Matt Shaffer Matt Shaffer

Goals: Necessary but insufficient

While setting clear goals is essential for any organization, simply having goals without a structured system to support them can lead to confusion, inefficiency, and missed opportunities.

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Matt Shaffer Matt Shaffer

Strategic Objectives vs. Operational Excellence

In the realm of business, the terms "strategy" and "planning" often get conflated. Combining these two concepts into "strategic planning" is misleading. For sustainable success, organizations must understand and differentiate between the two.

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Matt Shaffer Matt Shaffer

What is a Company Operating System?

For those of us with grey hair that had the only choice of going to college classes in a physical classroom, we called it a ‘management framework’…

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Matt Shaffer Matt Shaffer

Why are Business Foundations so critical?

Businesses that have risen above adversity and achieved their aspirations share a common foundation: an unwavering commitment to solidifying and engaging their vision, purpose, mission, strategy, and goals.

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Matt Shaffer Matt Shaffer

Getting ‘unstuck’ with your team

Getting your team unstuck requires moving beyond the comfort zone, because that’s where real growth happens. Here are a few essential strategies to help shake off the stagnation and reignite your team's performance:

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