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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember sitting in a productivity seminar in an Entrepreneurs’ Organization Conference in Chicago a few years ago when the speaker asked a series of interesting questions. The first was: “Who in the room is habitually late for everything?” The &#8230; <a href="http://mikedesjardins.com/2011/11/15/biv-boardroom-strategy-how-to-become-more-strategic-with-your-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikedesjardins.com&amp;blog=4482048&amp;post=1413&amp;subd=mikedesjardins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BIV Boardroom Strategy: Stocking your arsenal to win the war for talent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 1997 McKinsey and Company survey coined the phrase “the war for talent.” It forecast a two- decade demographically fuelled net reduction in talent in the workforce due to baby boomers retiring. The recent recession slowed that war, as boomers &#8230; <a href="http://mikedesjardins.com/2011/10/31/biv-boardroom-strategy-stocking-your-arsenal-to-win-the-war-for-talent/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikedesjardins.com&amp;blog=4482048&amp;post=1389&amp;subd=mikedesjardins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Desjardins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[read time: 5 mins] Very rarely do I hear from CEO&#8217;s and executives who are worried they will not be able to plot a strategy that makes sense for their company. More often than not, their greatest challenge lies in &#8230; <a href="http://mikedesjardins.com/2011/08/03/biv-boardroom-strategy-how-to-make-better-decisions-faster/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikedesjardins.com&amp;blog=4482048&amp;post=1376&amp;subd=mikedesjardins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BIV Boardroom Strategy: Fix your meetings. Now.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[read time: 4 mins] Let me paint the scene: you have a group of executives and senior managers, all well-paid, spending most of their weeks in meetings pretending to be paying attention to mind-numbing updates being read from the document &#8230; <a href="http://mikedesjardins.com/2011/07/06/biv-boardroom-strategy-fix-your-meetings-now/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikedesjardins.com&amp;blog=4482048&amp;post=1363&amp;subd=mikedesjardins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[read time: 3 mins] Your behaviour as a leader has an enormous impact on your team and your organizational culture. Understanding the effect of your leadership behaviours on the execution of your strategy is the first step in guiding your &#8230; <a href="http://mikedesjardins.com/2011/06/10/biv-boardroom-strategy-adopt-the-right-behaviours-to-help-execute-your-strategy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikedesjardins.com&amp;blog=4482048&amp;post=1354&amp;subd=mikedesjardins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BIV Boardroom Strategy: How to build a corporate culture that effectively executes strategic plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 15:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[read time: 3-4 mins] Over the years, I’ve become convinced that the “10/90 rule” is the best guide for dividing your time and energy between strategy and execution: 10% of the value of strategic planning is in the creation of &#8230; <a href="http://mikedesjardins.com/2011/05/03/biv-boardroom-strategy-how-to-build-a-corporate-culture-that-effectively-executes-strategic-plans/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikedesjardins.com&amp;blog=4482048&amp;post=1324&amp;subd=mikedesjardins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BIV Boardroom Strategy: Presiding over a happy marriage of strategic plans and company budgets</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[read time: 3 mins] Budgeting or strategic planning, which one comes first? The challenge of building an effective budget ahead of the strategic plan for the next year is that in most cases you are relying on the previous year’s &#8230; <a href="http://mikedesjardins.com/2011/03/10/biv-boardroom-strategy-presiding-over-a-happy-marriage-of-strategic-plans-and-company-budgets/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikedesjardins.com&amp;blog=4482048&amp;post=1265&amp;subd=mikedesjardins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BIV Boardroom Strategy: Your company’s strategic plan needs a solid framework</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Desjardins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[read time: 4 mins] A successful strategic plan design keeps two things in mind: focus driven by simplicity and clarity and engagement of the people who will be held accountable for the results. The more complex the plan, the less &#8230; <a href="http://mikedesjardins.com/2011/01/13/biv-boardroom-strategy-your-company%e2%80%99s-strategic-plan-needs-a-solid-framework/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikedesjardins.com&amp;blog=4482048&amp;post=1235&amp;subd=mikedesjardins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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