Strategic Planning

It’s a Win-When offers readers a practical guide to making thoughtful, value-driven decisions that balance immediate satisfaction with long-term success. Drawing on personal experiences and real-life scenarios, this book introduces the Win-When philosophy, a powerful framework for decision-making that ensures every choice you make brings both present and future rewards. Through engaging stories and reflective prompts, It’s a Win-When explores common decision-making pitfalls and shows readers how to avoid emotional impulses, short-term thinking, and external pressures that lead to regret...

Conquer the Nurse Executive Exam (NE-BC): Your Guide to ANCC Certification in Nurse Leadership and Administration provides a focused, high-level overview of essential leadership topics for nurses preparing for the NE-BC exam. This guide is not intended to be a comprehensive textbook. Instead, it is designed to supplement more detailed study materials by helping readers concentrate on the foundational principles, leadership domains, and real-world applications most relevant to nurse executive practice. The book includes accessible explanations of core content areas such as strategic planning...

Wondering how to pivot a business? PIVOT POWER is your essential 'How to pivot a business' book because it includes 25 ways to pivot whole or part of business, plus a toolbox to help you transform and change direction quickly, whether you're a startup, or work in tech, retail, FMCG, CPG, banking, engineering, manufacturing, planning, marketing, retail, FMCG, engineering, manufacturing, planning, or marketing. Compiled by business creativity expert, Stu Lloyd

We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you combat new competitors and define the best strategy for your company. With insights from leading experts including Michael E. Porter, A. G. Lafley, and Clayton M. Christensen, this book will inspire you to: choose a strategy that meets the demands of your competitive environment; identify the signals of disruption and take steps to avoid it; understand lean methodology and how it is changing business; and more.

Escape the ordinary and discover the secrets of leaving a legacy while securing your financial future with "The Art of the Exit"—the must-read digital codex for any forward-thinking entrepreneur. Embark on a dynamic journey across fifteen meticulously outlined chapters, encapsulating everything from understanding the pivotal role of exit strategies in entrepreneurship to the profound psychological aspects of parting with your business. Delve deep into the infrastructure of building a venture that's designed not just to succeed but to sell. With Chapter 1 setting the stage on exit ...

Are you ready to take your consulting career to the next level? Look no further than this advanced consulting handbook for consultants! This comprehensive guide will provide you great insights and proven strategies to empower you to excel in the complex and dynamic world of consulting! In this book, you’ll discover all the advanced consulting skills! we’ll dive into agile consulting methodologies, design thinking, systems thinking, advanced strategic planning, innovation and creativity techniques, process improvement methodologies, project management and advanced change management ...

Embark on a culinary journey that transcends mere recipes and dives into the heart of strategic eating with "The Strategic Kitchen"! This enlightening eBook is your trusty guide through the world of meal prep, unlocking the secrets to a more organized, nutritious, and delicious life. Whether you're a bustling professional, a busy parent, or an enthusiast seeking to refine your eating habits, this comprehensive collection caters to all with insights that promise to transform your approach to food. Step into the first chapter where the essentials of meal prepping lay the foundation for a ...

Embark on a transformative journey to master the art of sustainable success with "Strategic Blueprint," the comprehensive guide to reshaping the way you think about business growth and strategy. If you are seeking a visionary path that threads through the complex maze of modern enterprise, look no further. This ground-breaking eBook provides an all-encompassing approach to building a business that thrives on innovation, embraces change, and leads with a conscience. Dive into the opening chapters where you unravel the essence of sustainable business growth, setting a solid foundation for a ...

Este libro consigna en sus páginas ideas innovadoras que cuestionan las ideas obsoletas de la planeación estratégica y construye una teoría desde los fundamentos acerca de ¿Qué es una estrategia?, ¿Cómo practicarla en las empresas? y ¿Cómo todos podemos ser estrategas abrazando la naturaleza emergente de la misma?

You're probably aware that generative AI can output quality text and create stunning images in seconds. But smart managers are now using gen AI for high-level work—problem-solving, driving innovation, strategic thinking, and dozens of other applications. Managers who develop their generative AI capabilities will soon be leaping ahead of those who don't. Fortunately, you can start today and see immediate results. The HBR Guide to Generative AI for Managers is packed with practical tips, prompts, and case studies to accelerate and improve countless aspects of your work.

