The strategy, execution and competition that mirrors the business world is a perfect fit for a natural seafarer.
Bad luck plays a role, sure, but disaster usually strikes because of a more fundamental flaw--in the original idea, the strategy, the execution or all of the above.
Most likely, the candidate able to do both would already be allied with the design and execution of the strategy.
Dr. Frigo is the Director of The Center for Strategy, Execution, and Valuation in the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University.
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Even many traditional nonprofits living on grants, government contracts, and donations often strive to improve the effectiveness of their operations by adopting the execution and strategy practices of for-profit businesses.
The company is a "global consulting and training leader in the areas of strategy execution, leadership, customer loyalty, sales performance, school transformation and individual effectiveness, " with 44 offices in 147 countries, according to the website.
Now, when companies relay their need for a new communications direction, they can hire a firm to focus solely on strategy and make a decision on execution after the strategy is developed.
They had the wisdom to change their strategy and execution after their humiliating loss to the Patriots, 45-3 only a few weeks earlier.
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These councils will serve to further strengthen the connection between strategy and execution across functional groups.
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Organizations are realizing the role communications strategy and execution can play in their very success.
The first is strategy, execution and performance.
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"When you think about the technology, when you think about the strategy, when you think about the pace of execution, Microsoft has got its act together, " Chowdry says.
Or will Ikea rely far too long on improving execution of the strategy that got it where the company is today?
"Our third quarter results reflect the successful execution of our strategy to utilize our broad global capabilities to enhance our market position, generate growth, and improve margins, " said Lesar.
Then a formal, thought-out system of supervision and risk management is created and applied at every level to ensure execution of the strategy and protection against internal and external threats.
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The strategy may have been sound on paper, but the execution was abysmal.
Seduced by the model, its practitioners often lose sight of the more important elements of corporate strategy, and become narrowly fixated on the dogmatic execution of the formula.
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Jeff Dossett, an 18-year veteran of Microsoft who most recently led audience, content and programming strategy and execution for the MSN Media Network, will join Yahoo!
Managing the financial subplot too cleverly may hurt synergies, and focusing only on growth will hit the bottom line, but by considering the financial subplot at the same time as the business playscript, executives can bridge the chasm between corporate finance and strategy execution.
But the damage done -- bad morale, poor teamwork, ineffective execution of strategy -- can be difficult to quantify on corporate bottomlines, unless the psychopath veers into actual crime.
All play crucial roles in developing an idea, pushing it up the corporate channels, developing a strategy and overseeing execution and implementation.
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People like the benefits of this strategy but have problems with execution.
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Current and former Better Place officials said that poor execution of the company's strategy rather than the technology itself was the root cause of the company's collapse.
Yet, while there are now many books and ideas about strategy formulation, there is very little research about how to link strategy with the nitty-gritty of sales execution.
We can immediately deliver value to stockholders, while we continue the execution of our long-term strategy and focus on delivering best-in-class solutions to our customers as a private enterprise.
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But what they fail to acknowledge is that it is the two-state trap that makes the construction and execution of an effective public diplomacy strategy impossible.
This underscored what Bronfman calls the "flawed execution" of a "flawed strategy": A Frenchman in Europe trying to run a bunch of Americans in Hollywood while dealing with a nine-hour time difference.
Communication, in the western definition, ties vision, strategy and proof-points of execution together.
Even with strong market demand and a great strategy, spending too much in the face of poor or slow execution can bring on a liquidity crisis.
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