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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Strategic Management in the Voluntary Sector

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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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The State of Strategy Leadership

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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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Blue Ocean Strategy: A Summary

We look at the lessons to be learnt from one of the best-selling books on strategy 📖

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125+ Example Company Vision Statements to Blow Your Mind

A huge collection of Company Vision statements for ideas and inspiration… 👀

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The Best Books on Innovation Strategy

Our top 8 books on how to approach Innovation and drive growth 📚

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