How can positive psychology improve your business strategy evaluation?
Monitor the quality of your thoughts and take action. Your competitors are as frightened as you are. And yet what sets some of them apart is their capacity for action. Action is movement and movement is progress.
Stand Out in Business Strategy Interviews
1. Introduce your self in less than 1 min and connect with your audience. 2. Be prepared to provide real examples-stories to demonstrate problem solving, communication, leadership, and teamwork skills.
How to connect the dots?
If your approach to a business problem is not yielding results it means that you are trying to address the situation from the same consciousness it initially created the problem. This won't work.
The top 3 things to consider when transitioning to a business strategy career
Develop a deep and practical understanding of the industry and the competitive environment. Understand how value may be created throughout the value chain and be in a position to identify cost and value drivers.
Time is your most precious resource as a leader
Practise the art of filtering the meaningful and value adding engagements from unproductive and tedious requests, calls and meetings using a mental sieve!
The role of a leader in creating a successful business strategy
A leader lights the torch in a path of uncertainty and turbulance. This relies on a leader's ability to demonstrate Intuition, Optimism, Resilience: 1. The successful business strategy is usually driven by the leader's Intuition which effectively means clear vision and
Things to consider first when developing a business strategy
When developing a strategy try and reflect on the following questions – 1. Suitability - does the strategy close the gap between where the organization stands and where the organization wants to go? Does it really meet the long term strategic
The most important budget considerations for managing project deadlines
What cannot be measured cannot be controlled! Invest in an effective information system that enables your team to track time and cost across project tasks. Regularly review the project status in order to identify inefficiencies, gaps in the delivery chain
Gemini 4R’s model as a strategy for driving transformational change in complex environments
A powerful tool to manage complex transformational change is to use the Gemini 4R's model: Reframe, Restructure, Revitalize, Renewal.
Establish trust quickly with your new strategic partner
A great tool to conceptualize and practically cultivate trust with a new partner is the Trust Equation. The trust equation has 3 numerators and 1 denominator: Trust = [ Credibility x Reliability x Intimacy ] / Self-Orientation