  A Non-Profit Theater’s Strategy Focuses on Experiences
Since it's founding, TimeLine's finances have grown from the initial $600 contributed by it's founders and their friends to an annual operating budget in excess of $600,000. The recent years the company has won over three dozen Joseph Jefferson Citations as well as the 2006 Alford-Axelson Award for Nonprofit Managerial Excellence.
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A plan for a US newspaper industry counterattack against disruptive innovators |
Disruptive competition is battering the newspaper industry. For instance, classified
advertising was once an extraordinarily profitable, nearly exclusive, franchise for
newspapers. Today, the Internet firm Craigslist offers a free classified service that is
flourishing and expanding in many major cities. Firms offering a variety of disruptive
innovations are successfully undercutting the traditional newspaper business model, which
has enabled the industry to thrive financially while investing in gathering and presenting
news and information
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Terminal CEO Disease — A Growing Epidemic
Roughly seven years ago, we wrote a tongue-in-cheek monograph entitled “Terminal CEO Disease” identifying the symptoms of under-performing, yet remarkably self-serving CEOs. We updated and expanded on the notion of a Terminal CEO Disease (TCD) in 1999 at the height of the stock market and technology booms. Since our last update on the disease, we have witnessed a meltdown in CEO behavior and corporate governance at many companies. Having watched the sensationalistic coverage of “rogue CEOs” over the past year (2003), we thought it would be valuable to cut through the hype and highlight the underlying symptoms that define Terminal CEO Disease. The intent is to highlight symptoms (or warning signs) so that corporate boards and investors can diagnose a problem before it gets out of hand.
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Recent Monographs
Translating Strategy Into Effective Implementation - Dispelling the Myths and Highlighting What Works
Terminal CEO Disease
Terminal CEO Disease – A 1999 Update
FOCUS – Strategy Planning Using Our Industry-Leading Methodology
Setting a Distinctive Strategic Direction: That Is What Strategy Is All About
Success Strategies for the New Economy’s Slowdown
Strategic Alliances: A Powerful Lever For Supply Chain Management
Whaterver.com – Strategic Thinking For the E-Economy
Whatever.com Part II – Seeking Sources of Strategic Advantage Via The Internet
“The Vision Thing” – The Role of Vision in Establishing and Achieving Strategic Direction
The Corporate Board in 2005
Our Corporate Governance Services
The Value of Talking to Customers
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