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Business

Whether local leaders who are mustering up an initiative to reverse our community’s economy will succeed depends largely on the resources at their disposal, the degree to which true collaboration is achieved and the quality of their ultimate plan...

Vision without execution is hallucination. Some say Thomas Edison said that. Others say Einstein. Whoever said it got it right. The ability to execute is inherent in good strategy. But the strategy won’t execute itself...

In last week’s column, we discussed the importance of finding your “why” — the reason your company does what it does beyond making money. It’s wrapped around a higher purpose. The why is considered immutable...

Many companies struggle to find their “why,” also known as their company mission. They believe if they find it, they will be able to sell more of their products at higher prices. They’ll also be able to recruit and retain better employees...

Early and often over the history of this column our counsel has been about the importance of strategy in marketing our products and services and in the company mission...

According to a recent report, Stark County’s population will continue to decrease, get older and have fewer dollars if our community stays on its current trajectory...

A business must define its competitive advantage. It doesn’t just happen. We think of the organization’s competitive advantage as how it is distinguished from its competitors, its unique “position” in the marketplace...

Making predictions is risky business, but putting our heads in the sand might be even riskier...

The end of another year is a good time to reflect and work on your business rather than in your business...

To understand the spiny hedgehog and the sly silver fox, we must go back nearly three millennia...