Optimizing your strategic footprint By: By Roel Spee, Global Leader, and Patsy Van Hove, Manager, IBM Plant Location InternationalEach year in October, IBM Global Business Services publishes its annual Global Location Trends Report. This year's study revealed that the global market for foreign investment has been on a rollercoaster ride in recent years, with steady increases until the end of 2007, followed by significant declines...more
Strategic diet schedule is part and parcel of your fitness exercise programmes Entering 2011 this year many of my colleagues and friends made resolutions, of which most of them were on taking care of their health, workouts, and gyming. I found no new thing in it because they were already taking sessions for those. Still many of them were not happy with results of whatever they are doing. It sometimes makes me wonder that in spite...more
How to Do Church Strategic Planning Many are recognizing the importance of church planning. The bible supports the value of setting clear directions, prioritizing and counting the cost. Nehemiah's plan to return to Judah to restore to Jerusalem is a prime example. Church leaders are to lead the people for whom they are responsible with diligence and they can do this mandate by conducting a church strategic planning. Strategic church planning aims to guide the church in understanding why it exists. It also entails what strategies it will take in the next three to five years to make a significant impact in its immediate communities. It is a collective process of envisioning a proper biblical future for the church and working together toward that future. The essence of church strategic planning is that the church leaders, in line with the God-given mandate and commission, prayerfully and collectively agree to the church's direction and well designed course to get there.A church strategic plan is different from the annual plan or multi-year implementation plan that both come from the strategic plan. A church strategic plan sets the overall direction and priorities of the...more
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Living, Loving, and Learning: A Strategic Guide for the Almost Perfect Person Learn to listen and respect what the other person is sayingDon't judge, ridicule, and dehumanizeBe understanding and forgivingBe calm cool and collectedDon't jump to conclusionsNo where to say "I'm sorry" and really mean itDon't lie and cheat your way...more
Innovative Facilitation Tools Help Advance Strategic Community Initiatives for Long-term Economic Impact The ERCGP is the voice of the business community around Erie, Pennsylvania, representing more than 800 businesses and organizations in the region. The Growth Partnership division of the ERCGP represents more than 140 Erie area CEOs. Its charge is to pursue three important regional objectives:Support a vibrant urban area that is a center for business, retail, home life, entertainment and culture;Promote strong public/private partnerships to achieve important regional objectives;Support regionalism in whatever forms make sense.In evaluating how to lead the Growth Partnership, they identified one skill area that would be critical to success: expert group facilitation. They were aware that people from the private sector think very differently from those working within government agencies, a fact that can cause difficulties, misunderstandings, and delays.But they had faith that these differences could be tapped to strengthen a coalition, rather than hampering its efforts. They decided to develop their facilitation skills by training in methods specifically designed to...more
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Strategic Planning and preparation for PMP Exam It is important in preparing for the pmp exam to discuss the inputs, tools, methods and outputs of estimating activity resources and associated durations, including:- Staffing policies...more
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Strategic Procurement - The Art of Doing More with Fewer Resources Raising competition has surfaced battlefields between commercial competitors to stay ahead each other and draw competitive returns through latest technology and best...more
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Strategic Plannning Is Critical For Managing Change, Competition, And Communication As the pace of competition has accelerated, product life cycles have shrunk. It used to take 8 to 10 years to design and build a car. Now it can be in...more