February 18, 2013
by Dagmar
Comments Off on The Terminology of Strategy – When Leaders Mistake Execution for Strategy
There is an interesting article about the terminology of strategy at strategy + business: How Leaders Mistake Execution for Strategy (and Why That Damages Both) by Ken Favaro. Its subtitle is When leaders substitute visions, missions, purposes, plans, or goals … Continue reading
February 6, 2013
by Dagmar
Comments Off on Thinkers50 Awards for 2013 now open for nominations
The Thinkers50 Awards are a global ranking of top management thinkers. First launched in 2001, it has been published every two years since. It’s purpose is to identify and share the best management thinkers in the world. In 2011 the … Continue reading
February 4, 2013
by Dagmar
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I struggled a bit with the heading of this article. More precisely it should read “With which frequency and on which occasions to develop strategic measures”. It is the old dilemma that, ideally, strategic planning should be a continuous process … Continue reading
January 30, 2013
by Dagmar
Comments Off on It is so easy to make employees happy
I experienced something extraordinary at work today: The entire staff of the company was united in total happiness. You could see people smiling and sharing their emotions everywhere on the floors. What had happened? A very simple thing: All coffee … Continue reading
December 19, 2012
by Dagmar
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Recently, I wrote an article about High-Spirit Teams for our Management Portal: How to build True Team Spirit. This article briefly discusses the benefits of team spirit and describes processes and success factors for building team spirit. In this post, … Continue reading
December 7, 2012
by Dagmar
Comments Off on Eddielogic has a new look
It was more than time. As you can see, our Blog on Strategy and Management has a completely new look. Our previous blog theme was still the one with which Eddielogic started back in 2006. Now we switched to the … Continue reading
December 3, 2012
by Dagmar
Comments Off on An Interesting Approach to Innovation
This week, I stumbled upon a blog post from Matthew E. May at the HBR Blog Network: The Less-Is-Best Approach to Innovation. The idea behind this approach is absolutely simple and straightforward, yet it is overlooked all too often. In … Continue reading
October 30, 2012
by Dagmar
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Larger companies normally have a number of different strategic business units (SBUs). Depending on the degree these SBUs differ from each other, there will be distinctive strategies for them. Those SBU-strategies should ideally be aligned around the overall corporate strategy … Continue reading
October 29, 2012
by Dagmar
Comments Off on PwC Global Consumer Index
I stumbled upon a new index, when I was searching for some interesting news for our Management Portal. This is the PwC Global Consumer Index, or GCI. In their press release they write: The Index is a leading indicator of … Continue reading
October 24, 2012
by Dagmar
Comments Off on The Porters Five Forces Model Revisited – What else to do with it
The Porters Five Forces Model has lasted a number of years now. Nevertheless, it is still well known and still part of the curriculum of many courses on management and strategy. Much has been written on it. Still, it has … Continue reading