almost every one of us who survived ninth grade algebra believes there is some mathematical formula that should answer this question, if only we could figure what that formula is. Strategy is not a fixed s...
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Strategy Matters: March 2007
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A discussion of strategic management issues relating to owner-managed, family-owned, and non-profit organizations: Balancing Organizational Discipline with Personal Involvement. Friday, March 16, 2007. If you mean it, write it down - carefully. If there is something you want to do or have done after you die – or if there is someone specific you want to make those decisions on your behalf – record it now, in a legally binding document. Where have you written who is to be in charge if you can’t be? The bad...
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Strategy Matters: The Story Matters
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A discussion of strategic management issues relating to owner-managed, family-owned, and non-profit organizations: Balancing Organizational Discipline with Personal Involvement. Wednesday, October 22, 2014. At one point in my life, I was had dinner often with a colleague whose favorite restaurant game was what what-are-they-talking-about-at-the-next-table? His contention was that, if we played the game well, we could enjoy their conversation much more than they were. What do I mean? In my experience, mos...
