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Small business tips for managing projects with a lean team

Liquid Planner Leadership

Most often, something tied to our longer-term strategic business plan will have to be sacrificed to make room for the new work. Should a clear-headed and sufficiently robust analysis justify a shift in your strategic plan, take the time to carefully convey what and why to the people who make up your team.

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How to Make Agile Work for the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

The traditional annual strategic planning cycle must be supplemented with real-time, issue-based planning so resources can be allocated more dynamically. Amazon makes extensive use of well-researched white papers to help focus the management team on critical decisions. Not all decisions are treated equally.

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Future-Proof Your Strategy: Capabilities Analysis

UVA Darden

Robust strategic analysis is just the first step toward executing an effective and sustainable business strategy. Successful leaders and organizations are those who know how to formulate and then implement a strategic plan to full effect. Strategic management is a dynamic that integrates content and process, planning and action.