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Make direction setting bottom-up and outside-in

“All stakeholders need a role in setting strategic direction.”

As the pace of change accelerates and the business environment becomes more complex, it will become increasingly difficult for any small group of senior executives to chart the path of corporate renewal. That’s why the responsibility for defining direction must be broadly shared—with all organizational members and interested external constituencies. Only a broad, participatory process can engender wholehearted and widespread commitment to proactive change. When it comes to setting direction, influence should be a product of foresight and insight rather than power and position.

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Make direction setting bottom-up and outside-in

“All stakeholders need a role in setting strategic direction.”

As the pace of change accelerates and the business environment becomes more complex, it will become increasingly difficult for any small group of senior executives to chart the path of corporate renewal. That’s why the responsibility for defining direction must be broadly shared—with all organizational members and interested external constituencies. Only a broad, participatory process can engender wholehearted and widespread commitment to proactive change. When it comes to setting direction, influence should be a product of foresight and insight rather than power and position.

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SVM is a comprehensive, capital based approach to sustainability mapping costs/ benefits of a company’s activities accruing to the corporate, the individual and society throughout the value chain.
Hack by Luke Johnson on May 10, 2012
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Story by Jim McGriff, Jr. on August 26, 2015
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Hack by George Neufeld on November 27, 2012
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Hack by Amanda Drescher on June 2, 2011
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Hack by Ghanshyam Sharan Singh on February 21, 2014
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Hack by Timothy Stafford on December 16, 2010
The first day on the job is normally a day of discovery but it can also turn out to be a day full of action.Without knowing what to do or how to run the company, you can become a recognized leader jus
Story by Erik Van Rompay on October 1, 2010

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