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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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[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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Key Elements of Successful Strategy Implementation and Execution

AchieveIt

Strategies can fail right at the start of implementation because stakeholders don’t get it, the market changes, or it’s just hard to turn big plans into everyday actions that the team can handle. Giving regular updates on strategic progress helps keep everyone accountable, celebrate successes, and learn from challenges.

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Comprehensive Career Path Guide for a Key Account Manager

DemandFarm

They must be able to communicate effectively with different stakeholders and adapt to the client’s changing needs and expectations. Their responsibilities include managing revenue and retention, analyzing spending habits, identifying growth opportunities, and building strong relationships with key stakeholders.

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Account Management Techniques: Strategies for Success

Arpedio

They facilitate deeper connections with clients, leading to increased loyalty, repeat business, and referrals. Here’s how: Feedback Loop Establish Channels: Create formal channels for collecting feedback from clients and internal stakeholders, such as surveys, feedback forms, or regular check-in meetings.

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Good experience design builds brand and retains customers

Yesler

Making product features, case studies, white papers, and demos easy to find and access facilitates your advocacy efforts. The more experience prospects have with your products and services the better able they are to share firsthand, accurate information with peers and stakeholders. Efficiency. We’d love to help. Get in touch.

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What is Enterprise Architecture?

Shapecast

There would be a supporting applications perspective, a data perspective and so on which different stakeholders and teams can use to understand what needs to be built overt time and why. Equally, for this to happen, architects must be able to exhibit gravitas, strategic thinking and strong business understanding.