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Book review: The Strategy Book by Max McKeown

Red Star Kim

I deliver and facilitate strategy workshops and it’s always good to be able to recommend strategy books to delegates. This one is equally helpful for experienced leaders and students first grasping the principles of strategic thinking. Successful organisations try to have a healthy balance between thinking, planning and doing”.

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Book review: Neuroscience for learning and development by Stella Collins

Red Star Kim

Neuroplasticity There’s a detailed section on brain basics (including explanations on neurons, neurotransmitters and brainwaves) for those who are unfamiliar with neuroscience which you’ll need to make sense of the later content of the book. And guidance on making best use of digital training technologies. Stories aid stickiness.

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Using Multi-Factor Analysis to Maximize Sales Performance Improvement

Mike Kunkle

This shift from account management to proactive hunting for new business requires a fundamentally different skill set (and possibly a different make-up or Sales DNA). There are more decision makers in the committee, and they are seeking detailed information, case studies, ROI analyses, and robust decision support.

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[Q&A] How do you evaluate your team’s thinking prior to planning sessions?

OnStrategyHQ

A: To evaluate your team’s thinking [and help them think strategically], we recommend gaining insights from your team before sessions with good thoughtful questions, considering their answers, and creating an environment conducive to strategic thinking. Additional Resources to Consider Is it Strategic?

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Context and curiosity drive commerciality and pricing

Red Star Kim

This supports career development by broadening knowledge, facilitating collaboration and becoming T-shaped. And the strategic need to align marketing objectives to a firm’s strategic intent. Supply and demand underpins pricing decisions for markets and clients.

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Key Elements of Successful Strategy Implementation and Execution

AchieveIt

What’s often overlooked, however, is the fact that an organization’s success rests heavily on its ability to implement decisions and execute processes efficiently, effectively, and consistently. Stuck in the Strategy Silo: The Problem: The strategic plan exists in isolation, disconnected from the regular management process.

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Exploring the Influence of AI on Leadership Roles – an experiment by a CEO

MDI Training

Develop visions: AI can calculate the probability of achieving a vision and create proposals for the Strategic Roadmap 3. Here is an assessment of how each of these roles could benefit from AI: Creating trust AI can help bring transparency and objectivity to decision-making processes. “What can humans do better?”