In This Issue:
Innovation and Execution -- A Critical Strategic Balance
Unbeatable Value Strategy
Questions & Answers
Strategy Tune-Up Workshop
Strategic Planning Resources


January - Featured Article
Innovation and Execution -- A Critical Strategic Balance
Tom Ambler
By Thomas E. Ambler

Dynamically balancing the tension between Execution and Innovation through wise creation and management of goals, personal status, power structure and handling of failure lead to successful strategy.

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January - Simplified Strategic Planning Book
Unbeatable Value Strategy

By Robert W. Bradford (editor), with Thomas E. Ambler, M. Dana Baldwin and Denise A. Harrison

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In much of today's writing about business, we see examples of success through cheapness. However, cheapness is neither the only nor always the best path to success. In fact, for many companies, getting on the cheap bandwagon - often disguised as "competitiveness" - can lead to disaster.

Unbeatable Value Strategy offers a roadmap to success in a world dominated by commodity pricing. For many companies operating in today's world of global competition, this simplified walk through the concepts of competitive specialty strategy is critical. Practical concepts to improve competitive position.

 
January - Questions & Answers
Questions & Answers

Q&AThis column is intended to answer common questions related to strategic planning and strategy in general. In each issue we will answer questions posed by seminar attendees, our clients and our readers. Please send your questions to Elizabeth Tidd, E-mail: simplifiedstrategicplanning@cssp.com ~ Mail: CSSP, Inc. P.O. Box 851 Ann Arbor, Michigan 06890-0851 ~ Fax: 203-255-9191.

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Strategy Tune-Up Workshop
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January - Strategic Planning Resources
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