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Why Your Employees Aren't Committed to Your Company Strategy

Organizational Talent Consulting

To turn those dreams into workplace realities, leaders set strategies. Evidence suggests only 5% of employees understand their company's strategy. This is alarming, given evidence a direct positive correlation exists between employee commitment to strategy and employee involvement in strategy development. Development.

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Is the Stock Market in Big Trouble?

The Fearless Marketer

Do you remember the stock market crash of 2008? On Monday, September 29, 2008. Until 2018, it was the largest point drop in history. On Monday, September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy. Fast forward to 2018. in October for its biggest monthly drop since October 2008, while a 6.9%

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Cybersecurity 101: How to defend against cyber-attacks

Tom Spencer

Cybersecurity Ventures, a US research firm, predicts that cyber-attacks “will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, up from $3 trillion in 2015” ( PwC, 2018 ). If you are an IT company that creates software, hiring developers to check code can be a good defensive strategy. So, why is data on devices prone to attack? Trendall, S.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: IMF "Baseline Scenario.

MishTalk

The optimistic scenario assumes 2% growth, but that scenario does not start until 2018, and only if labor reforms in Spain and Europe take place. downturn that the IMF expects the country to suffer this year, the average growth for the Spanish economy between 2014 and 2018 will be 0.6%. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78).

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4 Steps to Improving Your Strategic Thinking Passion and Proficiency

Organizational Talent Consulting

Also, followers who are excluded from strategic planning lack buy-in to organizational strategies and quickly become confused about the company's direction and disengaged. Leveraging multiple perspectives enhances strategic thinking , creativity, engagement, and strategy quality. The office of strategy management. That's normal.

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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

Record number of small business sales in 2018! 70% of medium sized companies will change hands (2008). Between 35 & 45% of these owners are 65 or older (2018). Notice the same predictions from 2008-2015? This as per bizbuysell.com. Our first question is: what is “small?” Pretty small. And guess what?

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Lead to the future: leadership imperatives for success

Brimstone Consulting

When Andy Frawley took on the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors in July 2018, the company faced several challenges, including business inefficiencies stemming from a recent merger and inapt product and go-to-market strategies. When an organization is aligned, there is a shared vision.