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Creating Strategic Impact – 4 Critical Factors for Successful Executives

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The authors report four characteristics that set top CEOs apart, According to the article, “roughly half the strong candidates had distinguished themselves in more than one of the four essential behaviors, while only 5% of the weak candidates had.”. 4 Critical Factors for Successful Executives in Creating Strategic Impact.

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Change Management Strategy – 35 Articles for Your Change Agent Role

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We’ve written a tremendous amount about change and change management strategy since the Brainzooming blog’s inception. Just HOW MUCH have we written on change management strategy? Well, to identify the articles listed here, a search for “change” on the blog yielded eighty-six PAGES of articles. Don’t Overthink It?

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16 Creative Thinking Questions from the Most Innovative Companies

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In the spirit of the first Agility question below, rather than trying to imagine questions from across all the companies listed, we limited the focus to creative thinking questions inspired by the top ten most innovative companies’ innovation journeys and priorities. 16 Creative Thinking Questions from the Most Innovative Companies.

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Request for Proposal vs. Request for Presentation – Which RFP is better?

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He’s developing a short list of potential candidates for a new market research initiative at his company. It was clear that the organization’s team had already decided that a request for proposal was the best way to determine which outside vendor will be the best market research partner. Stimulate fresh thinking. Mike Brown.

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Creative Thinking Skills for Sales – A Workshop Approach

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We’re scheduled to have more than 120 of the client’s sales team members participate in an interactive, half-day Brainzooming workshop in the Chicago area. We developed this specific list of topics based on feedback from participants on a pre-workshop survey. Setting the Stage for Creative Thinking Skills for Sales.

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Fun Strategic Planning Exercises – 6 Last-Minute Ideas

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You probably can’t stop, research different strategic thinking exercises, and incorporate them into your strategy session. What can you do right away to turn deadly strategic thinking exercises into fun strategic planning exercises? Strategic Planning Exercises Can Be Fun. Change your meeting place.

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Strategic Conversations – 12 Things to Listen For

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Here’s an alternative approach we use all the time during strategic conversations: listen for specific types of comments and organize them as you go (or after the fact) into strategic deliverables. For example, before a strategic planning workshop started the other day, an internal client leader held court with the project team.