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Phimation Strategy Group
- Feb 8, 2018
- 2 min
Sales Enablement, A Love Story
Its Valentine’s Day – a day when we celebrate the role that marketing and sales plays in our personal lives. And in honor of Valentine’s...
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Phimation Strategy Group
- Jan 12, 2018
- 2 min
It’s light if you use a forklift
I was in a meeting this week with a client, and they were talking about the gigantic case they take to trade shows – which is called “The...
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Phimation Strategy Group
- May 17, 2017
- 2 min
ESPN and the need for generalists
As a small business coach, I’m always interested when the conversations I’m having in my client strategy meetings are echoed in news from...
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Phimation Strategy Group
- Aug 1, 2016
- 2 min
Harry Potter & The Cursed Plan
My daughter is a huge Harry Potter fan, and she has been smitten by the frenzy of the release of Harry Potter & The Cursed Child. So las...
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Phimation Strategy Group
- Jun 29, 2016
- 1 min
“Go with the Flow” as strategy
In the last week, I’ve had a couple of strategy meetings where the simple idea of going with the flow came up. In the first, a decades-ol...
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Phimation Strategy Group
- Nov 22, 2015
- 2 min
Repeat and repeat and repeat
As the writer of this article, I’ve evaluated all of the possibilities I could focus on, and decided that we should give our attention to...
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Phimation Strategy Group
- Oct 24, 2015
- 2 min
Money makes it stronger
Use your budget to juice your strategy A few years ago I wrote an article about why it’s important to do both strategic planning and budg...
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Phimation Strategy Group
- Sep 26, 2015
- 2 min
My Goals Can Beat Up Your Goals
Making Better Goals with a Strong Annual Planning Process Although it seems like just yesterday that the days were hot and we were at the...
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Phimation Strategy Group
- Jul 4, 2015
- 2 min
The Simple Formula of Value Propositions
If you've found this post as you're thinking about how to handle a COVID-19 world, you might also be interested in my free ebook, Winning...
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Phimation Strategy Group
- May 24, 2015
- 2 min
Designing Powerful Dashboards
Sometimes I’m asked to help companies find the right path for their next 3-5 years – which qualifies as “long-term” strategy for a Stage ...
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Phimation Strategy Group
- Apr 3, 2015
- 3 min
10% – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Many of you reading this post are 10%ers. And there’s something in the back of your mind eating away at your conscience. You know there...
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Phimation Strategy Group
- Sep 18, 2014
- 2 min
Giving Your SWOT More Swagger
I like SWOT assessments (you know – strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) for getting people’s thinking out of the day-to-da...
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Phimation Strategy Group
- May 16, 2014
- 2 min
What’s Powering Your Performance?
I spent the last 2 days in a workshop learning about performance and accountability from Shane Yount of Process-Based Leadership. His mo...
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