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Focus on Key Strategies
Focus on the few: The power of prioritizing key strategies.
Strategic planning should focus on 2-4 key strategies, rather than trying to address too many at once.
These key strategies should help drive the company...
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Strategic Planning with Scenarios
Forward thinking: How scenario planning can help your organisation plan for the future.
Scenario planning should be a key part of good strategic planning as it helps organisations to focus on their vision and consider...
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Vision Statement: Driving Force
The power of purpose: Your Vision Statement as a guide.
A vision statement helps to guide future planning by considering what the desired future outcome is and what needs to be done to achieve it.
Scenario planning...
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Strategy Creates Future
Making a difference: The purpose of strategy.
Strategy is about creating the future and making a difference, not just an exercise.
It involves considering possible futures and continually working towards them with...
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Strategy Dictates Budget
Budget should follow strategy, not the other way around.
Strategy should not be limited by budget, but rather the budget should be set based on the chosen strategy.
It is important to consider alternative ways of...
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Anticipating Change and Adapting
What's on the horizon?
Forecasting the strategic issues that will impact your organisation.
Envisioning the future: Key insights from senior executives and stakeholders.
Every few months, bring in executives or...
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Remind Directors of Purpose
Mission moments: Showcasing the difference your organisation makes.
Rabbit holes and murky conversations: Using your Vision to guide behavior.
Having a clear Vision Statement and a mission moment at the top of the...
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Time-Saving Tool: Consent Agenda
Maximize meeting productivity and streamline decision making with a Consent Agenda.
The Consent Agenda is a technique that separates papers for decision making, discussion, and information only.
Items worthy of...
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Who Owns the Agenda?
Avoiding Micromanagement and Rabbit Holes: The Role of Board Agendas.
The chair of the board owns the agenda and controls the conversation at meetings, but should involve directors in determining what should be...
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Tips for your Strategy review
Get the most out of your Strategy review with these tips.
A planning day or review of a strategic plan can be helpful for a board to have a more strategic board meeting.
It can also be a good opportunity to have...
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Clarify Agenda Items Ahead
Get Clarification Before the Meeting
A Smart Strategy for Directors.
Petitioning the Chair: A Way for Directors to Influence the Agenda
The Chair and CEO can hold pre-board meetings with directors to clarify agenda...
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Why Every Board Needs a Workplan
Effective Governance: The Key Role of a Board Workplan
Having a board work plan or calendar allows directors to better prepare for meetings and helps ensure that the board is constantly discussing important...
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