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Could your S.M.A.R.T. Goals be D.U.M.B.?

I regularly hear clients and colleagues talk about the “best practice” of making your strategic goals S.M.A.R.T., meaning specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound. S.M.A.R.T. is a good framework to …

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7 Comebacks to “You can’t measure that!”

Admit it – you’ve been there, taking part in a planning conversation about something that really matters, perhaps a goal people think is important, and someone says the infamous phrase …

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Tips to be More Courageous in your Strategic Execution

Let’s face it: the future is uncontrollable. But what if you knew that experts are about as successful at predicting the future as dart-throwing chimpanzees*, would you think differently about …

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When Planning meets PuMP®: 4 tips to elevate your strategic planning

Challenge: you feel your last approach to strategic planning accomplished some shorter-term goals, but the organization struggled to keep the plan alive. You want to do something differently this time round, but you are not sure what.

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My hour with Terry McBride: Simple

What would you ask Vancouver’s music, yoga and business guru if you had one hour?
I was lucky enough to have this quandary thanks to a recent fundraiser I attended and a silent auction I won. I parted with a bit of cash for a good cause and received my own coffee meeting with Terry at his favourite coffee shop.

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Using 4 ‘D’ Words to Make Time to Measure What Matters

I have been coaching four measures team recently as they practice putting their own strategy through Stacey Barr’s PuMP® Performance Measurement 8-step process. A common struggle for employees is finding …

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Why CEO’s Fail: my recount of meeting Mark King, Adidas North Amercia

This January, I had the opportunity to facilitate at the PMA’s Leadership Symposium where I worked alongside leader extraordinaire Mark King, President of adidas North America as he delivered a …

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Worried you are not using your strategy enough? 4 steps to jump start it!

When was the last time you worked with your strategic plan? If it is 6 months or more you should be concerned and it is time to get curious as to why.

Your team invested time, money and energy into the plan’s development and these are not things you intended to squander I’m sure. So what part of the process has caused the plan to start to collect dust on your boardroom shelf?

Jump start it! With these simple steps revive your strategy, recover some of the energy and drive better results?

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What is strategy mapping? And how is it different from results mapping?

As we get closer to the end of the year and contemplate 2015, you and your organization’s leaders may have sat down to do your strategic planning. You have likely …

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The Single Best Thing You Can Do To Improve Your Strategic Planning.

Stop writing your strategy in vague, ambiguous, weasely language! For some reason using corporate-speak (also known as weasel words) to communicate strategy has become common practice. So why do people who develop strategy think they need to use weasel words? In my experience, it is usually one or all of the following four reasons…

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Get uncomfortable! 4 reasons why it’s important for your strategy’s success

Most humans don’t enjoy being uncomfortable and that is why the armchair is one of the best-selling pieces of furniture. Ahh, you can feel the comfort setting in. But leaders who want to be great strategists must resist the desire to be armchair planners. Here’s a few reasons why you may want to push yourself beyond your comfort zone more often

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Is Strategic Planning Failing?

With so much effort being put into strategic planning why do so many end up dusty on a shelf? Here are 10 common planning habits that can lead your strategic plan to fail.

Tips to help you develop and achieve your strategy

Questions for Louise?