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Perfect Harmony, Broken Infrastructure: The Illusion of Strategic Alignment
Today’s Strategic Alignment Journal post in two sentences: An organization can have a beautifully articulated strategic plan, with its vision, mission, values and priorities appearing perfectly aligned, while its structures, systems and everyday practices contradict what it intends to achieve. Meaningful strategic alignment requires more than agreement on direction; the organization’s operating infrastructure must support…
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What clarity looks like when it is converted into action over time.
Today’s Strategic Alignment Journal post in two sentences: Warren Buffett did not wait for succession to become urgent before deciding what Berkshire Hathaway would need without him. For decades, he turned clarity into action, using each decision to make the next one easier when the time came. When should a leader begin thinking about succession?…
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Have you Storm-Proofed your Business?
🌪️ A storm is coming. Are you ready? This isn’t a weather forecast—it’s a warning. If you haven’t faced a storm in business yet, trust me, it’s only a matter of time. The real question isn’t if one is coming, but how prepared you’ll be when it hits. We all experience storms of one kind…
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If you find yourself in a hole, STOP DIGGING!
What’s our natural tendency when things go wrong? What happens when someone says something we don’t like? What happens when we’re looking for something but can’t find it? We obsess over mistakes, seethe and complain to anyone who’s willing to listen to how hurt we are, or turn the place complete upside down because we…
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A Number you NEED to Know
How many people can make a major decision that will ruin your life? This was a question posed in an article by entrepreneur and bestselling author James Altucher. James explained further what he meant. I don’t like it when one person can make or break me. A boss. A publisher. A TV producer. A buyer…
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