Strategic Planning

Starting with the publication of their seminal bestseller, Future Shock, Alvin and Heidi Toffler have given millions of listeners new ways to think about personal life in today’s high-speed world with its constantly changing, seemingly random impacts on our businesses, governments, families and daily lives. Now, writing with the same rare grasp and clarity that made their earlier books classics, the Tofflers turn their attention to the revolution in wealth now sweeping the planet. And once again, they provide a penetrating, coherent way to make sense of the seemingly senseless.

A financial plan is a comprehensive evaluation of an investor's current and future financial state. When we have a financial plan, we can start to initiate procedures and strategies laid out in the plan to accomplish our objectives. Find out how to make a financial strategy that covers everything from protecting your short-term investments to saving for your retirement.

How bad will the current economy get? According to Eric Janszen, we could be facing an unemployment rate of over 10 percent; half of all retail stores boarded up; skeletons of unfinished buildings in our cities; and tax revenues down by 30 percent, leading to big cuts in government services. Sounds grim, but the good news is that this crisis will open the door to a saner economic future if we recognize the opportunity to correct decades of bad policy.

As the chief strategy officer at Jive Software, Christopher Morace was one of the first people to arrive at the intersection of social technology and business strategy. He has overseen more than 800 deployments of social technology in major corporations. A true pioneer of what is arguably the most important development in business today, Morace knows better than anyone how social technology is changing the way businesses operate and how successful companies are leveraging it to their advantage. Now, in this groundbreaking guide, Morace reveals all his secrets.

Based on extensive primary research conducted over more than fifteen years, this book documents the differential contribution of HP's successive CEOs in sustaining the company's integral process of becoming. It uses a comprehensive strategic leadership framework to examine and explain the role of the CEO: (1) defining and executing the key tasks of strategic leadership, and (2) developing four key elements of the company's strategic leadership capability.

Contending with the 24/7 news cycle and an endless barrage of choices and information has stymied leadership and decision-making strategies. The broad-based reaction to this chaotic, unmanageable assault has been to retrench, and to focus on immediate, controllable decisions. In the process, we lose sight of the horizon. More dangerous still, is the shift we've seen from value creation to wealth creation, in a transaction-based society in which the "deal" is more important than the value it drives or the relationships it is based on.

In an ever-evolving world filled with complex challenges and intricate puzzles, the ability to think dynamically and systematically is nothing short of a superpower. "Learn To Think in Systems: Mastering the Art of Dynamic Thinking for Complex Challenges" is your indispensable guide to unleashing this superpower and navigating the intricate web of interconnections that shape our lives.

How do we stay safe? Should we? What if our attempts are exposing us even more to the very risks we are avoiding? Would acceptance of danger make us more secure? Is there such a thing as foolproof? In Foolproof, Greg Ip presents a macro theory of human nature and disaster that explains how we can keep ourselves safe in our increasingly dangerous world.

With business practices changing on a daily basis, companies must create environments of speed and flexibility that will engage today's employees and allow radical ideas to thrive - because only those companies that move first and innovate fast will reap the financial rewards the e-world has to offer.

Get your mind around this: a company without org charts or hierarchy. Some firms do operate this way, but this download, The Centerless Corporation, explains how they work and why. Give this a listen and maybe it'll show you how to change your company. You can bring it up with the, uh...boss.

Want to truly enjoy your Golden Years, free from the worries of money issues? If so, keep reading to discover the 10 easy steps to a stress-free retirement! Retirement plans often include traveling the world and doing what you love. However, those thoughts can quickly fade when you realize how near retirement is and how little you’ve saved. Panic and fear set into your mind because you’re unsure whether you can afford to retire.