Strategy Expert Erica Olsen, COO and Co-Founder of M3 Planning, gives an overview of why scenario planning should be an important part of your strategic management process to maintain a strong business during times of growth and uncertainty.

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About Alice Heiman – visiting strategy leader:  Alice is the founder and President of Alice Heiman Inc. and is a sales strategist, author, speaker and trainer.  Business websites: www.aliceheiman.com or www.smartsalestips.com

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Elsa Ozuna-Richards, Account Executive, is our speaker for this segment of the Strategy Huddle. Elsa brings her expertise in strategy and health care to present examples of how to use Continuous Quality Improvement with strategic planning to motivate your team to keep improving.

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2. Topic: Getting Strategic Management on Cruise Control – Four stages of skill building: Are you ready to move from cracking the whip every month goal tracking to facilitating strategic conversations instead? Moving your strategic management process to a “steady state” can be achieved by understanding the stages of acquiring new skills. Learn how to move yourself and your team through the four stages of skill building. We will share best practices, helpful hits and case studies you can directly apply to your organization.
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   2. Conscious incompetence
   3. Conscious competence
   4. Unconscious competence

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We’re very proud of our work with The Boy Scouts of America and apparently Yahoo! News and The Street, a leading digital financial media company, share our enthusiasm.

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