Developing your Mission Statement

mission

Core Business Documents There are three core documents that drive business strategy: Your Core Values Your Mission Statement Your Vision Statement Each document informs the one that follows with the Vision Statement specifically driving your strategy. What is a Mission Statement? Your mission statement describes the core benefit that your business provides. It may inform …

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5 Steps to Helping Your Employees Rediscover Their Passion

Passion

How it begins… Many years ago, working at a Medical Supply Company, I hired on a new employee named Ella. Ella was young, ambitious; full of life, energy, and passion, and excited about the difference that she could make in the lives of our customers. She started out strong. She was empathetic to the customers’ …

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Long Form: Managing IT Strategy in a Non-Technical Organization, Part 3

Part 3: Finalizing Your IT Strategy Managing IT Strategy in Non-Technical Organizations Part 1: Analyzing your IT Environment Part 2: Communicating and Coordinating with Stakeholders Part 3: Finalizing your IT Strategy (This page) Managing IT Strategy in Non-Technical Organizations, Part 2: Introduction Identifying Essential IT Components Perform a Gap Analysis Compose the IT Strategy Proposal …

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Long Form: Managing IT Strategy in a Non-Technical Organization, Part 2

Part 2: Communicating and Coordinating with Stakeholders Managing IT Strategy in Non-Technical Organizations Part 1: Analyzing your IT Environment Part 2: Communicating and Coordinating with Stakeholders (This page) Part 3: Finalizing your IT Strategy Managing IT Strategy in Non-Technical Organizations, Part 2: Introduction Determining Stakeholders Determining Stakeholder Communication Needs Creating the Stakeholder Communication Matrix Introduction …

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Long Form: Managing IT Strategy in a Non-Technical Organization, Part 1

Part 1: Analyzing your IT Environment Managing IT Strategy in Non-Technical Organizations Part 1: Analyzing your IT Environment (This page) Part 2: Communicating and Coordinating with Stakeholders Part 3: Finalizing your IT Strategy Managing IT Strategy in Non-Technical Organizations, Part 1: Introduction Defining IT Strategy Defining the Non-Technical Organization and the Intended Audience The Problem …

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Sun Tzu and Competitive Advantage

The Five Constant Factors Sun Tzu’s “Five Constant Factors” lends itself to an application in modern business competition. Understanding and leveraging these factors can help firms maintain their existing competitive advantages as well as grow those advantages as they expand into new markets. In the opening passages of Sun Tzu’s classic The Art of War, …

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WGU Studying Advice

I recently had a fellow student reach out to me for some studying advice for a class that was proving particularly challenging. Not to toot my own horn, but after writing my response, I realized that it seemed like solid advice in general, and so I present it here. Reach out to the course mentors …

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The Basics of SWOT Analysis

I’ve had the opportunity to do some thinking about SWOT analyses lately. When I was working through my undergraduate program (and even now in my MBA program) SWOT analyses are often necessary for completing a project. With that in mind, I decided to write up a brief explanation of what a SWOT analysis is, what …

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Planning and Scheduling

Now that I’ve had a little time to recuperate from the BS blitz, I’ve decided to share some additional details of my planning and studying methods. This is stuff that I find interesting, and I hope it’s helpful for other people as well. The “Schedule” Spreadsheet In Google Drive – where I keep all of …

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