The Must-Have Qualities of a Modern Business Strategy

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Why is a strategy important for modern businesses? What are the qualities of a good business strategy? Just as a good coach begins with a game plan, the first step to setting a modern product team in motion is turning the company’s overall vision into an actionable strategy. Your strategy should focus on a handful of specific goals as you gather information from all levels of your company. Let’s look at the importance of a modern business strategy and how it will serve as the foundation of your company.

The Impact of Change on Business: From Markets to People

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What’s the impact of change on businesses? How does public perception change an organization? Innovation can stem from changes outside your organization’s sphere of control. Given this, Peter F. Drucker writes that entrepreneurs ought to keep a keen eye on market shifts, demographic changes, and the evolution of public perception. Check out why keeping an eye on changes in the market, people, and perception is important for entrepreneurs.

How Pets Can Improve Your Social Life—One Pig’s Story

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How did one pig build a community for Sy Montgomery? Do you know how pets can improve your social life? Not only can pets build a bond between animals and humans, but they can help form connections between humans and humans. Just look at Sy Montgomery’s pet pig, Christopher, who opened her up to new friends. Discover how a 750-pound pig gave Sy Montgomery long-lasting friendships.

How to Set Team Objectives: A Goal to Work Toward

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Why is a business vision important? Do you know how to set team objectives? Business goals and visions are essential for steering your company, but they’re not effective at letting individuals and teams know what to do. Defining realistic yet challenging objectives is crucial when implementing a successful product strategy. Below, we’ll look at how to use business tools known as Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Quotes From Peter F. Drucker

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What are the most insightful Innovation and Entrepreneurship quotes? How does Peter F. Drucker define an entrepreneur? In Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Peter F. Drucker debunks the popular stereotype that innovators and entrepreneurs are risk-taking geniuses who invent based on random insights. Instead, Drucker says innovation is a deliberate and methodical study to locate opportunities to improve every aspect of business and life. Below, we’ll look at a few Innovation and Entrepreneurship quotes that stand out as the best of the best.

Why Border Collies Are the Best Dogs: 2 Adorable Examples

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Why are border collies the best dogs? Why is it so hard to get a new pet after another passes away? In their many years at the farmhouse, Sy Montgomery and her husband Howard rescued several border collies. She looks back on the lessons about love that Montgomery learned from two of them: Tess and Sally.  Here’s how two of Montgomery’s border collies ended up changing her life.

What Is Product Leadership? (+ How to Be a Better Leader)

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What is product leadership? Why should companies incorporate technology into their everyday operations? Marty Cagan and Chris Jones argue that all modern companies are in the technology business, no matter what kind of product they sell. No matter the company’s overall focus—whether it provides lawn care, smartphones, or investment advice—technology underpins all business operations.  If you want to learn more about product leadership and how to execute it, keep reading.

Raising Good Humans: Book Overview (Hunter Clarke-Fields)

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What’s Raising Good Humans by Hunter Clarke-Fields about? Are you tired of feeling like parenting is a power struggle? Raising Good Humans encourages parents to incorporate mindfulness into their daily routines. Clarke-Fields’s structured approach to navigating modern parenting involves being patient, parenting intentionally, and fostering relationships built on mutual respect and understanding. Read below for a brief Raising Good Humans book overview.

How to Raise Good Kids: The Mindful Parenting Approach

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Do you want your kids to grow up as mature, kind adults? How can you raise kids with compassion? According to Hunter Clarke-Fields, building a strong relationship with your kids is the key to raising good humans. If you have a strong relationship, your children will want to work with you to resolve conflict (at least most of the time).  Keep reading to learn how to raise good kids with a healthy relationship and mindful parenting.