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Before you worry about doing things better, faster, cheaper, you should worry about whether you are even doing the right things. After all, who cares about doing things right, if you aren’t even doing the right things. Once you are doing the right things, then you can worry about doing things right. In A Simple …
“A man with money is no match against a man on a mission.” — Doyle Brunson A mission is an organization’s core reason for existing. The mission is a declaration of the core purpose and focus. Some think of a mission as a calling. In A Simple Statement: A Guide to Nonprofit Arts Management and …
“A culture is made — or destroyed — by its articulate voices.” — Ayn Rand Culture is not what you say, it’s what you do. A corporate culture is the values the organization lives by. It’s not what you say you value. It’s what you actually show you value, through your actions. It’s what people …
“Profitability. Growth. Quality. Exceeding customer expectations. These are not examples of values. These are examples of corporate strategies being sold to you as values.” — Stan Slap Organizational values guide your organization’s thinking and actions. You can think of your organizational values in terms of dimensions: pro-social, market, financial, achievement, and artistic. The values expressed …
What are the key skills for the road ahead? Well, depending on where you look you get a variety of answers. However, business skills and technical skills seem to consistently show up, as well as being adaptable and flexible to deal with today’s cycle of change. In businessThink: Rules for Getting It Right–Now, and No …
