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The Five Components of Contingency Planning
The Five Components of Contingency Planning
I have worked with several clients to develop contingency plans. With some, that is a precise set of conditions and…
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Pivot Fatigue
Pivot Fatigue
I wrote last week about how small businesses can find the New Normal. In that, I mentioned that there is a danger for…
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Winning The Uncertainty
Winning The Uncertainty
Access my ebook on Strategy in Times of Survival at the bottom of this page Surviving Uncertainty is much simpler than…
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What your restart needs - 4 working paths when doing a business restart
What your restart needs - 4 working paths when doing a business restart
Small businesses are often dealing with situations in which performance has not met expectations. It’s not really a…
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Misalignment, Dysalignment & the Small Orange Cube
Misalignment, Dysalignment & the Small Orange Cube
My brother is a great guy…and a great investment banker whose boutique firm uses the Haviland & Co brand that our…
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The Cost of Change
The Cost of Change
I recently decided to learn how to cook. This is a huge change for me – since I was raised on cans of Spaghetti-Os and…
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First Steps Toward Accountability
First Steps Toward Accountability
I have 2 clients who are focused on “accountability” this year, and it’s proving a hard row to hoe for both of them…
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Your horizon should drive your strategic planning
Your horizon should drive your strategic planning
One of the first things that I look at when designing a strategic conversation is the horizon in which our decisions…
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The importance of framing to strategic planning
The importance of framing to strategic planning
Are you in growth mode, or survival mode? I have some clients who are growing, some who are hanging on – and some who…
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"Today a complete strategy has to encompass carefully coordinated choices about the business model with the highest potential to create value, the…
"Today a complete strategy has to encompass carefully coordinated choices about the business model with the highest potential to create value, the…
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This article focuses heavily on the manufacturing industry, but there are a lot of strategy ideas and ideals that can be extracted for broader use.…
This article focuses heavily on the manufacturing industry, but there are a lot of strategy ideas and ideals that can be extracted for broader use.…
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How balanced is your business scorecard? Next week, I'll post an article on Designing Powerful Dashboards that will help you take a deeper look at…
How balanced is your business scorecard? Next week, I'll post an article on Designing Powerful Dashboards that will help you take a deeper look at…
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Small Business Growth
Read My Lips Radio
See publicationDave Haviland and Randy Albert talk with Bonnie D Graham about Stage 2 companies.
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Second Stage companies and the Michigan economy
WDET - Craig Fahle show
See publicationDave talks with Craig Fahle about Second Stage businesses, and their importance to the Michigan economy.
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From selling to customers, to selling to markets - making the Stage 2 shift
B2Bbuzz.com
See publicationStage 2 companies must sell to markets, rather than customer-to-customer. This article explains why, and how to make the shift.
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Make Your Small Business Productivity Skyrocket
Hennessey Capital Connections
See publicationSmall companies need to perform at a higher level these days, but many are failing to because of the blindspots their leaders developed as they went through the startâup process. Those blindspots can cause deep problems when a business is in the Second Stage of its growth.
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Stage 2 Companies: An Introduction
BusinessNext
See publicationRandy Albert and I talk about Stage 2 companies, their importance to the economy, and the challenges they face.
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Stage 2 Companies: An Introduction
WJR's Paul W Smith
See publicationPaul W Smith and I talk about what Stage 2 businesses are, and our workshop to help Stage 2 leaders.
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Five Key Steps for Managing Business Growth in a Volatile Environment
American Management Association Performance & Products Newsletter
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Scaling Up Fast: Dave Haviland talks to second-stage execs who've managed sudden growth
Crain's Detroit Business
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In the past, I’ve had strategy meetings where the simple idea of going with the flow came up. Today, in 2021, is a great time to revisit the…
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In the past, I’ve had strategy meetings where the simple idea of going with the flow came up. Today, in 2021, is a great time to revisit the…
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“If profitability is the foundation of an empathetic company, what is the foundation of profitability?” #success #leadershipdevelopment…
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“As a leader, you need to make sure you’re devoting time and energy to things on the horizon and the bigger picture,” she says. “You can’t spend all…
“As a leader, you need to make sure you’re devoting time and energy to things on the horizon and the bigger picture,” she says. “You can’t spend all…
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