In This Issue:
Strategy Lessons - This Time It's Personal!
Simplified Strategic Planning Seminars
Order Through Chaos
Alignment For Implementation
Strategic Planning Resources

August - Featured Article
Strategy Lessons - This Time It's Personal!
CSSP takes you on a strategy tour of several companies, that he personally uses, and reports on their current success and future potential.

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August - Seminars
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August - Guest Article
Order Through Chaos
Organizations need to constantly adapt to change. Leaders can plan for change and steer their companies toward greater efficiency. However, there are many unpredictable events that enter into the process along the way. Lawrence Wharton explains how to manage the seeming chaos that arises and lead effectively through it to the desired goal.

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August - Simplified Strategic Planning Book
Alignment For Implementation
Getting Your People to Make Your Strategies Work
By Robert W. Bradford (editor), with Thomas E. Ambler, M. Dana Baldwinand Denise A. Harrison.

You are a busy executive with a strong strategic vision for your business. You may already have a good strategic plan in place - but you have been frustrated with the execution of your strategic vision. While there may be many causes for this frustration, one of the most difficult to deal with is the alignent of the people in your organization with the direction inherent in your vision.

  
 
August - Strategic Planning Resources
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