BUSINESS STRATEGIZING

“Starting your own business isn’t just a job, it’s a way of life” – Richard Branson.

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Whether you're in leadership, you’ve just started a business, dreaming of a new business or you are a seasoned business owner, having a road map, an experienced advocate and a taskmaster will change the course of your business  and leadership skills for the better.

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EXPECTED OUTCOMES

• Clearly defined goals for your business

• Action Plan to reach your business goals

• Accountability designed to keep you on track to your goals

• Identification of long and short term successes

• Client Loyalty Practices

• Strategic planning for your long range Business Plan

• Comprehensive Business Plan

• Leadership Development and Skills Building

• Marketing strategies and additional resources

• Hiring Assistance for key employees

APPROACHES

This strategizing process includes:

• In person strategizing sessions, typically 1.5 – 2 hours in length 

• Successive weekly, bi-weekly or monthly sessions for a minimum of 3-6 months

• Additional “homework” co-designed by the strategist and client(s) to deepen their learning and forward their action.

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EXECUTIVE & LEADERSHIP STRATEGIZING

Leadership is situational. There is no one style that is “right” for all situations.  Strategizing develops your leadership style by helping you make the right choices at the right time in the right way and for the right reasons.
As former US President Dwight Eisenhower said: “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something that you want done because they want to do it.”

As an executive, whether in a corporate setting or as a business owner, you have committed to providing the best leadership possible while driving positive results to the bottom line. Executive strategizing assists you in achieving greater clarity in your efforts, deepening employee relationships, developing powerful communication skills and accountability to the goals you have in place. I provide training in sales and leadership, goal setting and measurement, one on one strategizing, and group workshop facilitation or group strategizing.

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TYPICAL CHALLENGES ADDRESSED

• Attitude Development: Attitudes are the basis of all behavior; therefore, in order to develop or enhance leadership behavior, it is essential that we begin by developing positive, success-oriented attitudes.

• Interpersonal Skills: Much of what a leader is involved in and therefore accomplishes involves other people. To be effective in this continuous challenge it is important to learn, understand, and use interpersonal skills effectively.

• Goal Setting: Leadership, among other things, is the process of providing organizations direction and accomplishing necessary objectives. The goal accomplishment model provides the tools and process necessary to achieve more goals, more often, in order to maximize results and outcomes.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

• Knowing how to Delegate well

• Improved Decisions and Problem Solving skills

• Enhanced Communication skills

• Well developed Goal Planning and Attainment process

• Improved Motivation and Confidence in all areas of your life

• Improved Time Management skills

• Getting into Action in all areas of your career and life

APPROACH

This developmental strategizing process typically includes:

• Multiple sessions using skill development material

• Assessment debriefs to develop awareness and clarity of how you are wired, and
  Multiple individual strategizing sessions addressing situational opportunities to apply new skills and insights.

• Other options are available based upon individual or group needs.

• Sessions conducted individually or in a group setting: face-face, video, or phone calls

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CONFLICT RESOLUTION STRATEGIZING

We are dedicated to providing conflict strategizing services to individuals and organizations, training all levels of conflict strategist, and integrating strategizing with other dispute resolution and human development interventions.

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How is conflict stategizing valuable to organizations and individuals?

Conflict Strategizing is an Essential Part of a Constructive Conflict Culture. Conflict strategizing is included in federal agency and private corporations designs of alternative dispute resolution programs that are proven to enhance constructive conflict cultures in the workplace. 

Leadership Development requires Conflict Competence. MBA programs, leadership development training, and leadership academies emphasize how critical it is for leaders to manage conflict effectively for themselves and others. Conflict strategizing is a growing area of competence that highly promotable leaders are expected to master.

Conflict strategizing helps problem employees become productive employees. Conflict strategizing can break the "revolving door" of problem employees by building skills and understandings that prevent them from repeating the same destructive patterns. 

Serious conflicts can cost organizations serious money and disrupt the organizational and client climate.  Effective early intervention in the form of conflict strategizing can stop the financial and human hemorrhaging before it happens.

There is no stopping conflict but its downside can be minimized and its upside can be maximized. In a complex service economy where innovation, diversity, teamwork, and speed matter, managing conflict effectively really is a basic business practice.

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APPROACHES

This strategizing process includes:

• In person coaching sessions, typically 1.5 – 2 hours in length 

• Successive weekly, bi-weekly or monthly sessions for a minimum of 3-6 months

• Additional “homework” co-designed by the strategist and client(s) to deepen their learning and forward their action.

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT

• Understand and reflect on an individual’s approach to conflict

• Help shift destructive reactions to more constructive responses

• Communicate effectively in conflict situations

• Develop skills to manage disputes more collaboratively

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Why choose Conflict Marsha E. Dudley, LLC? We are the Conflict Experts!

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Customized training and coaching tailored for your needs. 

We customize our coaching and training to your unique character, competencies, and context. We give you powerful perspectives to consider when it comes to understanding your situation and taking action with others in the future.
 

Conflict Strategizing provides tremendous value. Dealing with destructive conflict early on or, better yet, proactively seizing conflict's positive potential can mean thousands of dollars or more to your bottom line.

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Working with us is easy. Part of the appeal of conflict strategizing is the efficiency with which it can be scheduled. In addition, clients love the individual focus. All of our services - strategizing, training, and consulting - are straightforward and results-focused.