Comments for Cross Wires Blog http://www.crosswiresblog.com Cross Wires - Untangling the complexities of modern business to create a simple focus on profitable growth Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:16:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on The Biggest Accelerator Of Strategy Implementation by Bob Legge http://www.crosswiresblog.com/performance-improvement/the-biggest-accelerator-of-strategy-implementation/#comment-174116 Bob Legge Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:16:28 +0000 http://www.crosswiresblog.com/?p=1750#comment-174116 So true, Stuart. "I'll know it when I see it" isn't a good measure; just as "hope" is not a good strategy. So true, Stuart. “I’ll know it when I see it” isn’t a good measure; just as “hope” is not a good strategy.

]]> Comment on Why Your Business Needs To Be Different by Alistair Manning http://www.crosswiresblog.com/strategy/why-your-business-needs-to-be-different/#comment-33077 Alistair Manning Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:09:28 +0000 http://www.crosswiresblog.com/?p=1628#comment-33077 Great post Stuart, thanks. I've been looking at my differentiation of late, and taken quite a dramatic shift from where I was 2 months ago. Best wishes. Great post Stuart, thanks. I’ve been looking at my differentiation of late, and taken quite a dramatic shift from where I was 2 months ago. Best wishes.

]]> Comment on How To Overcome The ‘Day Job’ Problem by How I see the world – Strategy http://www.crosswiresblog.com/leadership/how-to-overcome-the-day-job-problem/#comment-29904 How I see the world – Strategy Thu, 02 Aug 2012 08:00:53 +0000 http://www.crosswiresblog.com/?p=1572#comment-29904 [...] Cross at Crosswires posted an article on how to deal with strategic [...] [...] Cross at Crosswires posted an article on how to deal with strategic [...]

]]> Comment on How To Overcome The ‘Day Job’ Problem by Hotrao http://www.crosswiresblog.com/leadership/how-to-overcome-the-day-job-problem/#comment-29272 Hotrao Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:17:52 +0000 http://www.crosswiresblog.com/?p=1572#comment-29272 a) Involve your middle managers in the development of your strategy: absolutely, otherwise you miss connection with most ops part of your job b) Translate corporate objectives into personal objectives: personification is the key to involve people c) Focus on bottom-up, not top-down solutions: building together is better than imposing d) Appoint a “Baumeister”: the one that owns the "contract" between you and your company has a crucial role on this. e) Keep your communication two-way: always a) Involve your middle managers in the development of your strategy: absolutely, otherwise you miss connection with most ops part of your job
b) Translate corporate objectives into personal objectives: personification is the key to involve people
c) Focus on bottom-up, not top-down solutions: building together is better than imposing
d) Appoint a “Baumeister”: the one that owns the “contract” between you and your company has a crucial role on this.
e) Keep your communication two-way: always

]]> Comment on Stuart’s Five Minute Friday Focus – 13 April 2012 by The SME Manager as Writer-Director: What it Takes to Wear Two Hats « addheath http://www.crosswiresblog.com/stuarts-five-minute-friday-focus/stuarts-five-minute-friday-focus-13-april-2012/#comment-14986 The SME Manager as Writer-Director: What it Takes to Wear Two Hats « addheath Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:44:00 +0000 http://www.crosswiresblog.com/?p=1440#comment-14986 [...] blog – which is definitely worth a read – questioned why so many managers find it hard to [...] [...] blog – which is definitely worth a read – questioned why so many managers find it hard to [...]

]]> Comment on About Stuart Cross by The SME Manager as Writer-Director: What it Takes to Wear Two Hats « addheath http://www.crosswiresblog.com/about-stuart-cross/#comment-14985 The SME Manager as Writer-Director: What it Takes to Wear Two Hats « addheath Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:36:05 +0000 http://crosswiresblog.com/?page_id=2#comment-14985 [...] read a nicely written short blog by Stuart Cross the other day and it got me thinking about the difficulty of wearing two hats as a manager of a [...] [...] read a nicely written short blog by Stuart Cross the other day and it got me thinking about the difficulty of wearing two hats as a manager of a [...]

]]> Comment on Fresh & Easy = Stale & Hard by Phil Clarke Jr. http://www.crosswiresblog.com/growth/fresh-easy-stale-hard/#comment-8394 Phil Clarke Jr. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:29:11 +0000 http://www.crosswiresblog.com/?p=1352#comment-8394 Tesco only has 189 Fresh & Easy stores, not 300. Tesco only has 189 Fresh & Easy stores, not 300.

]]> Comment on The Imposters’ Movember Gig by Stuart Cross http://www.crosswiresblog.com/stuarts-world/the-imposters-movember-gig/#comment-6163 Stuart Cross Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:54:00 +0000 http://www.crosswiresblog.com/?p=1305#comment-6163 Thanks Wes - I'm really happy with the Tele! I believe our singer, Simon, has some video and if he does - and subject to strict editorial control! - I'll try and get something posted here. Hope you, Cindy and the family are all well! Thanks Wes – I’m really happy with the Tele! I believe our singer, Simon, has some video and if he does – and subject to strict editorial control! – I’ll try and get something posted here. Hope you, Cindy and the family are all well!

]]> Comment on The Imposters’ Movember Gig by Wes Trochlil http://www.crosswiresblog.com/stuarts-world/the-imposters-movember-gig/#comment-6161 Wes Trochlil Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:49:29 +0000 http://www.crosswiresblog.com/?p=1305#comment-6161 Stuart, any video of the performance? Sweet tele, btw. Wes Stuart, any video of the performance?

Sweet tele, btw.

Wes

]]> Comment on NEW! Free Teleconference – Rapid Fire Strategy by Stuart’s Five Minute Friday Focus – 28 October 2011 | Cross Wires Blog http://www.crosswiresblog.com/announcements/new-free-teleconference-rapid-fire-strategy/#comment-5361 Stuart’s Five Minute Friday Focus – 28 October 2011 | Cross Wires Blog Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:55:03 +0000 http://www.crosswiresblog.com/?p=1250#comment-5361 [...] New! Free teleconference – Rapid Fire Strategy: Free to anyone who has bought my new book, The CEO’s Strategy Handbook. Find out more here. [...] [...] New! Free teleconference – Rapid Fire Strategy: Free to anyone who has bought my new book, The CEO’s Strategy Handbook. Find out more here. [...]

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