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Advanced Tips on how to Leverage SWOT for a Growth Strategy

SWOT analysis is a well known strategy tool – probably the first strategy tool most people come into contact with without realizing its to do with strategic analysis.

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How to Build a Business Growth Strategy

To tackle the challenges that come with building a successful strategy for organizational growth, it’s essential to start by knowing how to build a business growth strategy effectively.

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12 Steps to Effectively Communicate Your Strategy

How to kick-start your strategy execution by communicating the plan to your people so that everyone gets on board 🚀

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OKR Meaning: What Are ‘Objectives and Key Results?’

This ultimate guide will help you understand everything you need to know about OKR – meaning, benefits, and several examples. 📈

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Leadership Alignment: How to Get Your Top Team Aligned Around the Strategy

Practical ways to ensure your leadership team are firmly on the same page and fully aligned around your strategic plan, to drive execution and ensure results 👯‍♀️

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What a Chief Strategy Officer Is and Why You Need One

We look at the rise of the CSO, the key responsibilities of the role and why it can be such a pivotal position to drive business success 🦸‍♀️

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6 Problems That Stop Team Alignment and How to Fix Them

Learn the common barriers to effective team alignment, so you know what needs to change to get everyone working together and driving the business forward 👯‍♂️

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Foundations of Strategy: A Summary

We look at the key lessons to be learnt from one of the best business school textbooks on strategy and strategic management 🤓

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What Is Strategy? Your Ultimate Guide to Building a Winning Plan

Strategy tends to mean different things to different people. It’s quite nebulous – ask 10 people, get 10 answers. Yet, all successful businesses have a strategy, and every organization needs one. In this blog post, we’re going to answer the question “what is strategy?” and then we’ll explore its elements, characteristics of good and bad strategy, and how to develop a winning strategic plan.

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Strategy Suggestions – How to Prioritise Strategy Across the Organisation

Getting teams to prioritise the strategically important over business as usual noise is…

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Strategic Management in the Voluntary Sector

Read the findings of our exclusive research into strategic management in the voluntary…

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Becoming a Leader: The Complete List of Leadership Skills

A leadership masterclass from an expert leader. Understand the core skills and attributes to develop to be the best leader you can be 💪

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Strategy That Works: A Summary

We outline the key lessons to be learned about closing the execution gap, from one of the best-selling books on strategy 📚

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Leading Change: A Summary

A breakdown of the key lessons from one of the best-selling books on how to successfully implement strategic change 🧭

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Strategy Off-sites Should Become Strategy On-sites

With the tentative return to face to face activity, and an increased need for planning, here are some prior considerations to get the most out of strategy workshops 💻

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Celebrating The 2×2 Matrix

We take a look at the most popular and well known tool… ❤️

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Survey Results: International Expansion

We research how single-country companies feel about international expansion… 🗺️

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Reverse Innovation: A Growth Strategy from the Developing World

A look at how businesses have driven growth by creating innovative solutions in developing markets, then bringing them back to the western world ↩️

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Corporate Strategy VS Business Strategy: What’s the Difference?

Learn the difference between corporate and business strategy, and how they work together to help you reach your goals. 💼

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Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick: A Summary

We explore the key lessons to be learnt from one of our favourite and best-selling books on strategy 📚

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3 Common Reasons Businesses Get Distressed

What causes businesses to get into trouble and fail? Understand the signs and know what to look out for to avoid the same fate… 📉

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200+ Examples of Company Values

We take a look at some examples of different company values…❤️

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