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Paying Attention to Team Composition

When the stakes are high and you have to select a few representative team members from among a larger pool, there are techniques you can use to be more astute about team compositions.

Writing a Strategic Communications Plan: Planning & Implementation

The fourth article in this six-part series discussed how to take the work done in the previous steps and begin to mold them into a functioning plan.

The Politics of Strategic Choice

All organizations are political. How do you navigate the minefield?

Three Ideas To Position Yourself for the Recovery

While I like to view strategy from the marketing perspective, my three action steps don’t take marketing into account at all. Rather, I’m taking a broader view of business.

Nurturing Key Partnerships

Our public health response plan was written, rehearsed, and revised. We knew what to do, who to call, and how we were going to manage nearly anything that came our way. Then H1N1 influenza showed up, and blew some large holes into the best laid plans of mice and men. Here’s what we learned.

300 Applicants in 24 Hours for 1 Job

The challenge (in any job market) is to stand out from your competition. When you’re facing a 300-500 resume per day environment, though, you have to question whether or not technology has improved the ability for a company to identify talent.

The Best ICUL Session: Succession Planning

One thing many people forget when they serve on any type of governing board is that each individual director is a temporary steward of that organization. The capital-B Board lives on indefinitely. As stewards of an organization, it is in the member’s best interest to insure that the next generation of trustees is qualified, experienced, and capable to lead. Here are two recommendations to lay the groundwork to achieve that goal.

10 Social Media Mistakes to Avoid

According to ReputationDefender, 77% of executive recruiters use search engines to research applicants. That means Human Resource Managers are also using them to learn a little about you before they pick up the phone.

As your mother told you, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.”