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By: Strategy, Tactics and Hope | Eric D. Brown - Technology, Strategy, People & Projects

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:16:37 +0000

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By: Mike King

Mike King — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:08:09 +0000

Tomas – Thanks for stopping by and the specific reference of text you liked most. I love it when people point out a specific highlight like that!

Thanks as well for your comments Anthony, Bunny and Dicki. It’s great to have your repeated feedback and I’m happy to help provide impact and inspiration to you in my writing!

By: Dicki

Dicki — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:46:21 +0000

I read the post thinking over the opportunities for the realization of my new goal.Some words sounded like inspiration and god blessing.

By: Bunnygotblog

Bunnygotblog — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:43:06 +0000

Cultivating a plan of attack and all committing to it is very important.It has to be realistic and with reasonable time of meeting the goal.

Great article,Mike:)

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 22 May 2009 08:22:44 +0000

Nice post with a lot of very useful insights.

By: Tomas

Tomas — Fri, 22 May 2009 05:48:48 +0000

Thank you for the sharing your thoughts with us. Each verse was worthy pondering deeper here.
You wrote “Strategy shouldn’t be something that requires alignment of the planets to find the time to work on, it should be built into your day, your tasks and a regular part of your time spent” I needed that reminder greatly. Thank you once again an let me invite you to my blog art mirror http://artmirror.blogspot.com/ You will find my artworks there. I hope you will enjoy the pictures and I will receive your feedback.
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By: Mike King

Mike King — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:37:33 +0000

Positively Present – Thanks for your comments here. I do hope this helps you to think strategically then!

@Laurie – Yes, execution is the right word for it! Any kind of plan, whether its a project plan, a personal goal or some big strategy, will fail if it has no execution component in the plan itself. That should be thought about to be included and activated so that it can be properly executed.

@Armen – Thanks for the highlighted point here as well. I like how this aligns with Laurie’s comment as well in the way that it forces better execution and is a powerful way to engage people to be active in the execution of a strategic plan. Involving everyone will allow more dynamics to shift the plan at an individual level but will ultimately still contribute in the right directly to accomplish it. Thanks!

By: Armen Shirvanian

Armen Shirvanian — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:13:39 +0000

That point about how “Strategy in business needs to involve all employees in some way…” is a solid concept. Any strategy that leaves out some individuals or aspects of a plan is unrealistic, as it is made hoping that complications don’t occur, or that people don’t go against the plan. It is better to have a plan that includes more variables than one that excludes them out of fear that they make the plan look ineffective. Each variable left out is a possible game-changer.

By: Laurie | Express Yourself to Success

Laurie | Express Yourself to Success — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:38:47 +0000

Good post, Mike.

I’ve always believed that a strategy + poor execution = poor strategy. Not that the strategy itself is necessarily poor, but it can only be as good as the execution – otherwise, it’s just words in a document that’s sitting on the shelf.

Your recommendation to simplify the strategy is gold.

By: Positively Present

Positively Present — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:26:37 +0000

Really great post. There are so many great points in here that I don’t even know where to begin. Thanks for sharing this with your readers. I think it will help a lot of people out (including me!).