Strategic Priorities
I thought it might be interesting to brainstorm top strategic priorities commonplace today for manufacturers and distributors.
Risk – Take it or Leave it?
In today’s new normal business, prudent risk-taking can pay off greatly for your company
The Art of Prioritization
Prioritizing is a unique skill of eagle eye strategists.
Pay it Forward: What’s Good for the Industry Is Good for Business
Listen here to my recent interview on OC Talk Radio – Critical Mass for Business. I often get asked where I find the time to write so many articles, present at industry meetings, and post noteworthy items on social media. I really am passionate about what I do, but [...]
Organization Essential to Strategic Focus
Bring order to chaos – organize and redefine your priorities. Organization is one of the key tenets required to be successful with an eagle eye strategic focus so that you can rapidly assess strategic priorities. I’ve yet to run across an organization with just the right amount of priorities [...]
Lisa Anderson Launches New Website
LMA Consulting Group, a leading supply chain strategy company, is inviting visitors to explore its newly redesigned Website complete with news, articles, case studies, resources, webinars, books and other tools designed to help improve supply chain and operations management. Strategically designed to quickly navigate the visitor to what they [...]
How to Spot Trends
Factors to consider when you are looking for trends. Since identifying trends is an important Eagle Eye skill which is instrumental in finding opportunities to elevate performance, I thought a few ideas on how to spot trends would be helpful: Start with metrics - It is near impossible to [...]
What is an Eagle Eye Strategic Focus?
A keen eye for details can uncover big savings. In my experience, I've found that watching trends is vital to success - if you can pick up on a key trends and get better positioned than your competition and/or jump on-board with strategic innovations early, you'll be guaranteed [...]
Preparation Success
We are constantly preparing for something - a meeting, a key customer visit, etc. Thus, a few tips might be handy: Think of the big picture - It's easy to get lost in detail. What is the objective of your meeting? Trip? Etc.? What is required to achieve that [...]
The Hidden Benefit of Observation
It's amazing how much can be learned from the most unusual or obscure situations yet 80% of the time, we miss it! We are not trained to keep our eyes open for examples and trends in everyday life. Trust me, you would not be alone; however, if you can [...]