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Strategic Planning and Implementation

Develop and execute data-driven long-range plans.

Leaders who make a difference develop the ability to see beyond the day-to-day tasks of organizational life. CCL research reports that 86 percent of managers believe strategic planning will be a critical skill in the future, and yet 59 percent of those managers say their organizations are deficient in strategic leadership capacity (Leslie, 2009).

Avoid being part of that number and foster a broad view of how your organization works and how its parts operate together. Connect this perspective with a solid strategic plan, and you have a blueprint for implementing ...

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