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Developing a Strategic Agenda – Part 4, Regulatory Strategy

In developing a strategic agenda, the focus will be on five strategies: a market strategy, regulatory strategy and stakeholder strategy (outside-in approach); and a product strategy and a resource strategy (inside-out approach). For each of these strategies, specific strategic thrusts need to be identified that if successfully executed, will lead to achieving your vision and mission. In previous STILE Points, [...]

January 20th, 2017|

Developing a Strategic Agenda – Part 3, Resource Strategy

In developing a strategic agenda, the main focus will be on five strategies: a market strategy, regulatory strategy and stakeholder strategy (outside-in approach); and a product strategy and a resource strategy (inside-out approach). For each of these strategies, specific strategic thrusts need to be identified that if successfully executed, will lead to achieving your vision and mission. In previous STILE [...]

November 1st, 2016|

The Five Leadership Essentials by Dave Ulrich, Business Professor at U. Michigan

https://hbr.org/ideacast/2009/06/the-5-leadership-essentials.html This distillation of five leadership essentials comes from a meta analysis of leading thought leaders. You need to be a strategist that has a position about the future You have to be a executer who gets things done You need to be a talent manager who manages and engages people You need to be a human capital developer who [...]

Developing a Strategic Agenda – Part 2, Product Strategy

In developing a strategic agenda, the main focus will be on five strategies: a market strategy, regulatory strategy and stakeholder strategy (outside-in approach); and a product strategy and a resource strategy (inside-out approach). For each of these strategies, specific strategic thrusts need to be identified that if successfully executed, will lead to achieving your vision and mission. In the previous [...]

October 3rd, 2016|Tags: , |

Developing a Strategic Agenda – Part 1, Market Strategy

In developing a strategic agenda, the main focus will be on five categories: a market strategy, regulatory strategy, and key stakeholder strategy (outside-in approach); and a product strategy and a resource strategy (inside-out approach). For each of these strategies, specific strategic thrusts need to be identified that if successfully executed, will lead to achieving your vision and mission. In this [...]

September 1st, 2016|Tags: , |

Dr Graffeo joins the faculty of Northeastern University

Dr Graffeo has joined the faculty of  Northeastern University working with the College of Science to expand its MS in Biotechnology.  The MS in Biotechnology is a Professional Master of Science (PSM) degree, an innovative graduate degree designed to allow students to pursue advanced training and excel in science while simultaneously developing highly valued business skills without acquiring a PhD [...]

September 1st, 2016|

Step 7 in the Strategic Planning Process – Strategy Synthesis

In STILE Point 23, we provided an overview of the 7 steps to developing a winning strategy shown in the figure below. The strategic planning process starts with the development or updating of the organization’s mission, vision and values and finishes with a strategy designed to fulfill its mission and achieve its vision. The mission is usually a variation of [...]

August 1st, 2016|Tags: |

Ask good questions and get better answers

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July 18th, 2016|

Step 6 in the Strategic Planning Process – Stakeholder Requirements

In STILE Point 23, we provided an overview of the 7 steps to developing a winning strategy shown in the figure below. The strategic planning process starts with the development or updating of the organization’s mission, vision and values and finishes with a strategy designed to fulfill its mission and achieve its vision. The mission is usually a variation of [...]