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Buck Lawrimore
Buck Lawrimore
Award-wining Author, founder of Leadership Counseling Institute (LCIweb.com), Leadership and Life Coach, Psychologist-Philosopher
Published Mar 30, 2015
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What are the key success factors of business that can ensure your success and stand the test of time? Not fads or solutions of the month, but enduring qualities you can bet your business on?
Over 20 years, reviewing and analyzing over 100 top-selling books, as well as many professional articles and practical experience with many different clients, we determined that there are 5 really big Key Success Factors, each one with 6 to 10 subcomponents. Over a 5-part series, starting with this one first, we will explain what those 5 Key Success Factors are, and how you can use them in your business right away.
First, here are the 5 Key Success Factors:
- Strategic Focus (Leadership, Management, Planning)
- People (Personnel, Staff, Learning, Development)
- Operations (Processes, Work)
- Marketing (Customer Relations, Sales, Responsiveness)
- Finances (Assets, Facilities, Equipment)
In today’s post, we’ll examine the ten elements of Strategic Focus first:
- Our firm is customer-driven based on current surveys of customer value.
- Our own core values are shared and taken seriously.
- Leaders "walk the talk" and demonstrate their commitments to our values.
- We are focused on what we do best, a sustainable competitive advantage.
- Our purpose is expressed with an inspiring, tangible vision and mission.
- The mission is supported with stretch goals that are achievable.
- Each goal is backed with a clear strategy, tactics and responsibilities.
- Progress toward goals is measured with a system guiding daily actions.
- Plans for the future are updated at least annually and communicated internally.
- All success factors are coherently aligned in a realistic strategic management system.
Very few companies can claim all 10 of these Strategic Focus elements, but there is always room for improvement. In our next post, we’ll take a quick but penetrating look at the People success factor.
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NAVEED SHAHZAD
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excellent and simple way to explaining the subject. Good work Buck Lawrimore
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Odewale Odeyemi MBA, MPA
Chief Executive Officer, Centurion Strategic Service Solutions, Lagos, Nigeria
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Wonderful Write up
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ilango d
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Great work Buck Lawrimore 👍
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