The author of the acclaimed New York Times best seller The Next 100 Years now focuses his geopolitical forecasting acumen on the next decade and the imminent events and challenges that will test America and the world, specifically addressing the skills that will be required by the decade’s leaders. The next 10 years will be a time of massive transition. In The Next Decade, George Friedman offers listeners a pro­vocative and endlessly fascinating prognosis for the immedi­ate future.

Unlock the full potential of your organization with "ORDER IN CHAOS: Objectives and Key Results (OKR)." This comprehensive guidebook takes you through the ins and outs of implementing OKRs (Objectives and Key Results), a powerful goal-setting framework that has been used by some of the world's most successful companies. Learn how to align your team's efforts and measure progress toward achieving your organization's most important goals. From crafting effective objectives to tracking progress and holding team members accountable, this book provides a step-by-step guide to implementing OKRs ...

Conquer the CNML Exam: Your Concise Guide to the Certified Nurse Manager and Leader Credential provides a focused overview of essential nurse leadership topics for professionals preparing to take the CNML exam. This book is designed as a supplemental study aid, offering a high-level summary of the core domains without attempting to cover every exam detail. Readers will gain insight into leadership principles, human resource practices, quality improvement strategies, budget management, staff development, and emergency preparedness—all in a format that emphasizes clarity and relevance to ...

In "The Prepared Business Owner," author Nick Newland offers a comprehensive guide to help entrepreneurs thrive in times of crisis. Drawing from their extensive experience, the author presents practical strategies and valuable insights that enable business owners to navigate unforeseen challenges with confidence. By emphasizing the importance of proactive planning, this book empowers readers to build resilience, make informed decisions, and steer their businesses towards long-term success.

It's your responsibility as a manager to ensure that your work—and the work of your team—aligns with the overarching objectives of your organization. But when you're faced with competing projects and limited time, it's difficult to keep strategy front of mind. How do you keep your eye on the long term amid a sea of short-term demands? The HBR Guide to Thinking Strategically provides practical advice and tips to help you see the big-picture perspective in every aspect of your daily work, from making decisions to setting team priorities to attacking your own to-do list.

You don't have to be a 23-year-old dancer with no savings to end up with the excruciating debts young Iris is confronted with in this latest work by financial and legal advisor Tad Crawford. Every year, thousands of Americans of all ages and backgrounds overtax their bank accounts and credit cards and are left with the tricky task of pulling themselves out of their financial chaos. Rarely can they receive such high-quality financial and moral support as The Money Mentor provides.

Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair’s breadth, and became a national sensation as a blogger - all by the time he was 30. He solidified his standing as the nation's foremost political forecaster with his near perfect prediction of the 2012 election. Silver is the founder and editor in chief of the website FiveThirtyEight. Drawing on his own groundbreaking work, Silver examines the world of prediction, investigating how we can distinguish a true signal from a universe of noisy data.

These days, whenever anything spreads, whether it's a YouTube fad or a political rumor, we say it went viral. But how does virality actually work? In The Rules of Contagion, epidemiologist Adam Kucharski explores topics including gun violence, online manipulation, and, of course, outbreaks of disease to show how much we get wrong about contagion, and how astonishing the real science is. Why did the president retweet a Mussolini quote as his own? Why do financial bubbles take off so quickly?

A comprehensive guide to successful event management, this audiobook serves as a valuable resource for both beginners and seasoned professionals, equipping them with the tools needed to plan, execute, and evaluate memorable events. The guide takes listeners through a deep exploration of understanding their audience, conceptualizing resonant events, managing budgets, procuring vendors, effectively marketing, and embracing technology. It also emphasizes the power of networking and the importance of post-event evaluation for continuous improvement.

A modest investment in a food truck can result in an income stream of $250k to $500k a year. Couple that with the incredible freedom and flexibility offered by not only starting a business, but starting a mobile business, and it’s easy to see why so many people are drawn to the idea of starting up a food truck.