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How to Make Strategic Planning Smart and Simple

We hear a lot about strategic planning these days….but does it work? Often we hear; my business is doing fine…I got here without a strategic plan…why bother? The answer; because your competitors are…and they are looking for ways to grow their business…which means taking business away from yours. Strategic planning

Forging Ahead to Fall

by Norman Lanier, Ph.D, Corporate Psychologist & Executive Coach Autumn, or Fall, is the third of the four seasons in those areas that have four seasons, and is a transitional time (September 24-December 22) from the sunshine, heat and glory of summer to the darkness, cold and bleakness of winter. Those of

That One Thing (TOT) Part 2

That One Thing (TOT) Part 2 What Holds You Back? by Michele Parrish During my career as an operations leader in the high tech industry, I experienced the tremendous value of applying Theory of Constraints to optimize manufacturing operations. Eli Goldratt was actually a physicist who developed the theory and