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RISK MANAGEMENT ROCKS!! Part 2: Creating Strategic Advantage out of Risk Contributed by:
Steven BowmanWednesday, October 13, 2010 (2 years 213 days ago)
In Part 1 of this article, we looked at changing our view on risk from one of compliance to one of opportunity. This part of the article provides practical steps to create a risk management plan that actually works.
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RISK MANAGEMENT ROCKS!! Part 1: Risk Seen Through the Lens of Strategic Advantage Contributed by:
Steven BowmanWednesday, September 29, 2010 (2 years 227 days ago)
What would it be like if risk was viewed as just another way of looking at potential opportunity and innovation? What if risk management was viewed as creating a culture of innovation?
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You’re Strategically Aware and Ready for the Strategic Plan Contributed by:
Steven BowmanWednesday, December 02, 2009 (3 years 163 days ago)
You’ve taken the concept of strategic awareness to heart and you are making better decisions. You still want – or are perhaps required to have – a “plan,” but you’ve held back because the idea of creating a strategic plan seems a bit intimidating. What if strategic planning was the opposite of everything that most people think it is? What if it was neither rigid nor fixed, but rather continual, generative, informative, exciting and vision driven? What if it was quick, enjoyable, truly strategic, and provided a focus for all the organization, from the Board to staff to stakeholders? This article shows you how to make it so.
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Hold Off on Your Strategic Plan (and Build Strategic Awareness Instead) Contributed by:
Steven BowmanWednesday, November 18, 2009 (3 years 177 days ago)
Strategic planning has such a bad reputation out there. Why do so many nonprofits shudder when the strategic plan cycle comes around again? Why do so many never complete or follow their strategic plan? Why do so many not have a strategic plan? In our experience of over 35 years in the nonprofit sector at senior leadership levels and advisory positions, over 85% of strategic plans we have seen are useless and the CEOs and boards readily agree these plans are useless.
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