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How to turn a budget cut into a strategic thinking opportunity.

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But do budget constraints mean a team’s plan doomed, or do they need to sharpen your strategic thinking? Disappointment because rarely do teams get all of the resources they requested, and reviewing the new budget dampens the excited to launch into a new year. Sometimes, when one door closes, …you can open another door.

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3 ways to put your mission statement to work

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A mission statement can inspire and fulfill a unique role in your strategic management toolkit , but they often play a boring role in the organizations that have them. It is because when given the chance, groups tend to want to spend our precious strategic thinking time wordsmithing.

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Three Steps to Discover Emerging Strategic Issues

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In the last two posts, I discussed the need for renewing strategic thinking months before budgeting as another discipline of strategic management.

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Three Steps to Evaluate Emerging Strategic Issues (without disrupting your plan)

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Managers consistently struggle with how to encourage innovation. In the last two posts, I discussed renewing strategic thinking months before budgeting as another discipline of strategic management. I like rabbits and I love ideas, but too many of either and you have a problem.

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7 Ways a Strategic Plan Becomes Disconnected from the Business

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If you are concerned about your organization’s strategy being disconnected from important aspects of your organization, contact us , and let’s talk about how to make strategic planning productive and integral to running your company in the year’s ahead. Strategic Planning – How many strategic plans do we need?

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Branding Strategy – 14 Articles on Engaging an Internal Brand Team

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Strategic Thinking Questions to Identify What Matters for a Brand. Strategic Thinking Exercises – 5 Questions to Test Vision Statement Impact. Strategic Thinking Exercises – Group Collaboration the Right Way. Strategic Thinking Exercises – Group Collaboration the Right Way. Mike Brown.

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7 Collaborative Strategic Planning Process Impacts (Even if the Plan Sits on the Shelf)

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More effectively creates alignment in strategic thinking. Educates the organization on how to imagine and implement strategically. Helps make yes and no decisions about what initiatives to pursue easier. Broadens the understanding of what’s important to the organization.