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Strategic Thinking: Replicating Pockets of Excellence
This is the second article in a series I am writing on strategic thinking. For previous articles, go to http://leadershipsolutions.co.za/articles/. The working definition that I am using to explain strategic thinking is the following: Strategic thinking is the discipline of noticing and …
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Strategic Thinking – What is it?
Much of my work with my clients is with their strategic thinking, and the work always starts with “What is strategic thinking is your organisation?” Very often, there is a remarkable lack of clarity about what strategic thinking actually is: Is it the ability to envision a future different …
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Presenteeism: Requiring people to be in the office when it may do more harm than good
Isn’t this a lovely word? I first saw it in a Harvard Business Review article in 2004, where it was described as “the problem of workers being on the job but… not fully functioning”. In this particular instance, it refers to employees coming to work when they are not well, and being really …
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Selling When You’re Not a Salesperson
Isn’t it funny how life works? These patterns emerge that we can’t ignore. The same is true in my life. For some reason, I find myself having to market my offerings more diligently while, at the same time, working with clients who need to do the same. So how is it that I and several …
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Making Work Meaningful
“As a senior executive, you may think you know what Job Number 1 is: developing a killer strategy. In fact, this is only Job 1a. You have a second, equally important task. Call it Job 1b: enabling the ongoing engagement and everyday progress of the people in the trenches of your organization who …
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Article 8: WIGs, Scoreboards and Tracking Progress
Article 8: Creating Good Strategy WIGs, Scoreboards and Tracking Progress Now that you are clear on your proximate objective and your guiding policies, you will be in a position to define the wildly important goals (WIGs from Covey et al’s “Four Disciplines of Execution”) that must be …
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All About Us
Our mission is: to make a valued difference to everyone we meet and work with. We do this by respecting them, challenging and raising the quality of their thinking, broadening their alternatives, helping them to unlock their potential, and supporting them in their efforts to become all that they can become.
Our vision is: to work with a select …
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