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6 Popular strategic planning frameworks
When the time comes for strategic planning, it can be hard to know which framework to choose for your organization. Since popularized in the late 1950s, hundreds of strategic frameworks have been developed and used by organizations of all types, sizes and stages in...
What “HR” really means – perspective from Jose Davila, VP of HR for Levi Strauss & Co.
I have been working in human resources for over 25 years, but it still amazes me how many different views there are of the function. Yes, I hire and fire people. No, I don’t act as a snitch for upper management. Yes, I train and develop. No, I don’t decide what...
Keep it simple, be relevant and get noticed: Q&A with Corporate Communications Expert, Erwin Zijlstra
ArchPoint welcomes Erwin Zijlstra to its growing international team. With experience in strategic planning, internal communications and public and media relations, Erwin helps leaders create a strategic vision, drive transformation and change, improve brand...
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OGSM: The Tool That Taught Me Strategy
Optimizing Performance Through Wise Span Of Control Choices
The past year has produced more and more clients requesting our team to support and recommend changes to cut costs while optimizing organization efficiency. While there are a number of approaches to start this process, the fastest savings opportunity is to consider the number of direct reports effectively managed by a single person. The […]
Case Study: Reorganizing From The Outside In
Strategic Planning That Works: The ArchPoint OGSM Model
Partner Profile: Stephen Peele
WHAT IS THE ONE MISTAKE YOU WITNESS LEADERS MAKING MOST FREQUENTLY? Leaders frequently underestimate the “people” side of the business equation. Leaders often rise in companies based on functional expertise. When some reach the executive level, they may not have honed the skills necessary to develop other leaders. In the long term, their success […]
It’s Still All About Deep Customer Knowledge & Execution
From 1994 to 2000, I worked for Luke Soules in San Antonio, TX. That company, long regarded as one of the best food brokers in the country, had a very simple, but very successful approach – hire the best talent, get really close to the customer, and focus on execution. Over the last 10 years, […]
8 Truths About Millennials
Millennials as a U.S. generation are the same size as the Baby Boomer generation and almost twice the size of Generation X. These younger shoppers will achieve a spending power of an estimated $2.45 trillion in 2015. They are also a huge force in the workplace. Fiercely independent at an early age, this is the first […]
8 Tips For People Who Don’t Like Networking
A few years back, on a trip from Abu Dhabi to Newark, ArchPoint partner Bob Landis was seated beside a very capable young man. The two struck up a conversation that led, within a few months, to Landis offering the young man a corporate affairs position within the company he worked with at the time. […]