Strategy & Change

Radical Business Changes for 2011, Part 3: Radical Leadership

Posted on05. Jan, 2011 by Shawn Murphy.

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This is the final post in this short series on radical business changes. The two previous posts focused on strategic actions. The actions were radical. To achieve greater results with such acts requires radical acts of leadership. By radical I don’t mean extremist leadership acts. I am referring to leadership acts that others are wary [...]

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Radical Business Changes for 2011 – Part 2

Posted on04. Jan, 2011 by Shawn Murphy.

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Yesterday’s post kicked off a three part series on making radical changes in your business to create greater value. And in the post I advocated the need to reengineer how you connect with customers. Today’s I maintain the focus on creating greater value, but by means of a different lever – creative destruction. I’ll spare [...]

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Radical Business Changes for 2011 – Part 1

Posted on03. Jan, 2011 by Shawn Murphy.

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The start of a new year is an accepted event when we’re all given a clean slate to explore what’s possible. The annual ritual can be a source of optimism or a source of anxiety and a reminder of what we’re not doing. The latter is really a defeatist approach to growth or dare I [...]

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When the Right Decision is to Let Go & 3 Steps How To

Posted on27. Dec, 2010 by Cecilia Lynch.

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Cecilia is a dear friend. She has helped many major companies through their strategic planning process and successfully . She is going through major transformation in her business. I asked her to share with us this very personal part of her journey. I believe we all can learn something from Cecilia. Cecilia Lynch is the [...]

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Who Does Your Strategy Serve?

Posted on14. Dec, 2010 by William Powell.

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We continue our Thrive and Revive in 2011 guest blogger series. Today is William Powell. William is The Leadership Advisor. He is a leadership/culture development expert who works internationally with for profit and non-profit organizations to increase employee engagement and empower leaders to run their organizations successfully through effective self-leadership and authenticity. His brilliant blend [...]

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Revive and Thrive in 2011

Posted on28. Nov, 2010 by Shawn Murphy.

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What a year! From small businesses to large organizations, none escaped the far-reaching impact of the global economic breakdown. I’m no economist, but I don’t believe we’ve seen the end to changes the economy will put into play for all types of businesses. And how businesses respond will continue to separate the successful from the [...]