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6 Elements of strategic planning for business

MindManager

Developing effective strategic plans is what helps companies thrive in today’s competitive business environment. However, despite the time spent brainstorming, discussing, and planning strategically, around two-thirds of business executives feel that their planning processes did not yield effective strategies.

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Bias busters: A better way to brainstorm

McKinsey

Structured conversation during brainstorming sessions removes some of the risks that can thwart honest discussion.

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Strategic Leadership: Post-Pandemic and Beyond

CMOE

When crises arise, strategic plans are often affected dramatically. Meet frequently with other leaders across the organization to share successes and challenges and brainstorm solutions. You might ask, “How can leaders strategically move beyond a crisis or challenge and prepare for future uncertainty or change?”

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Entrepreneurs: Unlock competitive advantage with an ERRC grid mind map

Mind Mapping Software

It challenges organizations to brainstorm ways to simultaneously improve along four dimensions: Eliminate: Which factors that your industry has long competed on (and therefore takes for granted) should be eliminated? One way to do that is to challenge our existing assumptions about value creation, using a simple tool like the ERRC grid.

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13 Company Retreat Ideas to Re-energize Your Employees

Vantage Circle

Escape Rooms It is the ultimate team bonding experience where teams brainstorm to solve puzzles and challenges. Is it for strategic planning, team building, professional development, or a combination of all? Understanding the purpose will help you shape the planning process. Let us delve deeper into it.

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Program manager gains a new toolkit for her team and new confidence in herself

Harvard Professional Development

Program: Business Strategy: Evaluating and Executing the Strategic Plan (online). As a group, we brainstormed and collaborated on developing a strategy that might help him in this very real situation. Julie Rhoades. Program Manager for LatinX Program Strategy, Blue Shield of California (BSC). Los Angeles, California.

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Product manager vs. project manager: What are the key differences?

MindManager

Strategy and brainstorming tools. Whether creating a new product or enhancing an existing one, the first step in project management focuses on strategic planning and brainstorming. A concept map is an easy way to visualize the brainstorming process.