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Involve Your Employees in the Organization SWOT Analysis

SWOT Analysis

Improve the Results of the Process!

Too often SWOT (Strengths – Weaknesses – Opportunities – Threats) analyses are done by the top leadership only. Employees from throughout the organization are not involved in the process. But they should be! By involving employees in the SWOT analysis process, leadership can develop a better SWOT overall. Employees […]

Selling Your Strategic Plan to Your Employees

Strategic Plan

Simply having a strategic plan in place within the organization is not sufficient to getting it accomplished. Leadership must sell their strategic plan to the employees. Employees must buy-in to the strategic plan if they are going to support it and work toward accomplishing its objectives. Many leaders scoff at the thought of selling a […]

Keep Your Leadership Team Moving in the Same Direction

Visionary Leadership

In our last article we shared the value of regular planning sessions for executives. In this article, let’s look at a few ways to ensure that the leadership team, from executives down to first line management, are moving in the same direction and working toward the same goals for the organization.

Every CEO should be […]

Regular Planning Sessions: Key for any Executive Team

Planning Sessions

Holding regular planning sessions are essential for all executive teams – regardless of the size of the organization. Regular planning sessions enable for many benefits, including enabling:

Alignment behind the organizational strategy Sharing of information among the executive team Strong relationships among the executive team Discussions around the types of projects that should be completed […]

Dealing with the Frustrations of Managing Others: A Mini Case Study

A big frustration for many managers is dealing with those who report up to them. And the more people reporting up to a manager, the more frustrating it can be managing a variety of personalities and trying to provide direct reports the attention necessary to keep them engaged in the organization.

Stan’s Situation

Stan manages […]