Leadership Inspirations – Success and Accountability

“To succeed as a team is to hold all of the members accountable for their expertise.” Mitchell Caplan Chief Executive Officer, E*Trade

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StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 17 – The Use of Models

StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 17 elaborates on why models should be used during a strategic analysis, identifies the specific benefits and risks of using models, and describes what to do if a situation arises where an appropriate model is not available to support an evaluation.

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StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 16 – Strategic Analysis Multidiscipline Teams

StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 16 defines what a multidiscipline team is, identifies why multidiscipline teams are needed to support strategic analysis, and lists the steps needed to form a multidiscipline team that collectively possesses the knowledge and skills to effectively perform a strategic analysis.

Leadership Inspirations – The Permanence of Success and Failure

“Success is never permanent, and failure is never final.” Mike Ditka NFL Player and Head Coach and one of only two men to have won the Super Bowl as both a player and a head coach

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StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 15 – Independent Assessors

StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 15 examines the benefits of using independent assessors, identifies sources of impartial evaluators, and describes the critical characteristics independent assessors should possess to maximize their effectiveness.

Leadership Inspirations – Success, Work, and a Dictionary

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” Donald Kendall co-Founder and former Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo

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StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 14 – The Devil’s Advocate

StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 14 defines what a Devil’s Advocate is, explains how the contrarian helps prevent group think, and describes the critical qualities, responsibilities, and actions of the Devil’s Advocate.

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Leadership Inspirations – Step Out of Your Box

“If you don’t step out of your box; if you don’t come out of your comfort zone where you look good, feel good, or where you’re liked and admired you won’t progress to live beyond your present potential. Instead, you’ll regress and remain in the reality of your own limitation.” Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 13 – Introduction to Strategic Analysis

StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 13 defines what a strategic analysis is, describes the components of this in-depth examination of the organization and its business environment, and identifies how strategic analysis helps an organization become more strategy driven.

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StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 12 – One Source of the Truth

StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 12, One Source of the Truth, defines what one source of the truth is, identifies the benefits of applying the one source of the truth principle, and describes the guiding principles to put one source of the truth into practice.